108th Auction

2023/5/20

Lot 453

J. Ullmann & Co. zugeschr. /attr. to

A rare silver enamel pocket watch with centre seconds, studded with half pearls for the Chinese Market

Sold

estimated
1.0003.000 €
Price realized
2.200 €
specific features
Case
Silver, polychrome enamel, half pearls, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel, inlaid paillon decor.
Movement
Bridge movement, keywind, gilt, florally engraved, going barrel, side lever escapement, monometallic balance with blued steel weights.
Case no.82951
Diam.41 mm
Circa1890
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.54 g


The back is decorated with a polychrome miniature portrait of a young lady adorned with gold jewellery and dressed in oriental costume on an engine-turned ground with translucent red enamelling, framed by a border of half pearls, which is repeated on the front and encloses the beautiful dial decorated with gold paillons.
An almost identical silver enamel pocket watch by J. Ullmann & Co. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin was sold for 5,200 euro as lot number 503 during our 95th auction in May 2017.


The J. Ullmann & Co company was established around 1880 by Jacques Ullmann in Fleurier, with successful branches soon opening in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Paris and Vladivostock. Jacques Ullmann worked with other makers such as Edouard Juvet, John Barwise and Tavannes Watch Co.; in 1918 he purchased the Bovet company.