Lot 315

Piguet & Meylan zugeschr. / attr. to

A collection of 3 technically interesting pocket watches
A large pocket watch with quarter repeater and musical movement

This is a fascinating timepiece, not only for its lovely musical movement but also for the finely ornamented case back with an exquisite guilloche pattern and the band engraved with rose tendrils as well as the exquisitely engraved dial with floral elements.

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 Louis Audemars & Cie. 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.