The top lots for the auction are as follows:
S. Smith & Son, Makers to the Admiralty and the Indian Government, Trafalgar Square, London, No. 304-1, hallmarked 1882-83. Exceptional and highly important, massive, oversized, astronomical, minute-repeating, 18K gold Grande et Petite Sonnerie clockwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar, fly-back date hand, moon phases and triple-overcoiled balance spring.
Sold for 222,500.00 USD
Estimate USD 200,000 - 250,000
EUR 168,000 - 210,000
Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860,"Radiomir Tourbillon", No. 02/02, Ref. PAM00077. Produced in a limited edition of only 2 examples in 2001, sold on Jan. 1, 2002. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, cushion-shaped, water-resistant to 100 m., platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under 3 golden bridges and an 18K white gold Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a special fitted box and certificate.
Sold for 195,000.00 USD
Estimate USD 50,000 - 70,000
EUR 42,000 - 59,000
"Breguet à Versailles", Grand Complication "Tourbillon 1801-2001", No. 24/28, Ref. 1801BB. Produced expressly in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2001 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the invention of the tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Extremely fine, rare and important, large, hunter case-type, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, tourbillon certificate and a Breguet loupe.
Sold for 156,500.00 USD
Estimate USD 70,000 - 90,000
EUR 60,000 - 76,000
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 120/150, Ref. 701.011. Produced in a limited edition of 150 examples in 18K gold in the 1990s, with only 15 produced in 18K pink gold. Production of this reference started in 1994. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36 hours power reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a leather fitted box and certificate.
Sold for 142,200.00 USD
Estimate USD 130,000 - 160,000
EUR 110,000 - 135,000
Blancpain,"Platinum Masterpiece Collection", No. 75/99. Produced in a limited edition of 99 sets of six timepieces each in the 1990s. Accompanied by original fitted box, certificates, a video tape and a platinum cabochon ruby-set setting pin. Equipped with platinum Blancpain buckles. 1."Répétition Minutes" Very fine and rare, thin, minute-repeating, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch.
Sold for 112,500.00 USD
Estimate USD 100,000 - 130,000
EUR 85,000 - 110,000
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA.,"Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 64/150, Ref. 704.025. Production of this reference started in 2000, sold in Jan. 2001. Produced in a limited edition of 250 examples in 18K pink gold and 150 in platinum. Extremely fine and rare, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.
Sold for 112,500.00 USD
Estimate USD 80,000 - 120,000
EUR 67,000 - 100,000
Breguet,'Equation of Time, Perpetual Calendar', Automatic, No. 1148, Ref 3477. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with equation of time, perpetual calendar, power-reserve and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.
Sold for 68,500.00 USD
Estimate USD 55,000 - 75,000
EUR 46,000 - 63,000
F. P. Journe,"Invenit et Fecit","Remontoir d'Egalité, Tourbillon Souverain", No. 44/99T. Produced in a limited edition of 99 examples, circa 2000. Very fine and rare, platinum gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and constant force remontoir, 42-hour autonomy and a platinum F. P. Journe buckle.
Sold for 66,300.00 USD
Estimate USD 60,000 - 80,000
EUR 50,000 - 65,000