Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 73

HENRY CAPT MUSICAL AND REPEATING GOLD POCKET WATCH Henry Capt., Swiss, automaton scene - mandalin & lyre players and aperture for various characters appearing and disappearing with music No. 4874, case No. 1722. Made circa 1825. Fine, rare and large, 18K gold, musical pocket watch.

Four-body, "Empire", engine-turned with polished borders and bezel, bolt at 1, 4 and 7 o`clock to lock the case and movement. Hinged gilt brass cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting. Gold, small offset with Arabic numerals on the chapter ring, outer minute divisions, engine- turned center with applied gold foliage and mandarin & lyre players in the garden with sheep. Blued steel spade hands. 51 mm. gilt brass two-train, with foliate engraved standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator. musical movement, 8 tuned, activate music by pressing the button at 10 o'clock. Case numbered.