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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 208

Bovet, Fleurier, Swiss, made for the Chinese market, circa 1840.Very fine silver gilt and enamel, pearl-set center-seconds fob watch.

C. Three-body, Empire with reeded band, split-pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, the back enamel panel painted with a fine composition of summer flowers on a blue ground. Hinged silver-gilt glazed cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Small, gilded, 'Chinese' caliber with free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gilded three-arm balance, flat balance spring and regulator.Diam 33 mm.