99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 463
A collection of 3 pocket watches
Piguet & Meylan à Genève, Case No. 634, 57 mm, 132 g, circa 1815
A quarter repeating pocket watch with musical movement that activates on the hour
Case: 18k rose gold, three French gold guarantee marks 1809-1819, radial engine-turned, reeded band, slide for silence, case maker's punch mark "PM". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, sur plateau musical movement with pinned disc.
Two pocket watches in this mixed lot are fitted with a musical movement. Both date from the same period and produce a clear sound and a lovely tune.
Philippe Samuel Meylan met Isaac Daniel Piguet and formed the partnership with him; they worked in Geneva under the name "Piguet & Meylan" from 1811 to 1828. The company became famous for its pocket watches with special functions; they created automatons with man and animal shapes and intricate musical mechanisms as well as skeleton watches.
Piguet & Meylan à Genève, Case No. 634, 57 mm, 132 g, circa 1815
A quarter repeating pocket watch with musical movement that activates on the hour
Case: 18k rose gold, three French gold guarantee marks 1809-1819, radial engine-turned, reeded band, slide for silence, case maker's punch mark "PM". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, sur plateau musical movement with pinned disc.
Two pocket watches in this mixed lot are fitted with a musical movement. Both date from the same period and produce a clear sound and a lovely tune.
Philippe Samuel Meylan met Isaac Daniel Piguet and formed the partnership with him; they worked in Geneva under the name "Piguet & Meylan" from 1811 to 1828. The company became famous for its pocket watches with special functions; they created automatons with man and animal shapes and intricate musical mechanisms as well as skeleton watches.
Sold
estimated
5.000—7.000 €
Price realized
7.800 €