141,600 HKD
“The Tiger’s Revenge” Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46250, the enamel attributed to P.-Amédée Champod. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Very fine, large, silver-gilt, painted on enamel and pearl-set center seconds pocket watch. Three-body, “Empire”, the back painted on enamel with a tiger attacking a hunter, another on a white horse shoots at the attacking tiger in a landscape, gold paillon highlights, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow. Spring-loaded silver-gilt cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals. Gilt “ovoid” hands. 49 mm (21’’’), engraved gilt "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel, single-wheel duplex escapement, five-arm flat rim polished steel balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm. Notes The present watch is another fine example of the Indian hunting scenes painted with such vigor by Champod. This particular scene is unusual in the genre and has gold paillons in the enamel to highlight the men’s belts and weapons. For a biography of Champod see the previous lot. For a biography of Edouard Juvet, see next lot. For a discussion of watches made for the Chinese market, see pages 196 - 201.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
