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Lot Essay
Delivered with brass metal key with polychrome enamel floral decoration on Royal blue enamel background.
A comparable silver gilt watch with hunting scene signed Eduoard Juvet, No. 58437, was sold at Christie's Geneva on 12 November 2012, Lot 196. Another such watch, being the property of the California Academy of Science and bearing the number 64236, was on loan to the National Watch and Clock Museum (NAWCC) and was prominently featured on the cover of the NAWCC BULLETIN of February 2007, Volume 49, Catalogue No. F553.18.
Edouard Juvet (1820-1883) was one of the most eminent watchmakers specialized in timepieces for the Chinese market. He opened his workshop in Buttes in 1842 before moving to Fleurier in 1844.
Edouard's sons, Ami-Louis and Lo, worked in the family's firm in Shanghai where they were only rivalled by the Bovets. The firm opened branches in Tianjin and Ho Chih Minh City and prospered to such an extent that Lo wrote "Our watches sell like salt".
In 1873, Edouard Juvet registered a trademark in Chinese characters that was used for all their products. After his death in 1883, Lo took over the management of the company.
"Simple" watches in plain silver cases but still fitted with the lavishly decorated movement and centre seconds, typical features of "Chinese market" watches, were offered at affordable prices to the Chinese general public.
A comparable silver gilt watch with hunting scene signed Eduoard Juvet, No. 58437, was sold at Christie's Geneva on 12 November 2012, Lot 196. Another such watch, being the property of the California Academy of Science and bearing the number 64236, was on loan to the National Watch and Clock Museum (NAWCC) and was prominently featured on the cover of the NAWCC BULLETIN of February 2007, Volume 49, Catalogue No. F553.18.
Edouard Juvet (1820-1883) was one of the most eminent watchmakers specialized in timepieces for the Chinese market. He opened his workshop in Buttes in 1842 before moving to Fleurier in 1844.
Edouard's sons, Ami-Louis and Lo, worked in the family's firm in Shanghai where they were only rivalled by the Bovets. The firm opened branches in Tianjin and Ho Chih Minh City and prospered to such an extent that Lo wrote "Our watches sell like salt".
In 1873, Edouard Juvet registered a trademark in Chinese characters that was used for all their products. After his death in 1883, Lo took over the management of the company.
"Simple" watches in plain silver cases but still fitted with the lavishly decorated movement and centre seconds, typical features of "Chinese market" watches, were offered at affordable prices to the Chinese general public.