97th Auction
2018/5/12
Lot 193
Courvoisier Brothers, London, Movement No. 629, Case No. 629, 57 mm, 115 g, circa 1815
A rare pocket watch with jumping centre seconds and duplex escapement according to Edouard Jacot for the Chinese market
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, lavishly engraved, duplex escapement, going barrel, five-arm steel balance.
Watches of this type for the Chinese marked were usually produced in silver cases. To find such a timepiece in an 18K gold case is a rare case of luck.
A rare pocket watch with jumping centre seconds and duplex escapement according to Edouard Jacot for the Chinese market
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, lavishly engraved, duplex escapement, going barrel, five-arm steel balance.
Watches of this type for the Chinese marked were usually produced in silver cases. To find such a timepiece in an 18K gold case is a rare case of luck.
Sold
estimated
5.500—8.000 €
Price realized
6.900 €