| An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeater with concealed erotic automaton in an elaborately decorated silver gilt full hunter case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.
Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Engraved gilt dial with painted white decoration, cartouches and black Roman numerals. Unusual large decorative pierced white metal hands. Unusual silver gilt full hunter case profusely decorated with turquoise and garnets, the engraving highlighted with white paint. The middle with white paint filled filigree rings. Engraved
gilt metal cuvette, a small sprung lid at its centre concealing an automated erotic scene activated with the repeater.
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