Swiss gold, enamel five motion automaton watch Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- SB0549
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 30.000 - 60.000
- Price sold
- € 49.200
Gold and enamel automaton verge
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A Swiss 18 carat gold and enamel five motion automaton watch, circa 1810. Two-train gilt verge movement, the back plate fitted with a vari color gold scene of putti working at a forge, the automata comprising two tapping their hammers at an anvil making an arrow, another primes the fire in the oven, red glass rotating rod simulating the fire, the fire further protected by a blued steel gallery, to the right a rotating glass rod simulates a fountain with water issuing from a pipe above into a wide brimmed basin, the basin inhabited by a swan and a bird, chased vari color gold foreground depicting a putto arranging a basket of flowers, amongst a love arrow strewn floor, against a polychrome enamel classical landscape, all beneath a glazed panel. The reverse with white enamel dial and Arabic numerals.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: No name
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Signed: No name
Signed: No name

















