52,500 CHF
VAUCHER – ROSES & BUTTERFLY GOLD, PEARL & ENAMEL WATCH Vaucher, Fleurier, case No. 33. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine, unusual and very rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement. Three-body, the back very finely painted on enamel with a branch of pink, red, white and yellow roses and a white butterfly against a light blue enamel ground, the bezels, pendant, and bow set with split-pearls, the band and pendant decorated with light blue champlevé enamel to match the back. Gilt-rimmed glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial narrow Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/ seconds Arabic numerals. Gold blued steel ovoid hands. 45 mm, gilt “Chinese” caliber fully engraved, jewelled to the third wheel, standing barrel, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with screws, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. DIAM. 53 mm. Notes CHARLES-HENRI VAUCHER, FLEURIER. Not to be confused with Vaucher frères. The firm was established by Charles-Henri Vaucher in Fleurier, in what later became the “Hotel de Ville”. In 1838 Vaucher sent a number of watches, some enameled, to Canton, attracting the attention of Louis Bovet, who mentioned them to his uncle Edouard. The company had a branch in London; later it moved to Trévise.. This extremely beautiful watch is in very good condition. The scene is very unusual for a Ch
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17