The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 363

Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1830.Fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl-set, pendant form watch, with visible diamond-set balance, in the shape of an escutcheon, accompanied by a gold chatelaine with a pencil and a seal.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

C. Two-body, spring-loaded back decorated with a painted flower against translucent blue enamel over engine-turning, opening to reveal the winding and setting apertures, bezels set with half-pearls. The chatelaine has three chains coming from a Maltese Cross, one finished with a propelling pencil, one with a seal, and the third with a hook for the watch. D. Oval, translucent dark blue enamel, on the lower portion white enamel dial with Breguet hour numerals and outer minute divisions, above, theaperture for the balance oscillating against polished and blued-steel plate. Blued-steel hands. M. Oval, following the shape of the dial, full plate brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, four-arm plain balance set with rose-cut diamonds, diamond endstone.Dim. Width 23 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 468-469.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 04

Notes

Piguet Lot MeylanIsaac Daniel Piguet and Philippe Samuel Meylan were in partnership from 1811 to 1828 and just before 1828 their premises were 45, rue Rousseau in Geneva.Philippe Samuel MeylanBorn February 15, 1772, in Bas-du-Chenit, died in 1845. At 20 years old he came to Geneva where he worked for the Godemar Frères in quality of Master worker. Afterwards he went back to Brassus where he founded a little factory in 1811. He then returned to Geneva where he definitively settled. He met another watchmaker from his own village, Isaac Piguet, with whom he entered into partnership, founding the Piguet Lot Meylan firm, which would last from 1811 to 1828. It specialised in minute cadratues, musical watches, skeleton or automaton watches, mechanical animals and figures, he is also credited with the invention of the bagnolet calibre.Isaac Daniel PiguetBorn in Chenit in 1775, died in Geneva in 1841. Very skilful watchmaker, he entered into partnership firstly with Henry Capt, from 1802 to 1811, then with Samuel Philippe Meylan, another watchmaker from the same village, until 1828. Their works were signed or marked PM within a lozenge. After 1828, he went on with his activities with his son, either under the name of Piguet Lot Fils, or under that of I. D. Piguet Lot Cie. Their creations were for a large part made for the Chinese Market. It is tld that an important collector from Sidney bought a large quantity of watches and other musical and automaton objects of virtu, but the boat which carried the pieces was shipwrecked in the middle of the Indian Ocean.