Sold for:
9,200 HKD
9,200 HKD
Bovet, Fleurier, made for the Chinese market circa 1860. Fine gilt brass and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds lady’s pendant watch. Three-body, “Empire”, back finely painted on enamel with bouquet of flowers, pearl-set bezels, pendant, and bow, glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel “spade” hands. 27 mm (12’’’), gilt brass fully engraved “Chinese” caliber, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the movement in Chinese characters.Diam. 33 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
