Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015
LOT 84
BOVET FLEURIER BOUQUET YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL Bovet, Fleurier, No. 5325. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Fine and rare, yellow gold and painted on enamel center-seconds pocket watch with mirror-polished movement and Jacot duplex escapement.
HKD 260,000 - 440,000
USD 34,000 - 57,000 / CHF 30,000 - 50,000
Sold: HKD 650,000
Two-body, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with turquoise, red, blue and green champlevé enamel and gold flowers and leaves, the back panel painted with a fine composition of flowers on a turquoise ground. Hinged gold-rimmed glazed cuvette. White enamel with radial narrow Roman numerals, outer minutes/seconds divisions, Arabic quarter hour numerals. Blued steel spade hands. Mirror-polished "Chinese" caliber with mirror polished wheel train and bridges, standing barrel, jeweled to the center, Jacot duplex escapement, three-arm bimetallic compensation balance with wedge shaped brass weights, flat balance spring, blue steel index regulator. Movement signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |