French gilded silver key wind verge automaton Circa 1790-1800
- Kenmerk
- AA0131
- Diameter
- 63 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.500 - 7.000
- Price sold
- € 3.100
Gilt silver and enamel open faced verge watch
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A large French gilded silver open faced key wind verge pocket watch with a wandering automaton, circa 1790-1800. Round shaped plain case. The front is blue and gold enamelled showing on the left at the bottom an animated windmill, on the right at 6 o’clock an aperture revealing a parade with a miller driving his wheelbarrow followed by two donkeys, an older man and a dog, above a small white enamel dial with Arabic hours and outer minute divisions. Full plate gilt brass movement, fusee and chain, verge escapement, gilt brass mono metallic balance, blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock and a ruby end stone
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Diameter: 63 mm
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Signed: No name

















