Pair of Chinese Market Pocket Watches

Inventory Number: PW1911010LC&PW1911011LC

Made in Switzerland circa 1850, signed Bovet, 57mm size, silver open-face case. Fully engraved gilt brass plate with lever escapement. Usually, the case numbers and caliber numbers of a pair of matching pocket watches are either consecutive numbers or same numbers, but for this pair of timepieces, the numbers are symmetric signed as 4041 and 4140.

On loan from the private collections of Mr. Huo Feile.