"Chinese" watches - Pocket watches with miniatures
"The Polylobes" - Pair of "Chinese" watches with centre seconds and quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs), Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1820/1825. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Petite Sainte Famille" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds and quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs), Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1820/1825. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Venus Binding the Wings of Love" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs), automata and music, Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1820/1825. © Patek Philippe Museum
"The Nightingales" - Pair of matching mirror-image watches made for the Chinese market, each with centre seconds and stop seconds,attributed to William Anthony (circa 1765-1844), London, circa 1796/1800. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Flower Scrolls" - Pair of "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, Bovet (successive partnerships, active from 1822 to the early 20th century), Fleurieur, circa 1830/1840. © Patek Philippe Museum
"The Abduction of Helen" - Pair of matching mirror-image snuffboxes made for the Chinese market, each with music playing at will, attributed to John Rich (born circa 1756; active in London and Geneva in the late 18th or first quarter of the 19th century), Geneva, circa 1796/1800. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Daphnis and Chloe counselled by Philetas" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs), automata and music, Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1820/1825. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Oedipus and his Daughter Antigone" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs) and music, Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1815/1820. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Oedipus and his Daughter Antigone" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs) and music, Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1815/1820. © Patek Philippe Museum
"Love seduces Innocence" - Pair of matching mirror-image "Chinese" watches, each with centre seconds, quarter repeat on two bells (or gongs), Piguet & Meylan (partners from 1811 to 1828), Geneva, circa 1820/1825. © Patek Philippe Museum
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