C.H. MEYLAN FOR BIRKS & SONS, POCKET WATCH, MINUTE REPEATER, PINK GOLD
Very fine and rare keyless-winding, open-face, round-shaped, pocket watch in 18k pink gold, made for the American market, subsidiary seconds at 6 with four horological complications. Minute repeater on two steel gongs, single push-piece chronograph, split-seconds chronograph and a 30-minute recorder on a subsidiary dial at 12. Silver guilloché engine-turned dial with Roman numerals. Case back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher « A.E.D. ».
Très belle et rare montre de poche à remontage au pendant en or rose 18k (750). Quatre complications horlogères. Répétition à minutes sur 2 gongs métalliques, chronographe monopoussoir, rattrapante et compteur 30 minutes.
Brand: C. H. Meylan
Model: Made for Henry Birks & Sons Limited, Montréal (Canada)
Year: Circa 1910
Calibre: 17½”, rhodium-plated, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut-compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, superior adjustment
Case No.: 5 625
Dimensions: 49.2 mm
Signature: Dial
Accessories: Copies of the invention patent
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Very fine and rare keyless-winding, open-face, round-shaped, pocket watch in 18k pink gold, made for the American market, subsidiary seconds at 6 with four horological complications. Minute repeater on two steel gongs, single push-piece chronograph, split-seconds chronograph and a 30-minute recorder on a subsidiary dial at 12. Silver guilloché engine-turned dial with Roman numerals. Case back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher « A.E.D. ».
Très belle et rare montre de poche à remontage au pendant en or rose 18k (750). Quatre complications horlogères. Répétition à minutes sur 2 gongs métalliques, chronographe monopoussoir, rattrapante et compteur 30 minutes.
Brand: C. H. Meylan
Model: Made for Henry Birks & Sons Limited, Montréal (Canada)
Year: Circa 1910
Calibre: 17½”, rhodium-plated, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut-compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, superior adjustment
Case No.: 5 625
Dimensions: 49.2 mm
Signature: Dial
Accessories: Copies of the invention patent