TIXIER CALIBER
DIMIER FRERES
Swiss (Fleurier), No. 35925. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860.
Fine and rare, silver pocket watch with center seconds, Tixier caliber
and Chinese duplex escapement. Accompanied by a red morocco
fitted box.
Two-body, "Consular", polished. Spring-loaded glazed cuvette.
White enamel, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute
divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals. Blued steel ovoid hands.
48 mm.(21```), foliate engraved gilt "Chinese" Tixier caliber,
shaped single wheel bridge, free-standing barrel, Jacot-type
Chinese duplex escapement, three-arm monometallic balance with
blued steel winged weights, blued steel flat balance spring, index
regulator.