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拍品 267
Bordier & LeRoy. A very fine 18K pink gold openface quarter repeating watch with two jaquemarts and an automaton scene
SIGNED FRES BORDIER À GENÈVE, CASE NO. 8880 AND 18710, MOVEMENT SIGNED LEROY, MOVEMENT NO. 71643, CIRCA 1820
已結束2014年5月12日
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CHF 15,000
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Referring to the Medieval way of announcing the public time, this automaton has a particularly rare design as the scene is presented as a theater scene. During the Medieval time, real people were taking care of striking the public time every hour on a bell situated at the top of the city tower. Later, this was taken care by life-size automaton called Jaquemarts. These automatons, on top of telling the time, were also aimed at amusing the public through their performance.
A practically identical watch, retailed by Frères Esquivillon is known from the famous Sandoz Collection housed in Le Locle Chateau des Monts Museum.
A practically identical watch, retailed by Frères Esquivillon is known from the famous Sandoz Collection housed in Le Locle Chateau des Monts Museum.