Just & Son. A fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface lever watch with centre seconds, made for the Chinese market
Signed Just & Son, London, movement no. 2841, case no. 56'564, circa 1850
Chased and engraved mechanical lever movement, 12 jewels, standing barrel, three-arm polished balance with weights, gilt cuvette with decoratively engraved centre and rim, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold spade hands, outer Arabic 15 minute divisions, centre seconds, circular case, split-pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, black and white enamel band, the back cover and pendant decorated with a cloisonné enamel spray of flowers on black enamel background, case and cuvette numbered, movement signed and numbered
55 mm. diam.
Just & Son. A fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface lever watch with centre seconds, made for the Chinese market
Signed Just & Son, London, movement no. 2841, case no. 56'564, circa 1850
Chased and engraved mechanical lever movement, 12 jewels, standing barrel, three-arm polished balance with weights, gilt cuvette with decoratively engraved centre and rim, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold spade hands, outer Arabic 15 minute divisions, centre seconds, circular case, split-pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, black and white enamel band, the back cover and pendant decorated with a cloisonné enamel spray of flowers on black enamel background, case and cuvette numbered, movement signed and numbered
55 mm. diam.
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