247,800 HKD
"Spring Bouquet" Fleurier, No. 12601. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Very fine and very rare, eight-day going two-barrel gilt metal and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch with unusual lateral lever escapement. Three-body, “Empire”, reeded band, finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of flowers on a pale yellow ground, pearl-set bezels, pearl-set pendant, and bow. Silver gilt and glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals and outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel “ovoid” hands. Notes The pair to this watch is illustrated in “Time in Pocket” by Kiu Tai Yu.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
