Reuge. A fine and large limited edition 18K gold keyless lever watch with built-in two tune musical box and key
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Reuge. A fine and large limited edition 18K gold keyless lever watch with built-in two tune musical box and key

Signed Reuge Music, Sainte-Croix, Isis model, no.10, circa 1995

Closed11 November 2019

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Reuge. A fine and large limited edition 18K gold keyless lever watch with built-in two tune musical box and key
Signed Reuge Music, Sainte-Croix, Isis model, no.10, circa 1995
Movement: entirely hand-engraved gilt, 17 jewels, the musical movement with pinned cylinder playing a choice of two tunes on a steel toothed comb
Dial: engine turned with white chapter rinf and Roman numerals, signed
Case: three-part, polished, hinged back, music selection and activation slides in the band, glazed gold-rimmed cuvette to view the movement, 62 mm. diam., signed
With: lyre shaped ratchet key

Specialist note

Made as an edition of 24 watches, the Reuge 'Isis' series of musical watches play two tunes from Mozart's The Magic Flute. The movement was specially developed for this series and was made to celebrate Reuge’s return to the production of mechanical music having first made musical watches in 1865.