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Jose de VITA ASUNCION watch. - Lot 10

Relojeria de José de VITA ASUNCION. Pocket watch with automaton, with minute strike, in 750/1000 yellow gold. Blued steel dial on which rest two automatons and foliage in cut and chiseled silver. In the center, white enameled dial with Roman numerals and seconds at six o'clock. The antique-style automatons, in traditional dress, ring the bells using hammers at six and nine o'clock, driven by the arms. Double cuvette in yellow gold engraved with flowers, scrolls and foliage. Complex striking mechanism. Mechanical key-wound movement. Exceptional piece in working order, engraved inside on the cuvette "Minute repeater. Double-plate chronometer. 29 jewels. Relojeria de José de VITA ASUNCION". No. 11807. Circa 1850. Diameter: 54 mm. Gross weight: 136.27 g.