Swiss 18k gold and enamel automaton watch Circa 1800
- Kenmerk
- SA2117
- Diameter
- 50 mm
- Estimate
- € 20.000 - 40.000
- Price sold
- € 43.050
Gold and enamel automaton watch
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A Swiss gold and enamel automaton watch circa 1800, gilt brass full plate verge movement.
White enamel dial with eccentric mean time, sector for regulator, bearing signature Breguet à Paris; translucent red enamel over guilloché ground with a scene of mother dove feeding her nesting young, flanked by flowering vines over midnight blue enamel, aperture revealing six Comedia dell Arte automaton figures passing over a painted landscape background, bezels and band with champlevé enamel in blue and white, 19th century associated gilt metal chatelaine set with blue hardstone rondels terminating in decorative tassels and key.
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Diameter: 50 mm Length of chatelaine: 260 mm
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A Swiss gold and enamel automaton watch circa 1800, gilt brass full plate verge movement.
White enamel dial with eccentric mean time, sector for regulator, bearing signature Breguet à Paris; translucent red enamel over guilloché ground with a scene of mother dove feeding her nesting young, flanked by flowering vines over midnight blue enamel, aperture revealing six Comedia dell Arte automaton figures passing over a painted landscape background, bezels and band with champlevé enamel in blue and white, 19th century associated gilt metal chatelaine set with blue hardstone rondels terminating in decorative tassels and key.
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Diameter: 50 mm Length of chatelaine: 260 mm
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Signed: No name
Signed: No name
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