Swiss musical lever watch with automaton and alarm Circa 2010

Gilt musical watch with original key
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Fine Swiss gilt open faced musical lever pocket watch with automaton and alarm, Menuet-Mozart, circa 2010. Gilt movement, manual winding, a musical mechanism.
An eccentric white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, an outer minute track, a polychrome enamel pastoral scene with a varicoloured automaton in the foreground depicting a falconer watering his horse at a trough with a lady operating the pump flowing simulated water. A foliate engraved case back with musical instruments.
Dial signed, cuvette signed and numbered. Comes with the original presentation box, key, certificate and instructions.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 120 g
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Signed: Reuge Sainte-Croix
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The origins of Reuge date back to 1865 when Charles Reuge set up a musical pocket watch shop in the Swiss Mountain town of Sainte-Croix. By 1886 his son, Albert Reuge opened a music box workshop, the company experienced success and their mechanisms were to be found in a range of products such as powder compacts and cigarette lighters. By 1930 Guido Reuge had built the Reuge factory and he guided the company for over 60 years. Today Reuge retains its historical elements still producing singing birds but moving with the times, their music boxes today come in traditional but also modern and innovative designs.