Sold for:
39,100 CHF
39,100 CHF
The ConductorReuge, Ste. Croix, Switzerland, retailed by H.L. Hall & Co., hallmarked London, 1884.Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold, keyless, double-train two-tune musical automaton watch with centre seconds, date and day of the week, made for the Indian market. Notes A watch with an identical movement and similar automaton scene, by Reuge, is published in in 'La Montre Chinoise', Alfred Chapuis, p. 221.The Reuge company informs us that only fifty of this type of musical automaton watch, with various scenes, were ever made, most of them for the Oriental market.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31