The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 359

Charles Oudin, Horloger de la Marine, Palais Royal 52, No. 21875, circa 1870.Amusing 18 ct. gold and enamel pendant form watch in the shape of a book with a folding frame for 10 photographs.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 11,500

C. Three-body, canted corners, the front cover painted with flowers on a white ground, watch in the centre, the back with an applied central blank medallion within a black enamel foliate decorated frame on a matted gold ground, gold, hinged cuvette, inside the back hinged oval frames for ten photographs, engraved clasp. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel 'baton' hands. M. 19.1 x 24.8 mm, rectangular, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plainilt three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Dim. 25 x 22 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 482-483.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 18
Movement: 4 - 5 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Oudin CharlesFor a biography, see lot 98.Juvet, Edouard Lot Léo.One of the important Swiss horological families working for the Chinese market. Edouard Juvet (1820-1883) was first established in Buttes in 1842, but in 1844 moved his workshop to Fleurier. He began making ' Chinese ' watches in 1856. Edouard's sons Ami-Louis and Léo travelled to China to work in the family firm. When Ami-Louis died there, Léo (1848-1891) took his place. In Shanghai, the Juvets were rivalled only by the Bovets, yet the two families maintained friendly relations. The maison Juveprospered, opening branches in Tien-tsin and Saigon, to the extent that in 1872 Léo wrote : 'Our watches sell like salt'. In 1873, Edouard Juvet registered a trademark in Chinese characters which was used on the company's products. He granted his son Léo power of attorney in November 1875, and after his death in February 1883, Léo succeeded him at the head of the firm.