Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 462
JUVET SMALL POCKET WATCH WITH CENTRE-SECONDS MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; GILDED METAL, ENAMEL AND PEARLS
HKD 48,000 - 64,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000 / USD 6,150 - 8,200TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 50,000
Gilded metal, enamel and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, roundshaped, small pocket watch, with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market. Case-back with polychrome painting on enamel, by an unidentified workshop, probably Geneva, showing a bunch of multicoloured flowers and leaves on a green enamel background; fluted caseband; bezels, pendant and bow set with half-pearls.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-6-8 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Edouard Juvet
Year Circa 1860
Calibre 14’’’, gilded brass, Chinese-style, with going barrel, duplex escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Case No. 37 275
Diameter 38.7 mm
Signature Movement