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C.H. Meylan made for Grogan Co. A fine platinum and 18K gold Art Deco openface minute repeating dress watch
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C.H. Meylan made for Grogan Co. A fine platinum and 18K gold Art Deco openface minute repeating dress watch

SIGNED GROGAN CO., MOVEMENT SIGNED C.H. MEYLAN, BRASSUS, SWISS, NO. 6035, CASE NO. 30'499, CIRCA 1920

Closed16 May 2011

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C.H. Meylan made for Grogan Co. A fine platinum and 18K gold Art Deco openface minute repeating dress watch
Signed Grogan Co., movement signed C.H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, no. 6035, case no. 30'499, circa 1920
Nickel-finished lever movement, 29 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, silvered matte dial, large painted black Breguet numerals, fancy blued steel hands, outer railway minute divisions, engine-turned subsidiary seconds, circular yellow gold case, pendant and bow, platinum bezel, yellow gold back with platinum rim centred by applied initials ESJ, repeating slide in the band, case numbered, dial signed Grogan Co, movement signed C.H. Meylan, Brassus and numbered
44.5 mm. diam.

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Grogan Company, Pittsburgh
Grogan Co. were the leading jewellers of Pittsburgh at the turn of the century and amongst others one of Patek Philippe's retailer in the US, selling high quality watches, jewellery and silver to a demanding clientele.

From the mid-1870s to the 1930s, Pittsburgh was one of the world's leading industrial centres, especially known as a steel-manufacturing centre.