132,250 HKD
Courting Doves Vaucher, Fleurier, made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds watch. Two-body, “Lepine” type, back very finely painted on enamel with courting doves among flowers, bezels, pendant, and bow in champlevé enamel, glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel “spoon” hands. 45 mm (20’’’), polished steel, "Chinese" caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, plain five-arm steel balance, blued steel balance-spring.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 53 mm. Notes For a biography, see lot 37.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
