SWISS, A FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS AND AUTOMATON OF A LADY AT A SPINNING WHEEL

Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jacquemart cupids and an automaton of a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot.

For a similar watch see: The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers by F.J. Britten, fourth edition, p. 188, pl. 361.