Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier

A FINE AND RARE LARGE GILT, ENAMEL SPLIT PEARL-SET AND OPEN-FACED CENTER SECONDS WATCH NO 757 MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET CIRCA 1850 brass diameter 56 mm , • gilt metal 'Chinese Caliber' movement with gilt bridges engraved overall with scrolls, balance with blued halberd-style screwed weights, glazed dust cover • white enamel dial, painted black Roman numerals, outer minute track, spade hands, center seconds • case decorated on both bezels and bow with split pearls, polychrome enamel to the case back depicting a bouquet of summer flowers over light purple ground • case signed with Chinese characters