UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1880
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SWISS. A FINE 18 CARAT GOLD MINUTE REPEATING HUNTER CASED KEYLESS LEVER CLOCK WATCH WITH EROTIC AUTOMATA
unsigned, circa 1880
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating and quarter chiming on two gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds, the heavy case with engraved decoration depicting a jungle landscape to the front cover, two tigers in a jungle scene to the back cover, engraved scroll decoration to the band, a multicolored enameled couple performing an erotic scene in an Indian landscape hidden under a hinged lid in the cuvette, activated when repeating, slide repeat mechanism to the band.
57 mm. diam.
unsigned, circa 1880
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating and quarter chiming on two gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds, the heavy case with engraved decoration depicting a jungle landscape to the front cover, two tigers in a jungle scene to the back cover, engraved scroll decoration to the band, a multicolored enameled couple performing an erotic scene in an Indian landscape hidden under a hinged lid in the cuvette, activated when repeating, slide repeat mechanism to the band.
57 mm. diam.