C.H. Meylan Minute Repeating and Split-seconds Chronograph Pocket Watch

Inventory Number: PW2303017LC

Made in Le Brassus, circa 1890, signed C.H. Meylan, 54mm, 18K rose gold hunter case, case No. 2877, white enamel with Arabic numerals, progressive 60-minute register and constant seconds, repeating slide in the band, split-seconds chronograph mechanism operated through the crown and a button in the band.

19''' movement, 35 jewels, lever escapement with bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck regulator. Split seconds chronograph by a pusher at 9 o’clock, stop and zero function operated by the crown; minute repeating activated by a slide in the band at 3 o’clock, with two polished steel hammers on two gongs.

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, minute repeating, and split-seconds chronograph.

On loan from the private collection of Mr. Yeung Sau Wong.

About Watchmaker

The firm C.H. Meylan in Le Brassus, Switzerland, was founded around 1880 by the renowned Swiss watchmaker Charles Henri Meylan. Meylan lived in New York for some time where he worked also for American watchmaking firms such as Waltham. He was granted several US patents, mainly for chronographs, his specialty. C.H. Meylan’s watches were reputed for their outstanding quality, receiving numerous awards including a First Prize at the 1894 Geneva Observatory timing contest.