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A LARGE GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER MUSICAL WATCH WITH AUTOMATON AND CENTRE SECONDS CIRCA 1880 [瑞士製大型黃金音樂活動人偶懷錶，年份約1880]

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A LARGE GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER MUSICAL WATCH WITH AUTOMATON AND CENTRE SECONDS

CIRCA 1880

[瑞士製大型黃金音樂活動人偶懷錶，年份約1880]

• Movement: frosted gilded two train, tandem winding, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, the music played on a pinned cylinder via steel comb, plate above the comb engraved Gasparone Roten aus dem Süden, backplate with engravedbee motif

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer ring for minutes with track for seconds above, central polychrome enamel painted harbour scene with automaton musician playing a violin, his right arm moving the bow, slides beneath bezel above 12 o'clock for activating music, above 2 for hand setting and below 6 for seconds stop/start

• Case: gold, both covers with engraved coat of Arms of the Russian Empire, gilt metal cuvette, inner back bezel with control marks

diameter 58mm

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A watch with similarly designed case, dial and movement is illustrated in A. Chapuis, La Montre Chinoise, 1919, p. 221, figs. 191 & 192. The latter's movement is signed with the lion passant mark of Charles Reuge.