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US$2,500-3,500
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Property From An Important Private Asian Collection
BOVET. A GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, CIRCA 1850
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BOVET. A GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed Bovet, Fleurier, circa 1850
With gilt and silver-finished jewelled lever movement, finely engraved throughout with foliate scrolls, polished steel balance with halberd-style blued steel weights, glazed dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a polychrome enamel scene of a spray of summer flowers on a turquoise blue ground, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed
61 mm. diam.
Signed Bovet, Fleurier, circa 1850
With gilt and silver-finished jewelled lever movement, finely engraved throughout with foliate scrolls, polished steel balance with halberd-style blued steel weights, glazed dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a polychrome enamel scene of a spray of summer flowers on a turquoise blue ground, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed
61 mm. diam.