18,400 CHF
Piguet et Meylan, Geneva, No. 819, circa 1815. Very fine 18K gold, quarter-repeating musical watch with music playing on the hour or at will. Three-body, by master casemaker S. Darier, "Empire", engine-turned,ribbed band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel"Breguet" hands. Notes A good example of a relatively early "sur plateau" musical watch made by its inventors.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14