Swiss silver rare watch for the Chinese market Circa 1835

Silver open faced pocket watch
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A rare Swiss pocket watch with second time zone, jumping centre seconds and calendar, circa 1835. Made for the Chinese market.
Even though this pocket watch has not been decorated with one of the marvellous enamel paintings that are so often seen on timepieces from Fleurier, the watch still boasts an extremely lavishly ornamented movement that was created especially to please the Chinese taste.
The case of this watch is silver, engine-turned and has a case maker’s punch mark “ML”. The dial is enamel with two subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday and the date. The movement is a bridge movement, lavishly engraved, with a Chinese duplex escapement, a standing barrel, a mono metallic screw balance with screwed blued and paste stone-set weights.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 108 g
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Signed: Fleurier