4,600 HKD
Bovet, Fleurier (Swiss), No. 608, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1850. Fine silver centre second watch. Three body, "Chinese " with fixed bezel, polished. Hinged glazed silver cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "spade" hands. Gilt brass, Chinese calibre with free standing barrel fully engraved with scrolled foliage and further decoration, lateral lever escapement, the three-arm balance with wedge shaped and partly blued steel weights, flat balance spring and regulator. Early Bovet Chinese signature within "Twelve Petal Lotus Flower " over an azure ground engraved on the case and Chinese signature on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm. Notes According to Alfred Chapuis in La Montre Chinoise, pp. 134-135, fig. 89, this Chinese signature, within the "Twelve Petal Lotus Flower" over and azure ground, was reserved for the best quality production of watches made in the workshops of Henri-Louis Yersin in Fleurier, or by Lorimier in Besancon which used to carry the same signature around 1840.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-06-09
