Swiss watch with musical movement and automaton Circa 1810

Gold and enamel repeating watch probably by Piguet & Capt 
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An important Swiss 18 Carat gold and enamel open faced quarter repeating musical cylinder pocket watch with enamelled figure automaton The Concert, circa 1810. Combined musical/automaton movement, a lever for adjustment, cylinder escapement, repeating hours and quarter hours and additional winding for musical/automaton movement. Gold dial with a very fine central polychrome enamel scene Allegorie Der Musik (music’s allegory), an engine turned chapter ring with white enamel cartouches and black Arabic hours, outer minute divisions on a blue enamel ground, replaced steel Breguet hands. A reeded band, a muting device with a small button for starting the musical movement and the hidden automaton, on the case back a hidden enamelled figure automaton depicting a lady and a man playing a musical instrument while music plays.
Movement numbered.
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Diameter: 61 mm
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Weight: 167 g
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Signed: No name
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This piece is a masterpiece of Swiss watchmaking art around 1800 and probably comes from the world famous Geneva company Piguet et Capt. The watch is visually in excellent condition, with only the smallest restorations on the moving parts of the enamel automaton and in a cartouche of the dial. The watch is in working order and plays the music on request and/or automatically on the hour and triggers the figure automaton. The lever movement of the automaton has been professionally restored, the striking train needs adjustment so that the hammers hit exactly. Since the hands have been replaced, the shaft of the minute hand is missing and the time is set directly at the hand. That’s probably the reason for the very solid steel hands. A technically comparable watch, also attributed to Piguet & Capt, punched No. 130, represents a very similar automatic scene, in this case, however, the automaton is on the front side.