Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 26, 2013
LOT 80
REUGE MUSIC AND AUTOMATA POCKET WATCH GOLD PLATED Reuge, "Romance" No. 504. Made in the 1980s. Fine, musical, gold-plated, center-seconds, keyless pocket watch with automaton, concealed erotic automaton and alarm. Accompanied by the original fitted box, key and instruction manual.
HKD 20,000 - 30,000
USD 2,600 - 3,800 / CHF 2,400 - 3,600
Sold: HKD 43,750
Three-body, bassine, polished bezel, reeded band, engineturned hinged back cover. Cuvette with aperture for the erotic automaton and winding the music and button for activating the music. White with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Gilt Breguet hands. Painted view of a country landscape with applied gilt metal automaton of a lady operating a water pump with moving water, a gentleman on horseback with a hawk on his moving arm and the horse with animated head drinking from the fountain, gilt metal foliage with two dogs and a basket in the foreground. Rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |