Piguet and Meylan Retrograde Pocket Watch

Inventory number: PW1911004

Produced in around 1820, this thin and elegant pocket watch features a retrograde hour and a calendar. The silver dial is beautifully decorated with hobnail hand engine-turned decoration. The construction of the dial is also fascinating as it is composed of two plates giving the two sections of the dial a fantastic depth. The reverse of the movement is stamped PM which allows us to identify this piece to Piguet Meylan.

Retrograde Indications

Retrograde can be used in the hour hand, minute hand, second hand, and calendar hand, unlike the common circular motion, the retrograde hand moves along with arc- scale, and at the end of its cycle, returns immediately to zero and begin again.

About Piguet& Meylan

Isaac-Daniel Piguet (1775-1841) and Philippe-Samuel Meylan (1772-1845) came to Geneva as young men and formed a partnership from 1811 to 1828. The company specialized in elaborate and beautifully decorated musical watches, including skeleton and automaton watches, and mechanical animals.