| A late 19th Century quarter repeating Swiss lever with an erotic scene in a gold full hunter case. Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Slide quarter
repeating on two gongs. White dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Fitted in a contemporary 18 carat gold full hunter case, the covers engine turned and decoratively engraved. The cuvette cut away to reveal the later erotic scene fitted directly to the movement.. The parcel gilt figures engaged in an amorous encounter spring to life in time with the hour hammer when the repeat mechanism is activated.
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