![View full screen - View 1 of Lot 114. SWISS [瑞士製] | A RARE OVERSIZED GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE AUTOMATON CLOCKWATCH CIRCA 1900 [罕有特大型黃金畫琺瑯大小自鳴二問報時活動人偶懷錶,年份約1900].](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ac7934f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1482x2000+0+0/resize/385x520!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F62%2Fc8%2F6ef684d746dc8b96bd3ced074d6f%2F027n10397-9y9tr-1.jpg)
Lot Closed
June 16, 04:01 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
SWISS
[ 瑞士製]
A RARE OVERSIZED GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE AUTOMATON CLOCKWATCH
CIRCA 1900
[ 罕有特大型黃金畫琺瑯大小自鳴二問報時活動人偶懷錶,年份約1900]
• Movement: highly jewelled damascened two-train movement, lever escapement, some jewels carried in screwed gold chatons, bi-metallic compensation balance, hammers repeating on coiled gongs
• Dial: central white enamel dial, Roman numerals, eccentric running seconds, engine turned background with vari-coloured polychrome enamel Jacquemarts figures in fanciful Swiss Guard dress striking bells above
• Case: heavy 18ct gold, glazed cuvette, the band with slides for silence/sonnerie and grande/petite, case back with Swiss hallmarks for 18ct gold and numbered 2196
diameter 65mm
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Grande and petite sonnerie clockwatches dating to the late 19th century and the early years of the 20th century are rare, especially those with the addition of automaton figures.