4,830 CHF
Swiss, No. 26973, circa 1845.Fine 18 ct. gold, extra-flat watch with bagnolet calibre and visible balance. Eccentric white enamel with radial Roman chapters set at the top, the bottom with an aperture for the balance rotating against gilt plate. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 39 mm o, single plate gilt brass with bridge under the dial, 8 jewels, single plate floral engraved on the reverse, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain platinum five-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, female winding.Diam. 44 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 210-211. Notes Philippe-Samuel Meylan (1772-1845)was the first to adapt a musical movement to a watch, the first to make the extremely slim bagnolet calibre watch, and the inventor of the alarm ring watch, in which a pin protrudes from the watch to wake the wearer.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
