Geneva, May 12, 2024
LOT 281
ATTRIBUTABLE TO PIGUET ET MEYLAN, SWITZERLAND, LE JARDIN DE CUPIDON, QUARTER-REPEATING, MUSICAL AND FOUR AUTOMATON ACTIONS, PLAYING MUSIC ON THE HOUR OR AT WILL, 18K PINK GOLD
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
HKD 348,000 - 520,000 / USD 44,300 - 67,000 / EUR 40,800 - 62,000
Sold: CHF 50,000
A fine, 18k pink gold, manual wind open face pocket watch with four automaton actions, playing music on the hour or at will. Painted on enamel scene of a classical garden with two applied multicoloured gold cherubs resting on urns appearing to strike the hours and quarters on bells, applied multicoloured gold automaton below of a seated man playing the lyre and a cherub striking the triangle in a landscape. The master mark ''IE'' punched on the inside of the back cover is that of the case maker who made many cases for Piguet & Meylan in Geneva.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-33-04 |
Good Restored HANDS Later |
Brand Attributable to Piguet et Meylan, Switzerland
Model Le Jardin de Cupidon
Year Circa 1820
Movement No. 11795
Case No. 11795
Diameter 58 mm.
Caliber 23''', gilt, going barrels for the going and musical trains, cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, the balance, brass escape wheel and third wheel jeweled, flat balance spring, index regulator, sur plateau musical movement with 29 tuned steel teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, silence/musique lever protruding from under the cuvette.
Signature Cuvette with apocryphal signature and number 20112, movement and case punch numbered 11795.