Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 490

Bovet, Fleurier, No. 883, circa 1840.Very fine 18K gold and enamel, center-seconds pocket watch with special movement andspecial escapement.

C. Two-body, ?Empire?, back cover with a very finely painted on enamel scene a couple in a country settings, band with foliate pattern in red, green, yellow and blue champlevé enamel, pearl-set bezels, bow and pendant, spring-loaded, gold glazed cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 53.6 mm, made entirely in steel, ?Chinese? calibre with standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement, uncut, three-arm bimetallic balance with blued stel wedged weights, flat balance spring, all visible pivots jeweled.Signed on the movement.Diam. 65 mm.