Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 72
Bovet
Pendant-watch with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market; gilded silver, enamel and pearls
Pendant-watch with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market; gilded silver, enamel and pearls
HKD 33,000 - 70,000
CHF 4,000 - 8,500 / USD 4,200 - 9,000
Gilded silver, enamel and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, roundshaped, pendant-watch, with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market.
Case-back with polychrome painting on enamel, by an unidentified workshop, showing a large Spring bouquet of flowers; fluted case-band; bezels, pendant and bow set with half-pearls.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement 12’’’, gilded brass, Chinese calibre, free-standing going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, index regulator.
Case-back with polychrome painting on enamel, by an unidentified workshop, showing a large Spring bouquet of flowers; fluted case-band; bezels, pendant and bow set with half-pearls.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement 12’’’, gilded brass, Chinese calibre, free-standing going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Bovet, Geneva and Fleurier (Val-de-Travers)
Year circa 1860-1880
Movement No. 22
Caliber 12’’’, cylinder escapement
Dimensions Ø 33.1 mm.
Signature dial and case
Notes
This watch is part of a small production of the Bovet workshops dating from the 1860-1880’s, of which we know a few examples decorated with enamel paintings showing scenes of genre or bouquets of flowers
These pendant-watches are in fact much rarer than the pocket watches of the same period. Antiquorum has sold only ten of these watches over the past 30 years, two of which were from the collection of Lord Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg (1927-2017), Baron Sandberg, CBE, Hong Kong and London.
These pendant-watches are in fact much rarer than the pocket watches of the same period. Antiquorum has sold only ten of these watches over the past 30 years, two of which were from the collection of Lord Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg (1927-2017), Baron Sandberg, CBE, Hong Kong and London.