Bovet, Fleurier

Bovet, Fleurier

A fine gold and polychrome enamel painted centre seconds duplex watch made for the Chinese market

Circa 1850, no. 699 3

• Movements: black polished steel 'Chinese' calibre, duplex escapement, ruby end-stones, bi-metallic compensation balance, asymmetric wedge-shaped weights with blued steel caps, signed Bovet, Fleurier

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, blued steel spoon hands, outer ring for minutes/seconds, blued steel centre seconds, signed Bovet, Fleurier

• Case: gold, polychrome enamel painted panel in the manner of Dufaux depicting two doves surrounded by flowers and foliage against a pink ground, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, glazed cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting, champlevé enamel band with flowers and foliage in tones of opaque black, white and translucent red and green enamel against opaque pink enamel ground, pusher through pendant to release back, case stamped 699 3, inner bezel stamped 3

diameter 57mm