Swiss gold quarter repeating automaton watch Circa 1780
- Kenmerk
- SA2114
- Diameter
- 54 mm
- Estimate
- € 25.000 - 50.000
- Price sold
- € 49.650
Gold, enamel and pearl set quarter repeating automaton watch
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An unusual Swiss gold, enamel and pearl set quarter repeating automaton watch, circa 1780, gilt full plate verge movement, the hours and quarters struck by a winged putto on bell above, while another holding a garland looks on, centered by a small white enamel dial, surrounded by a polychrome enamel love garden scene depicting a lady strumming a lute and a pair of dancing children, the background enameled with an architectural setting depicting a palace and its gardens, the reverse centered by a polychrome enamel portrait of a lady holding a harp, framed within swag borders decorated with translucent red and blue enamel and partly set by seed pearls, seed pearl set bezel, dial signed.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Philipe Terrot Genève
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Some enamel losses.
Signed: Philipe Terrot Genève

















