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Lot 268 Dα

An 18k gold and enamel openface pocketwatch with verge escapement and an automaton

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
19.05.2016, 17:00 - Jewellery and Watches
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

An 18k gold and enamel openface pocketwatch with verge escapement and an automaton

The cuvette gilt. Coloured enamel dial depicting the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, around whom the clockwork snake slithers. With roman and arabic numerals, date and minute apertures. Fire-gilt movement with verge escapement, chain and fusee. Winding with original key. Signed to the cuvette "Rigonaud invenit et fecit". Diameter 6 cm. Weight 115.8 g.
France, ca. 1800.