DESCRIPTION:
EPW - Juvenia, Swiss, unusual silver and gullioche enamel HC with folding front shutters, suitable as either a dress watch or small travel clock, 50mm x 38mm, gilt sterling silver and light blue guilloche enamel original Juvenia HC with shutters released by tilting the bow back, mvt and inner body of case are meant to be removed by loosening a screw left of stem, gilt dial with luminescent hour numerals, luminescent hands, SW-SS, lever escapement, 15J, wheel satin nickel finish, s#54936 within case. An unusual and strikingly attractive piece, we have handled only three total examples of this shuttered Juvenia style, and this is the only example of these three to feature guilloche enamel finish.
CONDITION:
Mvt: NR, ticking in the dial up position but stopping when turned dial down, retaining screw to release mvt from case not tightening and screw or its tapped hole may be stripped, overhaul needed, fine-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, plates with some whitish toning and fine scratches, larger winding wheel with some oxide; dial with scattered spotting, some rippling at upper-left caused by shallow denting; excellent hands; case shows very little wear, no dents or dings, only some portions of gilt finish remain to exterior, guilloche enamel is substantially intact with only a small flake of loss to lower-left corner of rear, guilloche enamel with some typical scratches, right front shutter closing leaving a small gap at its base; bow pivots freely, crown shows very little wear; good glass crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$800
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