Swiss repeating, musical and hour striking watch Circa 1815
- Kenmerk
- SA1108
- Diameter
- 54 mm
- Estimate
- € 150.000 - 250.000
- Price sold
- € 191.500
Gold, enamel and pearl set quarter repeater
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An exceptional and rare Swiss gold, enamel and pearl set open faced quarter repeating and hour striking on demand centre seconds musical cylinder pocket watch made for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Gilt full plate cylinder movement, plain three arm mono metallic balance wheel with polished steel endplate, repeating on gongs, index regulator, musical movement with 23 vibrating teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, bolt at 6 o’clock to activate the music, the lever at 4 o’clock for music/silent. Gold cuvette with champlevé enamelled scene depicting musical instruments. White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions, Arabic quarter hour numerals, gilt lozenge hands and centre seconds. The case back with seed pearls and a floral motif in red and green against a translucent imperial blue enamel background, the centre with a painted miniature portrait representing an allegory of Autumn attributed to Jean Abraham Lissignol, the bezel is also decorated with seed pearls, the band, stem and bow are decorated to match. Movement stamped PM for Piguet & Meylan, the inside of the case stamped with maker’s mark F.O. for Frères Oltramare.
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An exceptional and rare Swiss gold, enamel and pearl set open faced quarter repeating and hour striking on demand centre seconds musical cylinder pocket watch made for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Gilt full plate cylinder movement, plain three arm mono metallic balance wheel with polished steel endplate, repeating on gongs, index regulator, musical movement with 23 vibrating teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, bolt at 6 o’clock to activate the music, the lever at 4 o’clock for music/silent. Gold cuvette with champlevé enamelled scene depicting musical instruments. White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer minute divisions, Arabic quarter hour numerals, gilt lozenge hands and centre seconds. The case back with seed pearls and a floral motif in red and green against a translucent imperial blue enamel background, the centre with a painted miniature portrait representing an allegory of Autumn attributed to Jean Abraham Lissignol, the bezel is also decorated with seed pearls, the band, stem and bow are decorated to match. Movement stamped PM for Piguet & Meylan, the inside of the case stamped with maker’s mark F.O. for Frères Oltramare.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Piguet & Meylan
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Piguet & Meylan were both originally from the village of Le Chenit in the Vallée de Joux, Isaac Daniel Piguet (1775-1841) and Philippe Samuel Meylan (1772- 1845) came to Geneva as young men and formed a partnership that lasted from 1811 to 1828. The company specialized in elaborate and beautifully decorated musical watches, including skeleton and automaton watches and mechanical animals. The firm was established at 45, Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau in Geneva. After their association came to an end, both Piguet and Meylan continued for some time to work with their sons.
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Jean Abraham Lissignol was a Swiss painter, revolutionary and one of the finest enamellers of his time. He was born in Geneva on May 7th, 1749 and died in Plainpalais on June 28th, 1819. He was the pupil of Jean-Marc Roux and later became his partner. Specialized in snuff boxes and watch cases, he worked for Jaquet-Droz & Leschot, the Rochat Brothers and John Rich.
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Frères Oltramare. Originally from Genova, Italy, the family settled in Geneva, Switzerland in the 17th century. Branches of the family were engaged in the watchmaking trade by the second half of the 18th century. The watchmaker Pierre Oltramare (1753-1827) had apprenticed under the ‘maître horloger’ Jean Pattey of Passiery in 1768. The mark of F.O. is that of Louis-David-Benjamin and Jean Hughes. Both trained as ‘monteur de boites en or’, makers of gold watch cases. They worked together in an informal association and later entered a maker’s mark as the Frères Oltramare between 1810 and 1811. When Geneva was liberated from French occupation they re registered the same mark on November 4th, 1815, their workshop was at Rue de Coutance 82. The two brothers ended their partnership on March 31, 1826.
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Signed: Piguet & Meylan
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Piguet & Meylan were both originally from the village of Le Chenit in the Vallée de Joux, Isaac Daniel Piguet (1775-1841) and Philippe Samuel Meylan (1772- 1845) came to Geneva as young men and formed a partnership that lasted from 1811 to 1828. The company specialized in elaborate and beautifully decorated musical watches, including skeleton and automaton watches and mechanical animals. The firm was established at 45, Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau in Geneva. After their association came to an end, both Piguet and Meylan continued for some time to work with their sons.
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Jean Abraham Lissignol was a Swiss painter, revolutionary and one of the finest enamellers of his time. He was born in Geneva on May 7th, 1749 and died in Plainpalais on June 28th, 1819. He was the pupil of Jean-Marc Roux and later became his partner. Specialized in snuff boxes and watch cases, he worked for Jaquet-Droz & Leschot, the Rochat Brothers and John Rich.
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Frères Oltramare. Originally from Genova, Italy, the family settled in Geneva, Switzerland in the 17th century. Branches of the family were engaged in the watchmaking trade by the second half of the 18th century. The watchmaker Pierre Oltramare (1753-1827) had apprenticed under the ‘maître horloger’ Jean Pattey of Passiery in 1768. The mark of F.O. is that of Louis-David-Benjamin and Jean Hughes. Both trained as ‘monteur de boites en or’, makers of gold watch cases. They worked together in an informal association and later entered a maker’s mark as the Frères Oltramare between 1810 and 1811. When Geneva was liberated from French occupation they re registered the same mark on November 4th, 1815, their workshop was at Rue de Coutance 82. The two brothers ended their partnership on March 31, 1826.
Signed: Piguet & Meylan
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