The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 390

Bovet, Fleurier (Val de Travers), Swiss, No. 473, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1830.Very fine 18K gold and enamel, centre seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Two body, bezels with red, pink and green champlevé enamelled decoration, the pendant and bow with matching decoration, the back with multicoloured painted summer flowers against a light blue ground. Hinged glazed gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Polished and blued steel, "Chinese" calibre with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement with polished steel escape wheel and three-arm balance with wedge shaped and partly blued steel weigts, flat balance spring and regulator.Signed on the movement.Diam. 55 mm