$28,750
Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 5626, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold and enamel, centre-seconds musical watch. Four body, Empire, the band, bezels, pendant and bow with azure and red champleve enamelled formal decoration, the back panel of blue flinque enamel, centred with the painted portrait of a lady. Hinged gold cuvette with a black champleve enamelled floral decoration. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Blued-steel "scotties" hands. Gilt-brass with free standing barrels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Pin-disc musical train with 18 steel teeth. Piguet Meylan Master mark punched on the front plate beneath the dial. Diam. 54 mm. Notes A similar watch from the H. Wilsdorf Collection is illustrated in Montres et Emaux de Geneve, Collection H. 1Vilsdorf, texts by A. Chapuis, Rolex, 1944, p. 209.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-06-20
