Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 77

?Répétition Automates? Swiss, ?Répétition Automates?, No. 43502. Made circa 1900. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with automaton.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, front cover with monogrammed crest, gold hinged cuvette with inscription. D. Vari-colored gilt with 2 painted on enamel ladies ringing the bells on top, at center red translucent enamel subsidiary dials with radial Roman numerals for the hours, minutes and seconds. Gilt ?Louis XV? hands. M. Cal. 19''', gilt, 14 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Cuvette signed. Diam. 52 mm.