SWISS. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS AND AUTOMATON DEPICTING A LADY AT A SPINNING WHEEL

UNSIGNED, CASE STAMPLED FLB, CASE NOS. 18'451 AND 34'759, CIRCA 1820

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SWISS. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS AND AUTOMATON DEPICTING A LADY AT A SPINNING WHEEL
UNSIGNED, CASE STAMPLED FLB, CASE NOS. 18'451 AND 34'759, CIRCA 1820
Keywound verge movement, chain fusée, gilt cuvette, quarter repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, the dial with Breguet numerals on white enamel chapter ring, central blued steel background with an applied vari-coloured gold scene with two putti jacquemarts above striking the bells in unison with the repeating, a second automaton scene below, with a lady seated at a spinning wheel with her right arm pulling wool from the bobbin and her right foot pumping the treadle in unison with the repeating, circular case, milled band, hinged engine-turned case back, repeating through the pendant, cuvette bearing the signature Breguet & Fils
55.5 mm. diam.

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US$6,000-8,000

With key.

Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jacquemarts and a scene with four automatons: a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot, the spinning wheel and the upper driving wheel are turning.

For a similar watch see The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers by F.J. Britten, fourth edition, p. 188, pl. 361.

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