Charles Ducommun, The Prophet Moses, a present bestowed upon field Marshal Lintorn Simons by Eugenie

An extremely fine, rare and important varicoloured gold, enamel, pearl-set, manual wind enamel, pearl-set automaton pocket watch depicting ''Moses'' hitting the rock, with a quarter repeating “cherubs striking a bell” watch with special escapement. The so-called Moses Automaton is equipped with one of the most complex automata ever made for a timepiece of its size, this watch reenacts a biblical scene in which a mechanical Moses striking a rock with his staff, releasing a rush of water , simulated by two twisting glass rods. The thirsty figures around him reach out to catch the water. In the smaller oval frame, two cherubs strike the hours and quarters (text of the Patek Philippe Museum Katalog Volume 1 S.64 Ins. S-195 2022). An oval aperture below framed by graduated split pearls revealing two cherubs striking a bell in unison with the repeating automaton, and special escapement, manual wind 18K pink gold empire style three part case, profiled bezel, flat bow with pendant to enact the automaton in the oval frame, a slide in the band at two o'clock to activating repeating and automaton, when set to repeating mode the hours and quarters are struck in unison by the two putti, when set to automaton Moses is striking the rock.
Estimation : 220'000 - 420'000 CHF

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