Swiss

A GOLD AUTOMATON VERGE WATCH WITH DATE AND POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL CIRCA 1800

• Movement: unsigned gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with foliage, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain
• Dial: white enamel, subsidiary time dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, inner date ring, aperture for winding between 2 and 3 o'clock, three polychrome enamel painted vignettes depicting a shepherdess, a classical landscape and two children playing with a dog combined with an aperture revealing an automata of a farmer driving his mule
• Case: plain gold with polished finish, chamfered bezels, the inside back numbered 3769 and with maker's mark CL
diameter 59.5mm