Hong Kong, Nov 25, 2022

LOT 88

UNSIGNED
POCKET WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; SILVER, GILDED SILVER, ENAMEL AND PEARLS

HKD 15,900 - 31,800

EUR 2,100 - 4,100 / CHF 2,000 - 4,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,100

Sold: HKD 22,500

Silver, enamel and pearl-set, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, made for the Chinese market, with subsidiary seconds at 6.

Orange flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) and painting on enamel case, with, on the cover, a portrait of a young blonde girl with a charming smile, and, on the case-back, a scene showing a swan; pearl-set bezels.

White enamel dial, with suspended Arabic numerals inside cartouches; pink gold “Louis XV” hands.

Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably gold) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


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, probably Fleurier (Val-de-Travers)

Model made for the Chinese market

Year circa 1890-1910

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 74 566 (by “L G”; with prestige hallmarks imitating the London letter-date “U”)

Material silver, gilded silver, enamel and pearls

Diameter 50.3 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, cylinder escapement

Weight 90 gr. (approx.)