Swiss minute repeating watch with two Jacquemarts Circa 1890

Gold hunting cased repeater by Schwob Frères
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An important Swiss hunting cased minute repeating pocket watch with a Jacquemart figure automaton of exceptional quality, circa 1890.
18K gold engine-turned à goutte case with a blank cartouche. The cuvette with exceptional ornamental engraving and inscribed with technical details. On the front a multi-coloured gold automaton on a translucent dark blue enamel ground with two knights striking the bells during repeating, in the centre decorative translucent blue enamel, a chapter ring with radial Roman hours, an outer minutes track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and filigree gold hands. Movement with Lecoultre calibre, screwed gold chatons, Geneva striping decoration, repeating the minutes.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Weight: 157 g
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Signed: Schwob Frères
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The Schwob Frères company produced some of the highest quality striking watches and automata for the Chinese and Indian markets. One of the most beautiful of these automata was auctioned in Geneva in 2019.