Gold Quarter Repeating Swiss Automaton

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge automaton in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, polished steel endstone in a polished steel setting.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pendant quarter repeating on two gongs.  Silver  ring dial with Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands.  Within the dial two gilt chased and engraved classical figures fixed above the plate and polished steel repeating work.  As the watch strikes the hours and quarters the arms of the figures move as though striking the bells between them.   Plain gold open face case, gold push pendant for the repeat, wound through the sprung gilt cuvette.