13th May, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST

Jewellery, Watches & Silver

 
Lot 2416
 

2416

Reuge: A Gilt Metal Automata Musical Alarm Pocket Watch, signed Reuge, circa 1960, manual wound lever movement with attached pinned cylinder movement, alarm hand, printed landscape scene with automata depicting a lady beside a water pump and a figure on a horse, case with engraved musical instruments to the back cover, cuvette inscribed Reuge a Sainte-Croix and numbered 6270, button to operate musical movement and automata, with fitted box, winding key and booklet
57mm wide

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Case back with small scratches, dial is clean, hand setting correctly and winding smoothly, alarm is working, music is playing and the automata is working correctly, movement in going order.

 


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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 13th May, 2023

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