165,200 HKD
“Tixier Caliber” Swiss (Fleurier). Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine and rare, large, gilt, painted on enamel and pearlset pocket watch with center seconds, Tixier caliber, and duplex escapement. Three-body, “Empire”, the back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of summer flowers on a blue ground, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow. Springloaded glazed cuvette. White enamel, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals. Blued steel “ovoid” hands. 54 mm (23’’’), foliate engraved gilt "Chinese" Tixier caliber, shaped plates, free-standing barrel, Jacot-type Chinese duplex escapement, three-arm bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel winged weights, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 62 mm. Property of a Italian Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
