| A late 19th Century quarter repeater with automated erotic scene in a silver full hunter case. Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with Club foot lever escapement. Slide quarter repeating on two steel gongs. White
enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned silver full hunter case with ribbed middle, the slide attached directly to the movement operating under the front bezel. Later added erotic automaton scene of a chef and kitchen maid in polychrome enamel on an engraved background. The man keeps time with the striking of the hour hammer when the repeat is sounded.
|
2 Images