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BOVET. AN ATTRACTIVE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL OPENFACE KEYWOUND LEVER WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
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BOVET. AN ATTRACTIVE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL OPENFACE KEYWOUND LEVER WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, NO. 663, CIRCA 1830

Fermé30 November 2011

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HKD 93,750

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BOVET. AN ATTRACTIVE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL OPENFACE KEYWOUND LEVER WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, NO. 663, CIRCA 1830
Finely engraved gilt-finished lever movement, engraved floral and scroll decorated gilt cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, centre seconds, circular case, pearl-set bezel, pendant, bow and rim, the back decorated with a painted polychrome enamel portrait of a lady on translucent scarlet enamel background, cuvette stamped with Bovet's Chinese trademark and numbered, dial signed, movement signed and numbered
38.5 mm. diam.

Note du spécialiste

US$5,000-7,000

For a detailed description and illustrations of similar watches from the Bovet Private Collection see The Mirror of Seduction - Prestigious pairs of "Chinese" Watches, Patek Philippe Museum, pp. 138 & 139.

A similar movement signed Bovet, Fleurier, is illustrated in The Chinese Watch by Alfred Chapuis, p. 179 (calibre Lorimier).