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All right, sorry for bad quality.
It's a European pocket watch that doubles as a Chinese luck-bringing talisman.
On the painted enamel dial you can see the figures of the Jade Maiden and the Golden Boy, benign taoist deities protecting the family who symbolize wealth and virtue.
It's not a proper automaton but their hands move as the watch ticks (the hand were probably made of paper machier and are sadly gone now). They are pointing at a calighrapy that says "Blessing". There are also motives of doves (?) and the endless knot.
The case is silver and is quite heavy for the period.

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