FRÈRES ROCHAT | A MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL WATCH WITH SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON EMERGING FROM THE CASE SIDE MADE FOR THE TURKISH MARKET CIRCA 1820, NO. 202

FRÈRES ROCHAT

A MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL WATCH WITH SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON EMERGING FROM THE CASE SIDE MADE FOR THE TURKISH MARKET
CIRCA 1820, NO. 202

• Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, plain balance with spiral spring, the singing bird released from the case side, bellows and singing controlled via a sliding stack of cams, further fixed cams for controlling the bird's movements, stamped FR within an oval cartouche for Frères Rochat and numbered 202
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, aperture for winding, gold moon hands
• Case: gold, case back polychrome enamel painted with a harbour scene, surrounded by a translucent red enamel scalloped border, bezels decorated with flowers, foliage and berries in opaque white & turquoise enamel and translucent blue, green, red and yellow enamels over engraved decoration, all against an opaque turquoise ground, the band and pendant decorated en suite, bow with bands of opaque turquoise enamel, long slide to case side which simultaneously retracts hatch to base releasing the bird and uncovers sliding panel beside pendant for venting, the bird covered with multi-coloured feathers appearing on a golden branch with turquoise-set leaves, inside case back numbered 202 and 12704

diameter 52mm

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Provenance:
The Sir David Salomons Collection

Vera Bryce Salomons

L. A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem, inventory no. EW 6-70