Swiss gold centre seconds cylinder with automaton Circa 1830

Gold and painted on enamel pocket watch attributed to Bautte & Moynier
–
A very fine, extremely rare, and small Swiss 18-carat gold and painted on enamel open-faced centre seconds cylinder pocket watch with automaton windmill and water-wheel, circa 1830. Matte gilt movement, standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three armed balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, fixed barrel for the automaton mechanism. Gold hinged cuvette with winding and hand-setting apertures. Small offset matte gold dial with applied polished gold Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, center with chased foliate rosette, and original blued steel lozenge hands, finely painted on enamel dial surround decorated with an alpine mountain scene with a windmill, the sails turning, an automaton water wheel and waterfall to the side with applied chased varicolored gold foliage. Reeded bezel and bow, flower and shell cast band and pendant, engine-turned sprung case back with central engraved initials, bolt at 11 for activating the automaton. Case with punch marks BM & BC, cuvette and case numbered.
–
Diameter: 45 mm
–
Signed: No name
–
Bautte & Moynier. Successors of the renowned Genevan firm which was founded by Jean-François Bautte, and which was known successively by the names of Moulinié & Bautte, Moulinié, Bautte et Cie, Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier, Bautte, Jean-François Bautte & Cie, Rossel, Bautte & Cie, J. Rossel et Fils, Felipe Hecht, and Juan Hecht. The Bautte & Moynier firm was founded in 1826 by Jean-François Bautte and Jean-Gabriel Moynier.