LeCoultre & Co. An 18K gold and polychrome enamel keyless wind minute repeating jacquemart full hunter pocket watch with automaton Date: Circa 1880 Movement: Lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, Breguet overcoil, wolf's tooth winding, two polished hammers striking on two gongs Dial: Gilt and enamelled, grey guilloche enamelled dial, blue Roman numerals, applied gilt outer minute track with 5 minute markers, subsidiary dial at 5 with Arabic numerals for seconds, two enamelled turbaned courtiers striking twin bells resting on pink foliate, gilt lance hands Case: Polished hinged round, signed cuvette, No.1974 Size: 54mm Accompaniments: Fitted wooden case, 18K gold chain Footnotes: Jacquemart automaton's also known as bellstrikers are mechanised figures of a person striking the hours on a bell with a hammer. They can also be known as a Jack of the Clock or Jack O'Clock. The origin of the word Jacquemart is disputed but thought likely to refer to a tool called a 'Jackie' which was used when building church towers.