Pocket Watch Case

RARE Qing Dynasty Juvet Chinese Duplex silver Dragon case pocket watch c1850. The watch has been made by Jovet Watch Co. Juvet and Bovet both was official watch makers to the Chinese Emperor’s Court. Fine enamel dial with a central seconds hand, signed with Chinese characters for Jovet. Amazing high grade Chinese Duplex style anchor escapement movement. Fire gild hand engraved and hand finished movement with blue steel screws, ruby endstone on balance, hand engraved Chinese characters for Jovet on the movement. The watch is oversize -56mm in diameter. The watch comes with a matching key. PERFECT WORKING ORDER The watch comes with a CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY! Provenance;the watch comes from the most important chinese collection of the bulgarian diplomat Mr. Ferdinandov, who was the Bulgarian ambasador in Beijing during 1960′s. He brought over 1000 Chinese watches and clocks. His collection is considered for the biggest one in the whole Eastern Europe! Clocks and watches were never devices owned by the everyday citizen of China. The Chinese had been using a public time keeping system that was based on a combination of sun dials, water clocks, and astronomical observations. While the EQUINOCTIAL SYSTEM divides a 24 hour day into 12 equal periods, with each having four quarters (thus each quarter corresponds to an half-hour in western time keeping system), this system was only used by astronomers and astrologers. Because China was an agricultural based society, the PRACTICAL Chinese hours was the TEMPORAL SYSTEM, which were based on sunrise and sunset. Both the day and the night were divided into six equal periods. This obviously made the periods unequal because of seasonal changes: As winter approaches, the “day periods” became shorter; while during the summer, they become longer. To make things even more complicated, in practical use the night was actual divided into five “special” night periods, instead of the theoretical six; and each night period was in turn divided into five “points” equally. The first Chinese watches were originally constructed by the Mandarin Jesuit missionaries for the Chinese emperors since the late Ming dynasty (late 16th century to 1644). The emperors considered the watches as both astrological toys and jewelry. In fact, horological and astronomical instruments were the items that caught the emperors’ eyes and allowed the missionaries to obtain their feet in the Chinese doo. By the Manuchu (Ch’ing) dynasty (1644 – 1911), watches imported from Switzerland had become the Emperors’ favorite toys. The watches came in different shapes and types (such as a gun form watch, a musical watch, or a singing bird box with a watch), and no expense was spared in terms of jewelry ornamentations. Today you could still see part of his collection in the National Museum in Beijing. While K’ang-hsi had commissioned watches from his missionaries and Swiss horologers, Ch’ien-lung was more nationalistic by ordering Cantonese artisans to construct clocks in the “western fashion”. 1769, who entered the court while following the ambassador of Holland, and built a pendulum clock inside the Old Imperial Summer Palace Yuen-Ming-Yue. The enamel painting was frequently a depiction of flowers. The fact that the automaton companies were the leading horological importers of China showed that the Chinese continued to consider watches as mechanical toys. The Chinese were still using the temporal time system in everyday life. Even though some clever watchmakers did create watches that had an adjustable chapter to accommodate the changing time periods, the requirement of having a horologer to adjust the chapter daily rendered the adjustable watch impractical. The normal, “non-adjustable” version, continued to be only used by astrologers. Hence it was no suprise for the automaton companies that their wealthy Mandarin customers were mainly interested in Jewelry watches, or Repeaters. Save for the emperors and his court mathematicians, scientists and astronomers, no one seemed to be interested in purchasing a chronometer, a chronograph, or a calendar watch because no one would use a watch for actual timekeeping. The latter type of watches was particularly impractical in China, because the Chinese had always been using the lunar caleChinese watch history. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Tailor your auctions with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “RARE Qing Dynasty Juvet Chinese Duplex silver Dragon case pocket watch c1850″ is in sale since Saturday, February 17, 2018. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “riaerica2000″ and is located in Sofia. This item can be shipped worldwide.

This is a mid 1800′s mechanical duplex Chinese Market Pocket Watch. These watches were made with a silver case, although most were not marked to indicate the makeup. It features a porcelain watch face with roman numerals and is marked in Chinese at the 12 o’clock position. It also has an interior lens. The movement is very ornate and is jeweled. It is designed to be mechanically wound with a key. I don’t have information on what materials were used to design the movement parts. The back protective cover opens with the lever above the 12 o’clock position. Inside lens cover also opens with a small lever. Watch face diameter: 47 mm. Overall watch diameter: 54 mm. Total weight: 92 g. Condition issues(see photos). The watch does not wind (see video). The spring barrel is loose. When attempting to wind, the mechanism springs back. Porcelain watch face is chipped at 8 and 5 o’clock positions. The case has fine scratching, scuffing, and a few dents. Front end lens is missing. A key is not included (please let me know if you need a key and I will include a generic key). Please use images, video, and ask questions to best determine the item type, value, and condition. The item “Antique 1840′s Chinese Market Bat-Wings Pendulum Duplex Pocket Watch Silver Case” is in sale since Tuesday, July 25, 2017. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “mayevsky” and is located in Goshen, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

• Escapement Type: Duplex
• Material: Silver
• Year of Manufacture: 1840-1849
• Movement: Mechanical (Key-winding)
• Pocket Watch Size: 47mm

Keywind gilt movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and suspended going barrel, polished steel regulator, blue steel stop work and screws. Polished steel three arm balance with three blue steel batwings, spiral hairspring. Steel crab tooth duplex escape wheel allowing the hand to beat seconds. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, centre seconds, blue steel hands. Plain silver open face case, sprung gilt cuvette, silver oval pendant and bow. Although this watch is lacking a crystal on cuvette, it has the cleanest movement, dial and case we have handled, runs but has not been serviced, timed or tested. We will always provide antiques declarations on our packages where appropriate. WE DO NOT END AUCTIONS EARLY! The item “Chinese duplex pocket watch in silver case, key-wind rf23904″ is in sale since Monday, July 04, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “patj2173″ and is located in Goffstown, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.