Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Mar 21, 2020
LOT 2
UNSIGNED, CHINESE MARKET ENAMEL POCKET WATCH, PEARLS AND GILDED METAL
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 5,200 - 7,250 / HKD 40,000 - 56,000
Fine and rare gilded metal, enamel and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, small pocket watch, with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market. Case-back with orange flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning), with polychrome painting on enamel, by an unidentified workshop, probably Geneva, showing a young Western woman, in bust, looking to the right; fluted case-band; bezels, pendant and bow set with half-pearls.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand unsigned, Fleurier (Val-de-Travers)
Year circa 1860-1880
Numbers 105079 with prestige hallmarks imitating a London letterdate "U")
Caliber 15''', gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, with going barrel, duplex escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions 39,5 mm.
Signature movement