The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 228

Swiss, No. 26973, circa 1845.Fine 18 ct. gold, extra-flat watch with bagnolet calibre and visible balance.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 2,500 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,830

C. Three-body, 'bassine pincée', back cover with a vermicelli pattern, reeded band. D. Eccentric white enamel with radial Roman chapters set at the top, the bottom with an aperture for the balance rotating against gilt plate. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 39 mm o, single plate gilt brass with bridge under the dial, 8 jewels, single plate floral engraved on the reverse, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain platinum five-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, female winding.Diam. 44 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 210-211.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 18 - 01

Notes

Philippe-Samuel Meylan (1772-1845)was the first to adapt a musical movement to a watch, the first to make the extremely slim bagnolet calibre watch, and the inventor of the alarm ring watch, in which a pin protrudes from the watch to wake the wearer.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.