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SWISS [瑞士製] | A VARI-COLOUR QUARTER REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS CIRCA 1820 [彩色活動人偶二問報時懷錶,年份約1820]
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SWISS[ 瑞士製]A VARI-COLOUR QUARTER REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTSCIRCA 1820[ 彩色活動人偶二問報時懷錶,年份約1820]•Movement: full plate gilded, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, repeating on coiled gongs, gilt-metal cuvette• Dial: Breguet numerals on outersilvered chapter ring, centred by an applied vari-coloured gold neoclassicalbuilding and automaton scene depictingPunch or Pulcinella fighting Chronos appearing in uppergalleryin unison with the hour chimes, twoputti belowstriking the quarter hours in unison with the quarterrepeating• Case:circular engine-turned case, repeating through the pendant, pending lockingbutton in the ribbed banddiameter 56mmTo view shipping calculator, please clickhere
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Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣:鐘錶鬼才」
From June 3, 2020 to June 16, 2020 in Geneva
PIERRE ADOLPHE HALL | PORTRAIT OF A LADY, CIRCA 1780
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PIERRE ADOLPHE HALLBoras 1739 - 1793 LiègePORTRAIT OF A LADY, CIRCA 1780Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory,set in the lid of a tortoiseshell box, with stamped gilt-metal mountsThe miniature: 55 mm. Diam.; The box: 66 mm.
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The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
From Dec. 5, 2019 to Dec. 5, 2019 in London