13,750 CHF
EEWAY BEAUTIFUL LADY WATCH CHINESE MARKET ENAMEL & PEARL Eeway, Fleurier, No. 456. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1875. Fine, gilt-metal, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with center-seconds and duplex escapement. Three-body, "empire", pearl-set bezel, pendant and bow, reeded band, the back cover decorated with a painted on enamel figure of a young lady in 18th century costume holding a fan, translucent green enamel background over radial engine- turning, pearl-set border. Hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gilt ovoid hands. 47 mm. matte gilded and foliate engraved, "Chinese" calibre, standing barrel, jeweled duplex escapement, five-arm polished steel balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Notes DIAM. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10