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THBA rare early 19th century Swiss pocket watch with musical automata by Piguet & Meylan
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About Auction
LiveMay 6, 2023
Lots 343 - 699: Important Watches & Clocks, Parts, Tools and Mechanical Music at 1:30pm Eastern including Part V of the Gerald Waelti collection of Black Forest clocks Schmitt Horan & Co. bids@schmitt-horan.com
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- Lot Description
Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, a rare, early 19th century musical pocket watch with automata, key wind and set gilt movement with cylinder escapement, now in an 18 - 20 karat multicolor gold consular case with paste set bezel, the back featuring an urn on a pedestal, a dog, flying birds and a basket, polychrome enamel dial with roman numeral chapter ring above multicolor gold automata featuring a woman with harp at right and a boy with lute at left, set against a colorful landscape background with buildings and mountains, 41mm, 53.2g TW
Condition
CASE: Case has housed another movement; Small hole in bezel near catch; Interior abraded to clear edge of dial; Pendant with a few shallow file marks; Bezel lacking 13 stones; Bow with minor bend; Precious metal content tested. DIAL: Professional restoration to chapter ring; Base of casting with figures filed to fit case. HANDS: Hour with oxide; Minute and seconds replaced. MOVEMENT PLATES: Fine scratches on plate; Spotting; Some steel components with very shallow pitting. MOVEMENT FUNCTION: Running order (winds, sets and ticks). COMPLICATION: Functions properly. The watch is recently restored, and ready to enjoy. See Sotheby's sale L20313, "Collection of a Connoisseur", 7/14/2020, lot no. 47, for a sequential numerical successor and possible companion to the watch offered here, in it's original case. A pair of watches matching the Sotheby's example are held by the Patek Philippe museum, and are the numerical successors to the watch sold by Sotheby's in July of 2020 (3569 and 3570). Go to Youtube at https://youtu.be/8bf2Gboq2kU for video.
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