播威,FLEURIER,精細及罕有,鍍銀、琺瑯鑲珍珠,中心秒針懷錶,為中國市場製造,約1870年製
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播威,FLEURIER,精細及罕有,鍍銀、琺瑯鑲珍珠,中心秒針懷錶,為中國市場製造,約1870年製

SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, NO. 3217, CIRCA 1870

已結束2012年11月12日

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CHF 40,000

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播威,FLEURIER,精細及罕有,鍍銀、琺瑯鑲珍珠,中心秒針懷錶,為中國市場製造,約1870年製

BOVET. A FINE, RARE AND ATTRACTIVE SILVER GILT, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE CENTRE SECONDS LEVER WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET SIGNED BOVET, FLEURIER, NO. 3217, CIRCA 1870. Mirror-polished steel keywound movement, lateral lever escapement with horn-shaped ending, hinged glazed display cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, centre seconds, large circular case, pearl-set bezel, rim, pendant and bow, a finely painted polychrome enamel scene depicting a lion hunt to the back, case stamped with Bovet’s Chinese signature, movement signed, rim of case back and cuvette numbered 3217. 57 mm. diam.

若中英文拍品描述有任何歧義,概以英文版本為準。

專家說明

The particularity of the present lever movement is the openwork horn-shaped ending of the pallet fork, a symbol used in Chinese mythology as a defence against demons.

For other examples of watches decorated with hunting scenes see Bovet 1822 - The Imperial Art of Watchmaking - Bovet Private Collection, pp. 142 - 152.