SWISS | A GOLD QUARTER REPEATING EROTIC AUTOMATON WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS, CIRCA 1790

Property from an Important Italian Collection

SWISS

A GOLD QUARTER REPEATING EROTIC AUTOMATON WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS

CIRCA 1790

Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance bridge

Dial: white enamel chapter ring, Arabic numerals, skeletonised background with classical jacquemarts holding hammers for striking, the erotic automaton at 6 o'clock composed of vari-colour gold figures concealed beneath blued steel shutters decorated with vari-colour gold decoration depicting a flaming heart

Case: 18ct gold, milled band, locking slides to the band for plunge repeat and to reveal erotic scene, gilt metal cuvette

diameter 55.5mm