Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 121

Spring. Blossoms Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, No. 8458, circa 1825, made for the Chinese market. Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, quarter-repeating watch with independent dead center seconds.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 39,000 - 52,000

Sold: CHF 91,500

C. Four-body, basket-shaped, enameled band, back with a finely painted spray of spring flowers on a dark blue guilloché enamel ground, bezels, pendant and bow set with half pearls, gold hinged cuvette finely decorated with champlevé enamel. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic quarters, center seconds. Blued steel ”diamond” hands. M. 41 mm, gilt brass engraved, two-train, two free-standing barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring with compensation curb, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Punched with the maker's mark under the dial on the pillar plate.Diam. 60 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The pendant piece, bearing the preceding number, is in the Wilsdorf Rolex Collection and is illustrated Pl. 36 and p. 193 in the book “Montres et Emaux de Genève”. For a biography of Piguet & Meylan, see page 28 and 29 of the first catalogue.