Gold Repeating Split second Watch no. 5666

Case: Four-body, "bassine", polished, chronograph buttons in the band and crown, chronograph locking slide in the band. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette. Dial: White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track with fifth of a second indexes and red painted Arabic five minute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel "spade" hands. Movement: 18''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, "superior adjustment", 40 jewels, some with screwed gold chatons, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Provenance: 19?? - CH Meylan, Brassus 2003 - Antiquorum, 11 Oct 2003, est CHF8-12,000, sold CHF10,925, "C.H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 5666, circa 1905. Very fine and rare 18K gold minute-repeating keyless watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute instantaneous recorder. C. four-body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette with inscription. D. white enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minutes and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 40 mm (18''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, eight adjustments, calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, minute repeating on gongs with slide in the band.Dial signed..Diam. 45 mm." 2004 - Antiquorum, 1 Dec 2004, est $9-11,000, sold $10,925, "C.H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 5666. Produced circa 1905. Very fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register. C. Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette with inscription. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th second scale and red 5-minute/second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 18''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band.Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Movement also engraved: ?Superior Adjustment?.Diam. 50 mm." 2005 - Antiquorum, 10 Jul 2005, est HKD60-85,000, sold HKD90,850, ""Superior Adjustment"C. H. Meylan, Brassus, No. 5666. Made circa 1915.Very fine, 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless pocket watch withsplit-seconds chronograph and register. C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, chronograph buttons in the band and crown, chronograph locking slide in the band. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track with fifth of a second indexes and red painted Arabic five minute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 18''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, "superior adjustment", 40 jewels, some with screwed gold chatons, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 50 mm. Charles Henry Meylan. The C. H. Meylan Watch & Co. was founded in Le Brassus in 1880. Charles Henry Meylan was an eminent watchmaker, well known both in the United States and in Switzerland. In 1894, he was awarded the "Premier prix de réglage de l'Observatoire de Genève". He made high quality watches with complications, flat and extra flat watches and chronometers. Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998." 2006 - Antiquorum, 23 Apr 2006, est HKD60-90,000, sold HKD100,300, "?Minute Repeating ? Split Seconds? C.H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 5666. Made circa 1905. Very fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30- minute register. C. Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette with engraved inscription. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th second scale and red 5-minute/second Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 18''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer adjustment to the regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Movement also engraved: ?Superior Adjustment?. Diam. 50 mm. To be sold without reserve "