52,900 CHF
Titus and BereniceLeo and Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, circa 1860. Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel pair of similar watches asymmetrically paintd on enamel with centre seconds and special escapement, made for the Chinese market. Two-body, the backs very finely painted on enamel, showing a young couple in neo-classical dress, pendants and bows engraved and enamelled, the bezels decorated in red, white and blue champlevé enamel in a repeated floral pattern, spring-loaded, hinged and engraved gold cuvette mounted on the movement ring.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31