Swiss gold quarter repeater with erotic automaton Circa 1870
- Kenmerk
- SA0553
- Diameter
- 53 mm
- Estimate
- € 10.000 - 20.000
- Price sold
- € 20.800
Gold quarter repeating watch with concealed erotic automaton
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A Swiss yellow gold hunting cased quarter repeating keyless watch with concealed erotic automaton, circa 1870, manual winding lever movement, 25 jewels. 18k yellow gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds.
18k Yellow gold case, polychrome enamel painted erotic automaton depicting a lady and gentleman concealed under the cuvette, both covers engraved with stylized vine leaves and foliage decoration, engraved band, case numbered.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: No Name
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Ever since clockmakers have been making watches, they have adorned, decorated and then animated them according to the fashions of the day and the tastes of their customers.
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A Swiss yellow gold hunting cased quarter repeating keyless watch with concealed erotic automaton, circa 1870, manual winding lever movement, 25 jewels. 18k yellow gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds.
18k Yellow gold case, polychrome enamel painted erotic automaton depicting a lady and gentleman concealed under the cuvette, both covers engraved with stylized vine leaves and foliage decoration, engraved band, case numbered.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: No Name
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Ever since clockmakers have been making watches, they have adorned, decorated and then animated them according to the fashions of the day and the tastes of their customers.
Jaquemarts, small automata striking the hours, were rapidly seized on by ingenious clockmakers to fulfill other functions. Different mechanical principles were employed to animate the scenes. The repeater mechanism was, without doubt, the most well-known means of animating an erotic scene. Automaton scenes in watches are very rare, the present watch includes an erotic scene showing an ‘indiscretion’.The most prominent maker of Jaquemarts, of which many have been attributed to, is the famous Geneva watchmakers Chevalier & Cochet.
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