Lot Essay
Robert Melly & Cie., active in Geneva in the first half of the 19th century, were renowned for their high quality watches.
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SIGNED ROBERT MELLY & CIE., NO. 1447, CIRCA 1840
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Melly & Cie. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold openface cylinder watch with retrograde seconds indication
Signed Robert Melly & Cie., No. 1447, circa 1840
With gilt-finished cylinder movement, plain three arm brass balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the engine-turned two tone silvered dial with eccentric small hour dial with Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, gold moon-style hands, large arched aperture for the retrograde seconds with Arabic numerals on blank silvered chapter ring, in large and slim engine-turned circular case, cuvette signed
52 mm. diam.
Signed Robert Melly & Cie., No. 1447, circa 1840
With gilt-finished cylinder movement, plain three arm brass balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the engine-turned two tone silvered dial with eccentric small hour dial with Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, gold moon-style hands, large arched aperture for the retrograde seconds with Arabic numerals on blank silvered chapter ring, in large and slim engine-turned circular case, cuvette signed
52 mm. diam.
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