Lot 156 · Important Watches
a pink gold hunting cased quarter repeating automaton watch with erotic scenecase 70748 circa 1890
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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches, New York · 7 June 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4573532
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Swiss, a pink gold hunting cased quarter repeating automaton watch with erotic scenecase 70748 circa 1890. Sotheby's, 7 Jun 2017, lot 156. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4573532.
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Swiss, a pink gold hunting cased quarter repeating automaton watch with erotic scenecase 70748 circa 1890. Sotheby's, 7 Jun 2017, lot 156. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4573532.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| a large stainless steel automatic world time chronograph wristwatch w… | Jaeger-lecoultre | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| a large zalium automatic semi-skeletonized chronograph wristwatch wit… | Harry Winston | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| a platinum rectangular wristwatch made to commemorate the re opening … | Patek Philippe | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| retailed by tiffany & co.: a yellow gold automatic center seconds wri… | Rolex | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| a yellow gold filled triple calendar wristwatch with moon phasesmvt 6… | Lecoultre | $2,000–$4,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss | A large skeletonised open-faced lever watch Circa 1900 | $2,737 | Sotheby's, Feb 2022 | |
| Swiss | A gold quarter repeating skeletonised watch with serpentine | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Swiss | A pink gold hunting cased quarter repeating chronograph watc | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Swiss | A gold quarter repeating watch with concealed erotic automat | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Swiss | swiss | a gold quarter repeating hunting cased chronograph w | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Swiss | Gold Quarter Repeating watch with concealed Erotic Automaton | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Swiss | swiss | a gold and diamond-set ring watch with visible balan | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Swiss | A gold jump hour cylinder watch Circa 1830 | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.