Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, Jun 20, 1998

LOT 465

Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 4837, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set centreseconds musical watch.

C. Four body, Empire with split-pearl set bezels, the band pendant and bow with champleve enamelled formal decoration, the back enamel panel with a very fine composition of Summer flowers against a pale green ground. Hinged gold cuvette with a black champleve enamelled decoration in a basket work pattern. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes and seconds ring. Blued-steel "serpent" hands. M. Gilt-brass with free standing barrels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Pin-disc musical train with 21 steel vibrating blades. Piguet Meylan Master mark punched on the front plate beneath the dial. Diam. 52 mm.