Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 179

Watcher, Fleurier, No. 2999, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1840. Fine 18K gold and enamel, centre-seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Double body with fixed bezel, the back panel decorated with a champleve enamel painted floral decoration on a black ground, as an imitation of cloisonne work, bezels pendant and bow with champleve enamelled foliage decoration over a pink ground. Hinged glazed gilt-brass cuvette. D. White enamel dial with Roman numerals. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. Polished steel, Chinese calibre with free standing barrel, drawn from that of Lepine, single wheel duplex escapement, plain steel five-arm balance, flat balance spring and regulator. Signed on the movement. Diam. 54 mm.