Another piece I just found in my grandfathers collection. According to a little note he had with it, it's ca. 1780, 18KT case, 1/4 repeater, with a "special no-over-wind" mechanism. I can confirm those last three things, (at least, it seems to be 18KT, though I'm no expert). It also has a "PA" sponsor's mark, though of course that isn't much help as it's Swiss.
Searching Meynadier brings up essentially no useful information. The only references to such a name I can find are a couple auction listings, one explicitly for a Meynadier a Geneve piece. Then there are a couple references to an "A." and an "Alex" Meynadier, one of which is of a piece in the Met's collection, and then another auction for a "Moynier Meynadier", presumably referring to the same from Bautte & Moynier, which would be around the same time this watch was supposedly made, so I suppose it's a lead. (As a side note, I also found a watch simply marked with "Boutte", is that a possible relation to Bautte?)
(Also, yes, for some god-forsaken reason he put a sticker on the inside of the case, as can be seen in the reflection in the second picture)
Searching Meynadier brings up essentially no useful information. The only references to such a name I can find are a couple auction listings, one explicitly for a Meynadier a Geneve piece. Then there are a couple references to an "A." and an "Alex" Meynadier, one of which is of a piece in the Met's collection, and then another auction for a "Moynier Meynadier", presumably referring to the same from Bautte & Moynier, which would be around the same time this watch was supposedly made, so I suppose it's a lead. (As a side note, I also found a watch simply marked with "Boutte", is that a possible relation to Bautte?)
(Also, yes, for some god-forsaken reason he put a sticker on the inside of the case, as can be seen in the reflection in the second picture)
