AUGUSTE COURVOISIER

AUGUSTE COURVOISIER, SWITZERLAND, CABRIOLET "DEMI-CHRONOMETRE" PIVOTED DETENT ESCAPEMENT, PORTRAIT OF ABDÜLMECID, 31ST SULTAN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WITH AN ENAMEL MAP DEPICTING THE OTTOMAN TERRITORIES IN THE BALKANS. MADE FOR THE TURKISH MARKET, GOLD AND ENAMEL An extremely fine, important and unique, 18k yellow gold and enamel, manual wind “Cabriolet”, or “boîte à étui tournant”, demi-chronometer pocket watch. Outer case back decorated with a painted enamel map depicting the Ottoman territories in the Balkans. The map bears labels in Old Turkish script identifying the Province of Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia, the Danube, Vidin, the Province of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria. Bezels engraved in taille-douce with foliate decoration. Inner case with the centre decorated with a painted enamel portrait of Abdülmecid, 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. White enamel dial with Turkish numerals and gold Breguet hands. Hinged gold cuvette. Brand: Auguste Courvoisier, Switzerland Model: Cabriolet "Demi-Chronometre" pivoted detent escapement Year: Circa 1845 Case: 31657 Caliber: 38 mm., Diameter: 51 mm. Weight: 104 gr. Signature: Case Accesories: fitted box Grading System: EXCEPTIONAL Case: 3 (Good) Dial: 3-01 (Good , HANDS Original) Movement: 3* (Good , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense) HKD: 334,000 - 530,000 USD: 42,500 - 67,000 EUR: 37,800 - 60,000 JPY: 6,720,000 - 10,550,000 Abdülmecid I (1823–1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1839 to 1861. Son of Sultan Mahmud II, he ascended the throne at a young age and presided over the Tanzimat, the major programme of administrative, legal and social reforms that sought to modernise the Ottoman Empire. Educated in a European manner and fluent in French, Abdülmecid was a noted admirer of European culture, Western music and the arts. His reign also encompassed the Crimean War and the Treaty of Paris of 1856. A patron of the arts and European-style decorative objects, he was commemorated in a number of richly decorated portrait watches made for the Ottoman court, including examples signed Auguste Courvoisier & Cie, circa 1850. Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier (1803–1873) was a Swiss watchmaker and watch manufacturer based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. A member of the prominent Courvoisier watchmaking family, he was associated with his brother Henri-Louis in the firm Courvoisier Frères, established in 1842 as successor to Courvoisier & Cie. The firm was renowned for the production of high-quality and elaborately decorated watches, with an important clientele in the Ottoman Empire. Courvoisier watches made for the Ottoman market are particularly distinguished by their Turkish numerals, Islamic calendar indications and richly enamelled gold cases. Several important examples signed Auguste Courvoisier & Cie are preserved in international museum collections, including the Topkapı Palace Museum in Istanbul and the L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem.

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