The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 319

Longines, Swiss, turn of the 19th century, sold to monsieur Pérousset in Paris.Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, diamond-set keyless hunting-cased form watch in the shape of a lyre, with a photograph compartment.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,200 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 3,220

C. Four-body, shaped, decorated with translucent red enamel over flinqué engraving, scroll engravings, dark blue foliate pattern, inner yoke and frame set with rose-cut diamonds, photograph compartment inside back cover, hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds. M. 10 1/2''', rhodiumed, 'fausses côtes', 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut, bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring.Signed on dial and movement.Dim. 47 x 33 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 486-487.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 4 - 18
Movement: 4 - 5 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The Longines Paris agent ordered this movement from Longines and then had the case especially made.Piguet Lot CaptIsaac Daniel Piguet (1775 - 1841) and Henry Capt (1775 - 1841) were partners from 1802 to 1811. They specialised in musical and automaton watches but also made very fine musical pieces with automata. Two small musical movements with five tuned teeth, playing tunes on five notes, were among their first, made in 1802. In 1811 Piguet became associated with Meylan, forming another famous firm, Piguet et Meylan.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.