French duplex watch made for the Chinese market Circa 1860
- Kenmerk
- PD0513
- Diameter
- 53 mm
- Estimate
- € 20.000 - 35.000
- Price sold
- € 23.750
Gold and enamel duplex with 15-day power resereve
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A very fine and rare French gold and enamel duplex pocket watch with 15-day power reserve made for the Chinese market, circa 1860.
The case back with a very fine miniature polychrome enamel painting of a bouquet of summer flowers on a blue ground. Silver dial, engine turned and engraved, applied floral gold decoration, inlaid radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued Breguet hands. Gilt frosted movement, key-winding, florally hand-engraved, winding indication sector calibrated for 15 days on the barrel cover driven directly from the pinion mounted on the winding arbour, duplex escapement. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 114 g
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Signed: Gontard & Cie à Paris
Signed: Gontard & Cie à Paris
































