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Details
CIRCA: 1820
CASE NO: 4798
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow old
CASE DIAMETER: 56 mm.
DIAL: White enamel
MOVEMENT: Manual, key-wound
FUNCTIONS: Quarter repeating, automaton
BOX: No
PAPERS: No
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Lot Essay

Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jacquemart cupids and an automaton of a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot.

For a similar watch see: The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers by F.J. Britten, fourth edition, p. 188, pl. 361.

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