Edouard Juvet, Fleurier gold and enamel open face centre seconds pocket watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Circa 1850
This 62mm open face centre seconds pocket watch by Edouard Juvet of Fleurier is dated by the auction house to circa 1850 and described as made for the Chinese market.
Bonhams states the watch features a key-wound, jewelled engraved gilt 'Chinese Calibre' lever movement with a pierced balance cock and three-arm balance with blued steel weights. The white enamel dial presents black Roman numerals, outer 1/5th second divisions, and blued steel hands. The gold case incorporates multi-coloured champlevé enamel foliate ornamentation across the bezel, pendant, and bow, alongside a reported later painted river scene on the back and a hinged exhibition cuvette.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Dial
- White enamel with Roman numerals
- Type
- Open-face pocket watch
- Hands
- Blued steel spade hands and centre seconds
- Case Number
- 106
- Place recorded
- Switzerland
- Case Decoration
- Multi-coloured champlevé enamel foliate decoration
- Movement Calibre
- Chinese Calibre lever movement
- Maker / attribution
- Edouard Juvet
Design
- Visible features
- • White enamel dial featuring elongated black Roman numerals and an outer track divided into 1/5th seconds. • Gold bezel, pendant neck, and bow decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel scroll and floral patterns. • Blued steel spade hour and minute hands accompanied by a counterpoised sweep centre seconds hand.
- Dial and Exterior Presentation
- Direct visual inspection of the open face shows a white enamel dial featuring elongated black Roman numerals and an outer track divided into 1/5th seconds. Time is displayed via blued steel spade hour and minute hands accompanied by a counterpoised sweep centre seconds hand. The front casing exhibits a gold bezel, pendant neck, and bow decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel scroll and floral patterns. According to the auction cataloguing, the piece features a 62mm polished round case bearing case number 106, with fine multi-coloured champlevé enamel foliate decoration extending to the band and bow, as well as a hinged exhibition cuvette.
- Reported Movement and Internal Mechanics
- The cataloguing describes the movement as a signed, key wind, jewelled engraved gilt 'Chinese Calibre' lever movement. The description further notes that the movement is equipped with a pierced and engraved balance cock and a three-arm balance with blued steel weights. Because the provided photograph only displays the front dial side, these movement components, decorative engravings, and signatures cannot be directly verified from the image and remain source-reported claims.
- Caseback Decoration and Documentation Discrepancies
- The auction description records a later fine painted scene on the back depicting a boat on a river. The reverse of the case is not visible in the provided image, precluding independent confirmation of the scene, its execution, or its condition. The watch is catalogued as made for the Chinese market and assigned a date of circa 1850. The accompanying lot footnotes describe the firm of Edouard Juvet—founded in Buttes, Switzerland in 1842—and its trade in China starting in Shanghai in 1860, but specific archival documentation linking case number 106 to an exact production date is not recorded in this source.
Identification
- Serial number
- 106
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: The movement and the painted back cover mentioned in the lot description are not visible in the provided image.
- Research required: The bezel of another watch appears partially in the upper right background of the photograph.