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SWISS. AN OXIDISED STEEL-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH EROTIC AUTOMATON
unsigned, circa 1890
with pin-pallet escapement, the back plate overlaid with a lacquered silver and partly gilt automaton scene depicting with a singular lack of grace a "melange a trois", the operational part of the activity set in motion by turning the winding crown with the result that the harder you go, the harder you go, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, continuous seconds, plain case - 53 mm diam.
unsigned, circa 1890
with pin-pallet escapement, the back plate overlaid with a lacquered silver and partly gilt automaton scene depicting with a singular lack of grace a "melange a trois", the operational part of the activity set in motion by turning the winding crown with the result that the harder you go, the harder you go, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, continuous seconds, plain case - 53 mm diam.