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Platinum, sapphire & ruby Repeating Watch no. Unknown

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19?? - CH Meylan, Brassus

2019 - Cortrie auction, 23 Nov 2019, sold Euro 160,000, "historically significant Art Deco Herrenset "Piece Unique", including a significant pocket watch with minute repeater, Meylan, Brassus, probably from the nobility in possession of the Melo family, CA. 1930 The high-quality with a noble coat of arms decorated case contains 5 items, all made in platinum, hallmarked with the French Platinpunze (Dog's Head). The Herrenset consists of a pocket watch with associated platinum chain, the corresponding lighter, a pocket knife as a multi-function tool with 4 tools and a Pair of high quality cufflinks. All of the objects are extremely busy with high-quality diamonds, rubies and sapphires. On the face side of the lighter and the knife, respectively, a monogram is on the back of the lighter and the knife and the nobility is the coat of arms in Gold, also studded with a variety of high-quality precious stones and diamonds. 1. The heart of the ensemble is the unique Art Deco men's watch with minute repeater is. Approximately 37 × 46mm approx. 77g , square, and octagonal case, on both sides, studded with sapphires, rubies and diamonds, back-sided, in turn, the monogram, winding crown with a sapphire-occupied housing with a French Platinpunze as well as meisterp ounce of GR (presumably Gaston Rabier, Paris), which is Inside the factory retaining plate, not the usual metal, but in the case of this unique watch is made of 18K white gold, also hallmarked with the French Goldpunze and the meisterp oz GR, high fine Vallée de Joux, high-precision, top quality, Repetition of hours, quarters and minutes fell, under the Gong, C. H. Meylan, Switzerland, platinum dial, hands made of platinum and studded with diamonds-signed, in the housing edge of the slider to trigger the repeater, in a very good state of preservation, fully functional and with very good sound. 2. Lighter approx. 35 × 45mm x 15mm, approx. 108g, platinum, in the same way, with precious stones and diamonds. 3. Pocket knife/multi-tool, approximately 67mm long, approx. 38g in the same manner, and with precious stones and diamonds. 4. Platinum chain with a double lobster clasp, approx. 39cm long, approx 10g. 5. Cufflinks, platinum/18K white gold, approx 10.5 g, high quality finest color diamonds quality as well as specially-ground-in rubies and sapphires. The entire Herrenset is stones with a total of 336 diamonds and high quality stainless. The condition is used and not restored or reclaimed. Both lighter as well as knife, watch case and cuff links show several of the usual signs of wear. The watch is the unique centerpiece of the ensemble is. Gaston Rabier was up to CA. 1930, in Paris, and then to about 1939 in the Geneva area. C. H. Meylan Watch co. was founded in 1880 by Charles Henri Meylan, Le Brassus, one of the 3 major Vallée de Joux, the founder in addition to Jules Audemars and Edward Piguet. The company produced the finest Chronograph or rattrapante plants (installed under the dial !), Repetition works, and Perpetual calendars. Also, they are made complicated and extremely flat pocket watch, according to the taste of the time and Chronometer in very high quality "