Swiss duplex watch made for the Chinese market Circa 1840

Gold, enamel and pearl-set watch
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A very fine, 18K gold Swiss, painted on enamel and pearl-set, a centre-second pocket watch with polished steel movement and duplex escapement, circa 1840. Summer Bouquet by Bovet Fleurier, made for the Chinese market. The band, pendant and bow with champlevé enamelled decoration, and the back enamel panel painted with a fine composition of summer flowers on a pale lilac ground. Hinged glazed gold-rimmed cuvette.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minutes/seconds divisions, and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued steel ovoid hands. Mirror-polished and blued steel movement, Chinese calibre with a standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, bimetallic three-arm balance with wedge-shaped blued steel weights, flat balance spring and an index regulator. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Bovet  Fleurier
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Bovet watchmaking dynasty founded by Edouard, Frédéric, Alphonse, Gustave, Charles-Henri, and Caroline Bovet, of Fleurier. In 1822, a Bovet partnership was founded for the Chinese watch trade in Canton. In 1840, Bovet Frères et Cie was established in Fleurier, and 1864, the Bovet watch production was sold to Bovet’s manufacturing inspectors in Fleurier, Jules Jéquier and Ernest Bobillier, soon joined by Ami Leuba. In 1888, Bovet Frères was founded under the direction of Alexis Landry, who served his apprenticeship in Fritz Bovet’s workshop in Fleurier, producing ebauches for Chinese watches and silver cases. Alexis Landry formed a partnership with Albert and Jean Bovet, specializing in complicated watches and chronographs. In 1901, the Bovet trademark was acquired by César and Charles Leuba, sons of Ami Leuba. In 1918, Jacques Ullmann & Co. of La Chaux de Fonds bought the Bovet brand from Leuba Brothers, and in 1948, Favre-Leuba took over the company and acquired the first production plant. In 1966 Favre-Leuba sold the Fleurier plant, and in 1989 Parmigiani acquired the Bovet name. A limited company registered as Bovet Fleurier S.A. was formed in 1990, using the Bovet trademark. In 1994, Roger Guye and a partner bought Bovet Fleurier S.A. and opened a branch in Geneva. Pascal Raffy became the majority shareholder and President in 2001. Today, Bovet timepieces are widely available in the world’s major destinations. Eager to maintain its historical roots in the Far East, the company has subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Japan and delivers its collection to select distributors in Singapore, Taiwan, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, the United States, London, and Geneva.