Schweiz, Case No. 4946, 47 mm, 72 g, circa 1890

A decorative quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton
Case: 14k pink gold, lavishly florally engraved, dome with a polychrome enamelled erotic automaton scene, depicting a monk and a nun in a church, case maker's punch mark "LBF", slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued Breguet hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, governor for repetition, screw compensation balance.