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A Gold Automaton Quarter Repeater Hunter Pocket Watch C1896
A Gold Automaton Quarter Repeater Hunter Pocket Watch C1896

A Gold Automaton Quarter Repeater Hunter Pocket Watch C1896

By Unbranded

Located in Mayfair, London, London

A Heavy 18ct Yellow Gold Automaton Quarter Repeater Keyless Lever Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1896 Dial: The white enamel dial with Roman Numerals and outer minute track.

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Antique 1890s Swiss Pocket Watches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

Charles Luge 247 GP Stemwinder Blue Dial Automaton
Charles Luge 247 GP Stemwinder Blue Dial Automaton

Charles Luge 247 GP Stemwinder Blue Dial Automaton

Located in Great Neck Plaza, NY

You are viewing a rare mechanical musical artwork that is in excellent condition. As the melody "The Huntsman's Rest" plays, the rider raises and lowers his arm with the bird, while ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Freres Esquivillon et De Choudens. A Gold Quarter Repeater Automaton C1820
Freres Esquivillon et De Choudens. A Gold Quarter Repeater Automaton C1820

Freres Esquivillon et De Choudens. A Gold Quarter Repeater Automaton C1820

Located in Mayfair, London, London

An 18ct Rose Gold Quarter Repeater Automaton Keywind Fusee Open Face Pocket Watch. C1820 Dial: The Silver dial with black Roman numerals and outer minute track.

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Antique 1820s Swiss Pocket Watches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold

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Reuge Gilt Keywound Musical Automaton Pocket Watch circa 1980s
Reuge Gilt Keywound Musical Automaton Pocket Watch circa 1980s

Reuge Gilt Keywound Musical Automaton Pocket Watch circa 1980s

Located in Boston, MA

Reuge gilt keywound musical automaton pocket watch, circa 1980s. 60mm. Multi-movement automaton scene of rider holding a bird, a horse drinking from a fountain, and a lady pumping...

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Vintage 1980s Swiss Pocket Watches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Vulcain 18kt Rose Gold Full Hunter Minute Repeating Automaton Pocket Watch C1880
Vulcain 18kt Rose Gold Full Hunter Minute Repeating Automaton Pocket Watch C1880

Vulcain 18kt Rose Gold Full Hunter Minute Repeating Automaton Pocket Watch C1880

By Vulcain

Located in Mayfair, London, London

Vulcain 58mm 18Kt Rose Gold Full Hunter Minute Repeating Automaton Pocket Watch C1880 Case: The Swiss hallmarked highley hand engraved case with scrolls garlands flowers and vacant ...

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Antique 19th Century Swiss Pocket Watches

VALUE SWISS Stainless Steel Wristwatch with Erotic Automaton

VALUE SWISS Stainless Steel Wristwatch with Erotic Automaton

Located in Firenze, IT

PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRICE IS FULLY INCLUSIVE OF SHIPPING, IMPORTATION TAXES & DUTIES Value Swiss, L'Heure d'Amour, No. 38. Made in a limited edition in the late 1990s. Fine stainless...

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1990s Swiss Wrist Watches

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Stainless Steel

Alfred Lugrin rose gold Minute Repeating Erotic Automaton Hunter Pocket Watch
Alfred Lugrin rose gold Minute Repeating Erotic Automaton Hunter Pocket Watch

Alfred Lugrin rose gold Minute Repeating Erotic Automaton Hunter Pocket Watch

Located in Berlin, DE

Lugrin, Alfred,– quarter Repeating & Erotic Automaton, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 14K rose gold pocket watch with concealed erotic automato...

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Antique 19th Century Swiss Pocket Watches

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14k Gold, Rose Gold

LeCoultre Pocket Min Rep PG Hunter Case "Le Sentier"Automaton
LeCoultre Pocket Min Rep PG Hunter Case "Le Sentier"Automaton

LeCoultre Pocket Min Rep PG Hunter Case "Le Sentier"Automaton

By Jaeger-LeCoultre

Located in New York City, NY

This is a LeCoultre pocket minute repeater 18kPG hunter case "Le Sentier" automaton. A very fine, heavy minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with 2 jacquemart.

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Antique Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Pocket Watches

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