Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 182

Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46343, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold and enamel centre-seconds watch, with special escapement.

C. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel with a fine painted scene depicting a nobleman helping his loved one to cross the stream. Hinged polished-gold cuvette with bright cut and engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Gold "spade" hands. M. Gilt-brass, fully engraved, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, five-arm polished-steel balance, ruby end-stone, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed oil the movement. Diam. 57 mm.