Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

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

LOT 474

Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 5626, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold and enamel, centre-seconds musical watch.

USD 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: USD 28,750

C. Four body, Empire, the band, bezels, pendant and bow with azure and red champleve enamelled formal decoration, the back panel of blue flinque enamel, centred with the painted portrait of a lady. Hinged gold cuvette with a black champleve enamelled floral decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Blued-steel "scotties" 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 18 steel teeth. Piguet Meylan Master mark punched on the front plate beneath the dial. Diam. 54 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 19

Dent(s)
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 24-51

Slightly chipped

Partially reprinted

Notes

A similar watch from the H. Wilsdorf Collection is illustrated in Montres et Emaux de Geneve, Collection H. 1Vilsdorf, texts by A. Chapuis, Rolex, 1944, p. 209.