Dial plate punched P&M and numbered 1121, case numbered, dial scratch numbered on the reverse. DIAM. 60.5 mm. 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 at No. 69 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He died in Geneva, on January 20, 1841. PHILIPPE SAMUEL MEYLAN Born 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 as a Master worker. Afterwards he went back to Brassus where he founded a little factory in 1811. He then returned to Geneva where he settled. He met another watchmaker from his own village, Isaac Piguet, with whom he entered into partnership, founding the Piguet & Meylan firm, which would last from 1811 to 1828. It specialised in minute cadratures, musical watches, skeleton or automaton watches, mechanical animals and figures, he is also credited with the invention of the bagnolet caliber. JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841) Learned his art under David-Etienne- Roux and Philippe-Samuel- Théodore Roux, becoming a most renowned enamel painter. His speciality was the painting of landscapes and particularly lake-side scenes and marine-scapes, often representing ships in a harbour or battles with fighting Men-of-War, but, on occasion, also portraits and hunting scenes. He did not often sign his work, but it is clearly recognised as being in his hand from the style and quality of the painting. He applied his art principally to watch cases and snuff boxes and these were largely destined for the Chinese, Turkish, British and Italian markets. In 1828 he was in partnership with Aimé-Julien Troll (1781-1852) and one can find work signed "Richter et Troll". Richter, like other great enamel painters of the time, often found inspiration for his work from paintings or engravings by the artists then in fashion particularly Claude Vernet. In extremely good condition, this signed and numbered watch is of large size and a fine example of the Piguet & Meylan workshop. The enamel scene can be attributed to Jean-Louis Richter who specialized in this type of lakeside scene with figures and cattle, it is of very high quality and even the expressions on the faces of the young couple are realistically captured. The heavy gold case is further enhanced by the champleve enamel band and pearl bezels.