Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 389
Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No 42308, made for the Chinese market, circa 1830. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel center seconds watch with a silver chain and two enamelled keys.
CHF 35,000 - 40,000
Sold: CHF 43,700
Double body case, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow with ' champlevé" enamelled decoration, a fine pastoral scene of a shepherd playing the flute for two young maids, painted on the enamel back, with further champlevé enamelled decoration on the border. Gold cuvette with engraved decoration.White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and second hands, gold "heart" hands. Fine fully engraved giIt brass movement, "Chinese" caliber with a free standing barrel, duplex escapement with a three arm steel balance equilibrated with three weights. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.
