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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 378
J.D. Piguet & P. Meylan à Genève, No.134, made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Extremely fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel, quarter-repeating "barking dog" automaton watch.
HKD 400,000 - 450,000
CHF 80,000 - 90,000
Sold: HKD 714,840
C. Three body "Empire" with reeded band, bezels chased with vari-coloured cast floral decoration, engine-turned back. GiIt brass hinged cuvette. D. Eccentric gold engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Blued-steel Breguet hands; Dial plate of blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, with below the dial a vari-coloured applied scene of an automaton dog, running behind a goose. M. GiIt brass half plate movement with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain balance, flat spring. Pump wound "barking" train activating a bellows by depressing the pendant. Stamped case. In perfect condition. Diam. 59 mm.
