Lot 549

English, Case No. 1988, 55 mm, 109 g, circa 1800
An unusual verge pocket watch with "simple" rotating automaton "The Dice Game"
Case: silver. Dial: silver, engine-turned, eccentric chapter ring with radial Roman hours. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
The upper half of the dial shows three square cutouts that display alternating gold dice dots on blued steel ground when a pushbutton in the pendant is pressed.
Provenance: Landrock Collection