Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, Jun 20, 1998

LOT 496

Swiss, circa 1820. "Mais ou sont mes vertex annees!" Fine and very rare 18K gold watch, the inner painted automaton scene with concealed erotic automata.

C. Three body, Empire, polished, the band chased with a foliage decoration. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "scoties " hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. The back plate covered with a multi-coloured gold automaton scene applied on a finely painted enamel bedroom scene. The applied automaton figures represent an aged lady dreaming of the pleasures of her youth, revealed by means of a bolt in the dial plate. The automaton movements are driven by an independent wheel train with fixed barrel. Diam. 57 mm.