Lot 111

Clerc à Fleurier, Case No. 948, 38 mm, 44 g, circa 1820
A lady's very fine and decorative gold enamel pocket watch with centre seconds and duplex escapement - for the Chinese market
Case: gold enamel, the back side costly engine-turned and translucent green enamelled. Dial: gold, engine-turned, engraved flower decor with polychrome champlevé enamel in the centre. Movm.: mirror-polished steel bridge movement, keywind, going barrel, steel train, three-arm steel balance.
This lady’s pocket watch dazzles the viewer with the extraordinary brilliance of its colours and its excellent condition. The beautiful enamel medallion on the back is of superior quality and shows a fine small and colourful bouquet of summer flowers: asters, cornflowers and tulips.