ATTRIBUTED TO WEST END WATCH CO. | A GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET HALF-HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH MADE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET | CIRCA 1910

LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE

ATTRIBUTED TO WEST END WATCH CO.

A GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET HALF-HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH MADE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET

CIRCA 1910

jewelled lever movement, steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs, numbered 153089, gold cuvette, translucent enamel dial, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, sunburst background with translucent lilac enamel and three-colour metal automaton figures, 18ct gold case, translucent blue and green enamel over an engine-turned ground, engraved design highlighted with rose-cut diamonds and single-cut rubies, pink enamel chapter ring with engine-turned ground, blue Arabic numerals, glazed aperture, polychrome enamel panel depicting a tiger hunt surrounded by rose-cut diamonds, stamped with a W within a star, numbered G 4128 55

diameter 54.5mm