UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
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Swiss. An 18 carat gold quarter repeating musical automaton watch with erotic automata
Unsigned, circa 1820
With gilt finished cylinder movement, plain three arm balance, quarter repeating on two gongs, the musical pin barrel playing when activated by sliding a lever under the cuvette and on the hour, gilt cuvette bearing the signature of Breguet & Fils, the gilt chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals, serpentine hands, centered by a varicoloured gold scene depicting two cherubs striking the bell upon request, another automaton of a grinder grinding his knife with his assistant turning a wheel activated when the music is playing, in plain case with ribbed band and bezel, a varicoloured gold couple in a bed performing an erotic scene under a hinged lid in the cuvette, activated when the music is playing, lever under the cuvette for silence on the hour, repeating through the pendant, unsigned
55 mm. diam.
Unsigned, circa 1820
With gilt finished cylinder movement, plain three arm balance, quarter repeating on two gongs, the musical pin barrel playing when activated by sliding a lever under the cuvette and on the hour, gilt cuvette bearing the signature of Breguet & Fils, the gilt chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals, serpentine hands, centered by a varicoloured gold scene depicting two cherubs striking the bell upon request, another automaton of a grinder grinding his knife with his assistant turning a wheel activated when the music is playing, in plain case with ribbed band and bezel, a varicoloured gold couple in a bed performing an erotic scene under a hinged lid in the cuvette, activated when the music is playing, lever under the cuvette for silence on the hour, repeating through the pendant, unsigned
55 mm. diam.