2,309,000 HKD
"The Faithful Guardian" Bovet, London, No. 333 & No. 334, Made for the Chinese market, circa 1830. Very fine and extremely rare, mirror-image pair of 18K gold and painted on enamel, center seconds pocket watches with duplex escapements. Property of a European Collector Two-body, "Chinese" type, scalloped edges, the back enamel panel finely painted with a rustic scene of a young child being frightened by a dog in a kennel, he clings to his mother who holds flowers in her skirts, a water mill and landscape in the background, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with pale blue, red and green champlevé enamel. Hinged and sprung gold cuvette. D. White enamel with ra White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. 48 mm., gilt brass, Chinese calibre, fully engraved, standing barrel, duplex escapement, polished steel five-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movements signed. Diam. 61 mm. Notes Bovet A watchmaking dynasty founded by Edouard, Frédéric, Alphonse, Gustave, Charles-Henri, and Caroline Bovet, of Fleurier. In 1822, a Bovet partnership was founded for the Chinese watch trade in Canton. In 1840, Bovet Frères et Cie was esetablished in Fleurier, and in 1864, the Bovet watch production was sold to Bovet’s manufacturing inspectors in Fleurier, Jules Jéquier and Ernest Bobillier, soon joined by Ami Leuba. In 1888, Bovet Frères was founded under the direction of
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25