Verge with two Jacquemarts and erotic automaton Circa 1810

Gold skeletonized open faced verge automaton 
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Magnificent Swiss silver quarter repeating verge pocket watch with two Jacquemarts and erotic automaton, circa 1810. Full plate movement, keywound, chain fusee, two hammers, two gongs, three armed brass balance. Skeletonized dial, visible mirror polished rack strike, the two Jacquemarts, a man and a woman in three colour gold Roman armour, striking the hours with their hammers onto two large bells that are visible in the upper half of the dial, small white enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours to the centre, the concealed automaton at 6 shows a pair of silver coloured figures, two winged cupids making love, the erotic scene comes to life whenever the repeater is activated.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Weight: 137 g
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Signed: Frères Esquivillon & Delhoudens Genève
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Geneva watchmaker Jacques Dechoudens (1728-1801) and brothers Joseph Esquivillon (1714-1798), Jean François Esquivillon (1733-1813) and Gédéon-François Esquivillon (1717-1799) founded a workshop which produced high quality verge pocket watches.