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US$3,000-5,000
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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 ORIENTAL MARKET
SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, NO. 819, CIRCA 1830
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BOVET. A GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Signed Bovet, Fleurier, No. 819, circa 1830
With gilt-finished duplex movement highly engraved with floral motifs throughout, bi-metallic compensation balance, glazed dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse painted with a polychrome enamel scene depicting a man on horseback, poised with spear in hand, galloping behind a fleeing tiger, a snake with darting forked tongue coiled around a branch in the foreground, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed, movement also signed with the Chinese characters for Bovet
55 mm. diam.
Signed Bovet, Fleurier, No. 819, circa 1830
With gilt-finished duplex movement highly engraved with floral motifs throughout, bi-metallic compensation balance, glazed dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the reverse painted with a polychrome enamel scene depicting a man on horseback, poised with spear in hand, galloping behind a fleeing tiger, a snake with darting forked tongue coiled around a branch in the foreground, the circular case with bezels, pendant and bow set with split seed pearls, movement signed, movement also signed with the Chinese characters for Bovet
55 mm. diam.