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US$1,500-2,000
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SIGNED BOVET, NO. 367, CIRCA 1820
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BOVET. A SILVER GILT, ENAMEL AND SEED PEARL-SET OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed Bovet, No. 367, circa 1820
With highly engraved gilt-finished movement with duplex escapement, plain three arm balance, glazed cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the small circular case with seed pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple playing with a dog in a garden, in a floral and foliate ring, to the blue guilloché enamel ground, case and dial signed in Chinese and numbered
33 mm. diam.
Signed Bovet, No. 367, circa 1820
With highly engraved gilt-finished movement with duplex escapement, plain three arm balance, glazed cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, centre seconds, the small circular case with seed pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, the reverse with a painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple playing with a dog in a garden, in a floral and foliate ring, to the blue guilloché enamel ground, case and dial signed in Chinese and numbered
33 mm. diam.