An 18K gold openface quarter repeating verge watch with erotic automaton
signed on the cuvette, Romily à Genève, no. 35000, circa 1810
Gilt full plate fusee movement with scroll pierced bridge set with ruby endstone, repeating on gongs by depressing pendant, lock on band, gilt cuvette, skeletonized dial with vari colored automaton jacks flanking a small white enamel arabic chapter ring, above a blued steel shutter opening to reveal an amorous couple, within a plain gold case with reeded band. 55 mm diam.