Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 73
Léo Juvet
Pair of pocket watches with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market, special 24-hour horometrical dials; silver
Pair of pocket watches with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market, special 24-hour horometrical dials; silver
HKD 64,000 - 80,000
CHF 8,000 - 10,000 / USD 8,500 - 10,600
Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pair of pocket watches with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market.
White enamel 24-hour dials with Chinese zodiac characters; blued steel “Spade” hands.
21’’’, gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, going barrel, lateral equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and steel flat hairspring index regulator.
White enamel 24-hour dials with Chinese zodiac characters; blued steel “Spade” hands.
21’’’, gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, going barrel, lateral equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and steel flat hairspring index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Leo Juvet, Fleurier (Val-de-Travers) and Shanghai
Year circa 1890-1910
Case No. 224 882 and No. 224 898 (with prestige hallmarks)
Caliber 21’’’, lateral equilibrated lever escapement
Dimensions Ø 55.2 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories riginal fitted box; one winding-key, one additional mainspring
Notes
Similar watches are published in the following books:
• Saussure, Léopold de, “L’Horométrie et le système cosmologique des chinois” (pp. 1-18), in Chapuis, Alfred (with the collaboration of Loup, Gustave), La montre chinoise, Relations de l’Horlogerie suisse avec la Chine, Paris and Neuchâtel, Editions Attinger Frères, 1919 (XIII-272 pp.), p. 5, fig. 5-10
• Tellier, Arnaud, & Didier, Mélanie, Le Miroir de la séduction, Prestigieuses paires de montres « chinoises » – The Mirror of Seduction, Prestigious pairs of “Chinese” Watches, Geneva, Patek Philippe Museum Editions, 2010 (172 pp.), pp. 140-141.
• Saussure, Léopold de, “L’Horométrie et le système cosmologique des chinois” (pp. 1-18), in Chapuis, Alfred (with the collaboration of Loup, Gustave), La montre chinoise, Relations de l’Horlogerie suisse avec la Chine, Paris and Neuchâtel, Editions Attinger Frères, 1919 (XIII-272 pp.), p. 5, fig. 5-10
• Tellier, Arnaud, & Didier, Mélanie, Le Miroir de la séduction, Prestigieuses paires de montres « chinoises » – The Mirror of Seduction, Prestigious pairs of “Chinese” Watches, Geneva, Patek Philippe Museum Editions, 2010 (172 pp.), pp. 140-141.