252 lots

LOT 1

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, second half of the 19th century. Very fine brass and steel rounding-up tool. Large crank lever wheel, vertical slide controlled by lever and two knurled nuts, depth slides with micro-metric regulation, wooden base with a drawer for additional cutters and cutter chucks. Dim. 29 x 19 cm. In good condition, cleaned and varnished

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,300 - 3,300

EUR 1,500 - 2,100

USD 2,000 - 2,800

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 2

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Fine and rare small brass rounding-up tool. Vertical slide holding a wheel between centers, chuck for cutter held between two centers, screw position adjustments, driven via large helical wheel with turned wooden handle, hori-zontal slide with screw adjustment, wooden base with two drawers for additional cutters and centers. Dim. 17.5 x 22.5 x 13.5 cm. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,700 - 2,200

EUR 1,000 - 1,300

USD 1,500 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 3

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Fine and rare small brass rounding-up tool. Vertical slide holding a wheel between centers with adjustable horizontal position, cutter and chuck held between rods, screw position adjust-ments, driven via crank-lever wheel, round wooden base. Dim. 13 cm high, base 14 cm. in diameter. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,700 - 2,200

EUR 1,000 - 1,300

USD 1,500 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 4

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, late 19th century. Fine and rare large brass and steel clock wheel-cutting machine. Dividing plate set for: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 6, 9, blank reverse, direct locking arm with a thumb loop and screw adjustment, brass frame raised on steel feet, the work held between two adjustable centres on a steel post, vertical and horizontal slide adjustments, the horizontally adjustable bed with crank handle, driven by a large wheel with turned wooden handle driving the wooden pulley via a further brass pulley. Dim. 55 x 37 cm. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: A

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,800 - 5,200

USD 5,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 5,980

LOT 5

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Steel and brass rounding-up tool. Large wheel with turned wooden handle driving the pulley, vertical feed, horizontal slide with two knurled stop screws, wheel between turns on a slide, wooden base with additional cutters. Dim. 24 x 16 x 26 cm. Cleaned and varnished

Grading System: A

CHF 1,500 - 2,000

EUR 1,000 - 1,300

USD 1,300 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 6

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, No. 77, second half of the 19th century. Fine pivot polishing machine (Jacob tool). Brass turns with screw adjusted calibrated centres, driven by a large brass wheel and cords to the driver holding the burnisher, pulley on vertical post with screw adjustments. Later wooden base. Dim. Length 47 x 19 x 14 cm. Cleaned

Grading System: A

CHF 2,300 - 3,000

EUR 1,500 - 2,000

USD 2,000 - 2,800

Sold: CHF 2,530

LOT 7

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, early 20th century. Fine and extremely rare model of a goldsmith?s and clock and watchmaker's workshop. Contained in a four-sided case in the form of a house with gothic-arch windows and door, the front and roof removable to reveal the interior with three watchmaker dolls wearing blue smocks. The workshop equipment including a bellow operated furnace, a rolling-out machine, a wire-drawing machine, wall shelves with miniature ledgers and weighing scales, the bench with miniature hammers, pliers, saw, gravers, files, depthing tools and two vices. Dim. 42 x 29.5 x 45 cm. In good condition

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CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 40,000

USD 35,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

LOT 8

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, made circa 1935. Very fine and exceptional miniature model of a watchmaker's bench with miniature machines and hand tools. Wooden bench with four-drawers, three-legged stool with height adjustment, miniature anglepoise lamp, stepped base with glazed cover. Miniature machines: face plate engine driven by a treadle, rounding-up tool, polishing tool, balance-wheel adjust-ment tool in a case inscribed J.R. 1934. Miniature hand tools: hammer, six hand-files, tweezers, oil-can, small vice, calipers, three depthing gauges, punching device. Dim. 25 x 16 x 18 cm. In good condition, cleaned

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CHF 33,000 - 43,000

EUR 21,000 - 28,000

USD 28,000 - 37,000

LOT 9

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th Century. Fine and rare large steel and brass hand lathe. Circular brass foot, head with a spindle and chuck driven by a steel two-speed pulley, steel T-rest, tail stock, all with screw adjustments along a steel bar, later wooden base. Length 37.5 cm. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

EUR 650 - 1,000

USD 850 - 1,300

Sold: CHF 1,725

LOT 10

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, second half of the 19th century. Very fine brass and steel dial marking-out plate. Circular plate calibrated for marking out dials of various diameters and up to 120 markers, central steel locat-ing pin, hinged arm with adjustable marking pointer. Diam. 22.5 cm. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,500

USD 3,000 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 11

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Lergier, la Chaux de Fonds, No. 13. Middle of the 19th century. Very fine and very rare cast-iron, steel and brass full-size engine turning machine for the produc-tion of circular and straight-line guilloche. Mounted upon a hardwood bench, driven by turning a crank handle geared by leather ropes to a large cast-iron wheel, the faceplate suspended from a rope with pulley and cast-iron weight to allow up-and-down motion against the cutting tool, the tool-stock with centering and angle adjustment, pattern selec-tion wheel allowing five different patterns to be produced. Dim. 115 x 58 x 150 cm overall. In good condition, cleaned

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CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000

USD 19,000 - 23,000

LOT 12

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Edmond Dubois, Vevey, Switzerland. Middle of the 19th century. Very fine and rare steel and brass full-size thread cutting engine. Wooden bench with foot treadle and leather driving rope, engine with steel base, five adjustable thread gauge patterns with corresponding levers, brass face plate with three sprung steel grips, adjustable sliding lignum tailstock, adjustable hand tool guide, additional dividing plate attachment. Dim. 130 x 52 x 117 cm. In good condition, cleaned

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CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 17,000 - 21,000

LOT 13

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Fine brass and steel rounding-up tool. Large crank lever wheel driving the pulley through an intermediate wheel, lever controlled vertical slide with two knurled stop screws, wheel between turns on a slide, centering levers, wooden base. Dim. 33 x 24 cm In good condition, cleaned and varnished

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 1,900

USD 1,700 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,415

LOT 14

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, second half of the 19th century. Fine cast iron, brass and steel polishing machine. Cast iron bed with painted gold line decoration, screw-pivoted arm with large brass counter-weight, screw height and levelling adjustment, the work held between two centres, polishing wheel held between two steel discs and between two centres with screw adjustments. Later wooden base. Dim. 33.5 x 19 x 21 mm. In good condition, cleaned

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 1,900

USD 1,700 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 15

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Kosmos Brenner, French, circa 1890. Fine brass oil lamp. Mounted on a horizontal rod with finger loop and height adjustment, oil reservoir and burner with wick adjust-ment, cylindrical oil cistern, glass shade, circular brass over cast iron base. Height 44 mm. Cleaned

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

EUR 650 - 1,000

USD 850 - 1,300

Sold: CHF 1,955

LOT 16

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, circa 1930. Fine brass and steel rounding-up tool. Large grey painted cast iron crank lever wheel, hinged cutter frame with two stop screws, stationary dead center wheel holder, circular cast iron foot on wooden base with drawer containing chucks, centers and cutters. Dim. 25 x 15 cm. In good condition, cleaned, some wear to paint

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

EUR 650 - 1,000

USD 850 - 1,300

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 17

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Small steel and brass rounding-up tool. Large wheel with turned wooden handle driving the pulley, vertical feed, horizontal slide with two knurled stop screws, wheel between turns on a slide, wooden base with addi-tional cutters and chucks. Dim. 19.5 x 14 x 24 cm. Good condition, cleaned and varnished.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,300 - 3,000

EUR 1,500 - 1,900

USD 2,000 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 3,105

LOT 18

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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W & W Kosmos, French, circa 1890. Fine brass oil lamp. Mounted on a horizontal rod with finger loop and height adjustment, oil reservoir and burner with wick adjust-ment, cylindrical oil cistern, glass shade, circular brass over cast iron base. Height 47 mm. Cleaned.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

EUR 650 - 1,000

USD 850 - 1,300

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 19

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, No. 167, late 19th century. Fine small cast iron, steel and brass punching machine. Cast iron frame, large cast iron pressing lever, bracket with lower brass frame for the guiding pistons, small chuck for tool with screw fixing, stepped steel holding block held by a large two-arm steel vice grip with screw tightening, brass tray for mater-ial. later wooden base. Dim. 32 mm. high. Good condition, cleaned.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

EUR 650 - 1,000

USD 850 - 1,300

LOT 20

Exceptional Collectors Timepieces, Ho... Geneva, May 15, 2005
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Swiss, mid-19th century. Fine brass and steel rounding-up tool. Large wheel with wooden handle driving the pulley through an intermediate wheel, lever controlled horizon-tal slide with a knurled stop screw, wheel between turns, wooden base with additional cutters and chucks. Dim. 25 x 16 x 26 cm. Good condition, cleaned and varnished.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,300 - 3,000

EUR 1,500 - 1,900

USD 2,000 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,990