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US$2,000-3,000
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Property From An Important Private Asian Collection
JUVET. A GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
SIGNED EDWARD JUVET, FLEURIER, CIRCA 1830
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JUVET. A GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Signed Edward Juvet, Fleurier, circa 1830
With gilt-finished duplex movement, steel balance with halberd-style blued steel weights, hinged cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a painted enamel scene depicting a warrior on horseback wielding a sword against the attack of a wild leopard, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed
39 mm. diam.
Signed Edward Juvet, Fleurier, circa 1830
With gilt-finished duplex movement, steel balance with halberd-style blued steel weights, hinged cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a painted enamel scene depicting a warrior on horseback wielding a sword against the attack of a wild leopard, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed
39 mm. diam.