Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 373

MUSICAL AND REPEATING GOLD POCKET WATCH Attributed to Piguet et Meylan, Geneva, No. 1898. Made circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter-repeating, musical pocket watch with music playing on the hour or at will. Accompanied by a mahogany later fitted box.

HKD 40,000 - 55,000

USD 5,150 - 7,080 / CHF 5,085 - 7,010

Sold: HKD 93,750

Four-body, "Empire", master mark `AP`, engine-turned with polished rims, bolt at 10 to activate the music. Hinged gilt brass cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting. Gold, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. 46 mm.(20```), gilt brass two-train, with standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Sur plateau musical movement, 28 tuned, blued steel vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc, music/silence lever at the edge of the cuvette beneath the back cover. Dial plate punched numbered 1898, case numbered 1898.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view
Image

Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 53.5 mm.