21,850 CHF
Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46343, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold and enamel centre-seconds watch, with special escapement. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel with a fine painted scene depicting a nobleman helping his loved one to cross the stream. Hinged polished-gold cuvette with bright cut and engraved decoration. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Gold "spade" hands. Gilt-brass, fully engraved, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, five-arm polished-steel balance, ruby end-stone, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed oil the movement. Diam. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
