Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 372
?The Tiger?s Fate? Bovet, Fleurier, No. 914, enamel attributed to P. Amédée Champod, made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Very fine, silver gilt and painted on enamel, large pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch.
HKD 60,000 - 75,000
EUR 6,500 - 8,000 / USD 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: HKD 97,750
C. Three-body, the back painted on enamel with a Hindu horseman on a whitehorseshooting arrows at a tiger in a landscape, pearl-set bezels, pendant andbow. Silver gilt cuvette.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisionsand Arabic 15-minute/seconds numerals. Blued steel?ovoid? hands. M. 47 mm, gilt brass fully engraved "Chinese" calibre, 9jewels, free-standing barrel, duplex escapement, bimetalliccompensation balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator.Signed on the movement and also with Chinese characters.Diam. 56 mm.For a biography of the enamel artist P?Amedee Champod, see lot 33.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 - 6 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3- 01 |
Good |