Swiss Fancy Dial Watch With Libertine Automaton, circa 1901. ...

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Swiss Fancy Dial Watch With Libertine Automaton, circa 1901
Case: 52 mm, two body, gun metal, back with a 16 mm aperture to view the rotating images of four lovely ladies
Dial: enamel, raised round red guilloche enameled frames with Arabic numerals, Louis XV hands, sub seconds
Movement: nickel finished, 19 lignes, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three arm balance
Signed: case back is signed Brevet 24340 (Patent by Arnold Schweizer-Schatzmann, Chaux-de-Fonds)

Condition Report*: Type: Swiss Fancy Dial Watch With Libertine Automaton
Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals on red guilloche
Hands; gilt Louis XV
Metal: gun metal
Case Info: two body, circle aperture with revolving disc
Case Width: 52 mm
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: nickel finished, 19 lignes, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three arm balance
Circa: 1901
Condition: dial is very good, movement is good, case good with some light scratches on the back

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2012 November 18 Timepieces Signature Auction - New York #5121 (go to Auction Home page)

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November, 2012

18th Sunday

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Sold on Nov 18, 2012 for: $1,156.25

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