187,500 HKD
BOUQUET OF FLOWERS Chevalier et Compe. , No. 1934, made for the Chinese market, circa 1790. Fine and unusual, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set pocket watch Two-body, hinged, split-pearl set bezel, the reverse with central flower bouquet on a translucent red ground, split-pearl set bezel, bow with numbered rectangular shank. White enamel, Arabic hours, outer minute divisions with fifteen minutes/seconds numerals. Blued-steel spade hands. 43 mm., frosted gilt, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 52 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-02-26
