$14,400
Five-Minute Repeater Automaton International Watch Co, Schaffhausen, Swiss, No. 2302557, case No. 2274151, Ref. 5225. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare 18K yellow gold keyless five-minute repeating pocket watch with automaton striking Jacks. Three body, "Empire,” polished back, reeded band. Champagne with printed Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, set in the center of a blued plate with mounted tri-color gold figures of Minerva and Mars on each side striking a bell, Hercules as a child with the snake below, Cherub above the bell. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. C 952, rhodium-plated, faussescotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing lever in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
