107th Auction

2022/11/19

Lot 248

Piguet & Meylan zugeschr./attr. to

An exquisite hour repeating pocket watch with half hour/hour strike and musical movement that activates on the hour or at will

estimated
19.00025.000 €
Price realized
-
specific features
Case
18 K pink gold, engine-turned, slide for music/silence, slide under the bezel to stop the striking train, case maker's punch mark "FO" (Frères Oltramare).
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, 2 barrels, pinned-disc musical mechanism (sur plateau) with vibrating blades, mirror-polished levers for musical movement, three-arm gold ring balance.
Case no.3835
Diam.58 mm
Circa1820
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.152 g


J.D. Piguet et S. Meylan à Genève
Piguet was an expert craftsman who produced his watches in partnership with Henry Capt and Philippe Samuel Meylan, and later also with his sons. Philippe Samuel Meylan came to Geneva at the age of 20 to work for Audemars Frères. He opened his own workshop near Le Brassus in 1811, but returned to Geneva later. He met Piguet and formed the partnership with him; they worked in Geneva under the name "Piguet & Meylan" from 1811 to 1828. The company was well known for the production of early ”China-watches” and became famous for its pocket watches with special functions; they created automatons with man and animal shapes and intricate musical mechanisms as well as skeleton watches.
Frères Oltramare
Working in Geneva between 1810/11-1826.