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Lot 148 · Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector's Watches

A gold, enamel and pearl-set musical cylinder watch playing on the hour or on demand, made for the chinese market Circa 1815, no. 4838

Piguet Meylan

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Estimate
£8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $11,068–$16,602
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector's Watches, London · 16 September 2021
Record ID
TB-2026-4952972
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Piguet Meylan, A gold, enamel and pearl-set musical cylinder watch playing on the hour or on demand, made for the chinese market Circa 1815, no. 4838. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2021, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4952972.

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Piguet Meylan, A gold, enamel and pearl-set musical cylinder watch playing on the hour or on demand, made for the chinese market Circa 1815, no. 4838. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2021, lot 148. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4952972.

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