The top lots for the auction are as follows:
The Hunt Watch with 13 Complications Gideon & Co., Locle, Swiss, No. 86825, the movement attributable to Henry Grandjean & Cie., (Le Locle). Made for the Indian market, circa 1900, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 '1911). Very fine, important and rare, grande and petite sonnerie, minute-repeating, heavy 18K yellow gold, painted on enamel and rose-cut diamond-set eight day going two-train keyless clockwatch with triple date, chronograph, central progressive minute recording hand, moon phases and lunar calendar.
Sold for 198,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 150,000 - 200,000
USD 140,000 - 190,000
EUR 100,000 - 130,000
Watch with Westminster Chimes Repeating & Perpetual Calendar One of Only 2 Known Examples. Edouard JeanRichard, Le Locle. Made circa 1925. Extremely fine and equally rare, platinum, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating carillon watch with Westminster chimes on four gongs with four hammers, perpetual calendar and phases of the moon.
Sold for 168,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 120,000 - 180,000
USD 115,000 - 170,000
EUR 80,000 - 120,000
Tourbillon Skeleton, No. 00 Schwarz Etienne, 'Tourbillon Skeleton', No. 00, Ref. WCF00HM00WG01AA2. Made in a limited series of 12 examples in 2009, sold on August 2009. Very fine and rare, oversized, water resistant, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 18K white gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillion regulator with an 18K white gold Schwarz Etienne deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and warranty.
Sold for 156,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 70,000 - 90,000
USD 66,000 - 85,000
EUR 46,000 - 60,000
Platinum Tourbillon Squelette Breguet, "Tourbillon Squelette", No. 3512 N, Ref. 3355 PT. Sold on February 21, 2003. Very fine and rare, skeletonized and hand-engraved, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.
Sold for 132,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 60,000 - 80,000
USD 57,000 - 75,000
EUR 40,000 - 53,000
Ref. 8171, Stainless Steel Padellone Rolex, "Perpetual, Precision", No. 401, Ref. 8171. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a Rolex Hong Kong service receipt dated November 1989.
Sold for 114,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 60,000 - 80,000
USD 57,000 - 75,000
EUR 40,000 - 53,000
Baguette Diamonds Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, movement No. 674305, case No. 520930P. Made in 1977. Extremely fine, magnificent and very elegant, baguette diamond-set yellow gold lady's bracelet watch with diamond and onyx-set dial and entirely baguette diamond-set integral yellow gold bracelet with concealed clasp, set with a total of 18 carats of diamonds. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin box.
Sold for 96,000.00 CHF
Estimate CHF 45,000 - 60,000
USD 42,000 - 57,000
EUR 30,000 - 40,000