27,600 CHF
"Rose Bouquet" Bovet, Fleurier. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement. Three-body, “Empire”, pale blue, red and white enameled band, back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of flowers including pink roses, pearl-set bezels, enameled pearl-set pendant,and bow. gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel “ovoid” hands. 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 Alexis Landry, who served his apprenticeship in Fritz Bovet’s workshop in Fleurier, producing ebauches for Chinese watches and silver cases. Alexis Landry formed a partnership with Albert and Jean Bovet, specializing in complicated watches and chronographs. In 1901, the Bovet trademark was acquired by César and Charles Leuba, sons of Ami Leuba. In 1918, Jacques Ullmann & Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds bought the Bovet brand from Leuba Brothers, and in 1
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16
