Swiss quarter repeater with erotic automaton Circa 1900
- Kenmerk
- SA0922
- Diameter
- 49 mm
- Estimate
- € 6.000 - 12.000
- Price sold
- € 16.800
Fine and rare gold quarter repeating watch with erotic automaton
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A fine and rare Swiss pink gold keyless hunting cased quarter repeating watch with enamel erotic automatons, circa 1900, manual winding jeweled nickel silver lever movement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, 14k pink gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, black Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, Louis XV pink gold hands, outer minute track, erotic scene indiscretion décor of a room engraved on a silver plate with two automatons in enamel painting, directly animated with the repeating mechanism or on-demand by a pusher under the scene.
14k Pink gold polished case, slide for the repeater on the band.
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Diameter: 49 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 fine and rare Swiss pink gold keyless hunting cased quarter repeating watch with enamel erotic automatons, circa 1900, manual winding jeweled nickel silver lever movement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, 14k pink gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, black Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, Louis XV pink gold hands, outer minute track, erotic scene indiscretion décor of a room engraved on a silver plate with two automatons in enamel painting, directly animated with the repeating mechanism or on-demand by a pusher under the scene.
14k Pink gold polished case, slide for the repeater on the band.
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Diameter: 49 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 fulfil 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’.
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