Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating musical watch Circa 1820

Gold erotic watch with virgule escapement
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A very fine and rare Swiss 18K pink gold and painted-on enamel quarter repeating musical pocket watch. circa 1820. The music is playing on the hour or at will and virgule escapement.  The movement is attributed to Piguet et Meylan, Geneva. An Empire, polished case and reeded bezels, ribbed band, bolt at 1 o’clock to lock the repeat and at 11 to activate the music, the back cover with a finely painted enamel scene depicting Susanna and the elders, gold paillon and royal blue enamel border. Hinged gilt brass cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting. White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and blued steel Breguet hands. A gilt brass two-train movement with a standing barrel for the going train, virgule escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Sur plateau musical movement, 24 tuned, vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc, music/silence lever at the edge of the cuvette beneath the back cover. Cuvette signed Courvoisier, dial plate punch numbered.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Courvoisier & Compagnie  Swiss
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The case is slightly chipped.
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The movement of this watch can be confidently attributed to the firm of Piguet & Meylan. The use of the virgule escapement, pink gold case and fine enamel scene shows that this watch is of a higher grade. The sound of the music is strong, clear and resonant. Susanna and The Elders The story is set in Babylon, and tells how Susanna, the wife of a prosperous Jew was secretly desired by two elders of the community and they plotted to seduce her. She was accustomed to going into her garden to bathe and one day the two elders hid and as soon as her maids had gone they sprang out naked on the unsuspecting girl. They threatened her that unless she gave herself to them they would swear she had committed adultery for which the penalty was death. She cried out and the elders carried out their threat. She was only saved by Daniel who cross-examined the elders and proved her innocence.