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Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K pink gold openface quarter repeating watch with two jaquemarts and an automaton scene
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Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K pink gold openface quarter repeating watch with two jaquemarts and an automaton scene

CUVETTE BEARING THE SIGNATURE BREGUET À PARIS, CASE NO. 2248, CIRCA 1820

Closed14 November 2011

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Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K pink gold openface quarter repeating watch with two jaquemarts and an automaton scene
Cuvette bearing the signature Breguet à Paris, case no. 2248, circa 1820
Gilt-finished full plate movement, pierced and engraved balance cock, repeating on two hammers, gilt cuvette, the dial with later painted Roman numerals on outer white enamel chapter ring, centred by an applied varicoloured gold and enamel neoclassical interior and automaton scene depicting two putti to the upper part, striking the hours onto bells in unison with the repeating, a seated lady below spinning wool with her right arm while her foot is driving the wheel in unison with the repeating, circular engine-turned case, repeating through the pendant, pending locking lever in the ribbed band, cuvette bearing the signature Breguet à Paris
55.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jaquemarts and a scene with four automatons: a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot, the spinning wheel and the upper driving wheel are turning.

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.