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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 47

?Souvenir? Attributed to Piguet & Capt, Genève, circa 1802. Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel carnet fitted with concealed watch, printed calendar notebook for 1802 with a pencil, in a leather fitted box.

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000 / USD 16,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 47,150

C. Four-body, slender and tapered, the front with a central panel finely painted with two young ladies holding flower garlands, one pricking her finger on Cupid?s arrow, below a hinged champlevé enamel panel decorated with two doves, opening to reveal the watch, the hinged top cover decorated en suite with doves in a flower basket,opening to a compartment containing a pencil and a small calendar/notebook in red morocco, the cover tooled with the date ?1802?, the reverse with a central painted on enamel panel depicting a swooning knight in armor, with his lady behind him and doves below, the top decorated similarly to the other side with the word ?Souvenir? in champlevé enamel below doves building a nest, both sides bordered by green champlevé enamel in a gold leaf pattern, champlevé enamel edges. D. Black, white, and blue champlevé enamel, designed as a clock with a flower urn at the top, center with Breguet numerals for the hour chapter, outer minute divisions. Small blued steel spadhands. M. Rectangular, 25 x 10 mm, hinged, gilt brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring.Dim. 79 x 35 x 9 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 19 - 47
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Isaac Daniel Piguet Born in 1775 in Le Chenit in the Vallée de Joux, Isaac Daniel Piguet was the son of Pierre Moïse Piguet and Elisabeth Nicole. He married Jeanne Françoise Capt around 1795, and around 1800 settled in Geneva with his family. Isaac Daniel Piguet went into business with Henry Daniel Capt, his brother-in-law, on February 10, 1802. The association between Piguet & Meylan came to an end in 1828. Piguet and his son David Auguste established a new company, Piguet père & fils, located no 69 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Isaac Daniel Piguet died in Geneva, on January 20, 1841, at the age of 66. Philippe Samuel Meylan Born February 15, 1772, in Bas-du-Chenit, died in Geneva in 1845. At 20 years of age he came to Geneva where he was a master worker for the Godemar Frères. He met another watchmaker from his native region, Isaac Piguet, and they entered into partnership, founding the Piguet & Meylan firm, which was to last from 1811 to 1828. It specialized in minute cadratures, musical watches, skeleton and automaton watches. Meylan is also credited with the invention of the bagnolet caliber. After Piguet & Meylan was dissolved, Philippe Samuel Meylan continued to work with his sons François and Auguste.