Swiss gold plated pocket watch with hidden erotic automaton Circa 2005

Gold plated musical automaton with alarm by Charles Reuge 
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A Swiss gold plated open faced musical center seconds keyless lever pocket watch with two automata and alarm, circa 2010. Jewelled nickel lever movement with a monometallic balance, the pinwheel musical mechanism is activated by the alarm function or a button on the cuvette. The cuvette is centred by a varicoloured erotic automaton with the figures applied against a blued steel ground.
A blue enamelled front showing an eccentric white enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute dots and sweep centre seconds, an applied varicoloured gold automaton depicting a falconer watering his horse at a trough with a lady operating the pump flowing simulated water, foliage with two dogs and a basket in the foreground. The case with a stepped bezel and engine turned back.
Dial signed, cuvette numbered, case signed
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Diameter: 57.5 mm
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Signed: Charles Reuge à Sainte Croix
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The origins of Reuge date back to 1865 when Charles Reuge set up a musical pocket watch shop in the Swiss Mountain town of Sainte-Croix. By 1886, his son, Albert Reuge, opened a music box workshop, the company experienced success and their mechanisms were found in a range of products such as powder compacts and cigarette lighters. By 1930, Guido Reuge had built the Reuge factory and he guided the company for over 60 years. Today, Reuge retains its historical elements still producing singing birds but moving with the times, their music boxes today come in traditional but also modern and innovative designs.