Sold for:
3,220 CHF
3,220 CHF
So-called “Chinese Duplex” Attributed to Bovet, Swiss, circa 1870. Fine 18K gold two time-zone pocket watch with Jacot duplex escapement beating dead seconds. Four-body, “bassine et filets”, engine-turned back, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, two time-zone subdials, one with radial Roman numerals at the left, one with Breguet numerals to the right, center dead seconds with track at the outermost, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel and gilt “spade” hands. Notes An interesting watch, probably by Bovet who sometimes signed with the reverse of his name, Tevob, the intial of which a “T” is formed by the center bridge.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
