Ref. 3970/2 ?Yellow Gold? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876168, case No. 2900990, Ref. 3970/2. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, round button chronograph, register, 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe "à petites mailles" bracelet and spare solid gold back. Accompanied by a certificate of origin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th second scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balanced adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. To be sold without reserve

Johann Melchior Dinglinger school, German, circa 1720. Magnificent and extremely rare gold and enamel, ruby- and diamond-set obelisk clock in Renaissance style.

C. Lavishly decorated on each of the four sides with applied champlevé enamel scrolling, set with diamonds and rubies, vase finial, front side fitted with regulating gold dial, others with faceted crystals for viewing the movement, supported by four gold sphinxes with women?s heads standing on a gold pedestal with molded cornice and base, front with dial, sides with faceted crystals, corners set with applied champlevé scrolling set with rubies and diamonds, ebonized square base. D. Gold, champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, matte background. Blued steel index hand. M. Square, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, single footed, pierced and engraved cock with streamers. Dim. Height 23 cm.

?Grand & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch ? Minute Repeating? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, I/SA, B/Dresden, No. 82019. Made circa 1905, sold in 1925 to Otto Pohland, Chemnitz, for 4000 Marks and resold to Adolf Lunser, Berlin, on December 24, 1934, for 2760 Marks. One of only four watches of this type made between 1883 and 1934. Extremely fine and very important, large, 18K gold, hunting-cased two-train clockwatch with grande and petite sonnerie striking and trip minute repeating. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, heavy, ?Louis XV?, polished, the front cover engraved with a coat of arms and an engraved dedication ?In Herzlicher Freundschaft zum Weinachtsfest, 1934? on the interior, levers for strike/silent, grande sonnerie and petite sonnerie / petite sonnerie selection in the bezel. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, three-piece, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Black steel ?Spade? hands. M. 43 mm., 19???, 1A (first quality), rhodium plated, ?fausses-cotes? decoration, 21 jewels, two trains with tandem winding, the going train with screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement with gold escape wheel and pallet fork, Lange cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral gold adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, micrometer adjustment to the regulator, striking and repeating on gongs, the repeating activated by a trip-slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

?Silver Deck Chronometer? John Arnold, London, No. 20/63. The case by Thomas Hardy with London hallmarks for 1797. Very fine and extremely rare, silver deck chronometer with spring detent escapement and ?O-Z? balance. Accompanied by a three-tier mahogany fitted deck box.

C. Three-body, ?consular?, polished, maker?s mark ?TH?, swivel pendant. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic five minute numerals, large subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?Spade? hands, the minute hand secured by a screw. M. 60 mm., frosted gilt full plate, ringed cylindrical pillars, 10 holes jeweled with screwed chatons, fusee with chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, Arnold spring detent escapement with large steel escape wheel, steel and brass ?O-Z? balance with meantime adjustment screws and temperature adjustment nuts, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone, pierced and engraved single footed cock. Dial and movement signed. Diam 73 mm.

?Privateer Chronometer, Thomas Barry Esq. to his friend Capt. Mudge? Thomas Earnshaw, Invt. Et Fecit, London, No. 638/3090. The cases with London hallmarks for 1802-04. Very fine and rare, silver gilt, pair-cased pocket chronometer with ?Z? balance.

C. Outer: two-body, by Richard Grove (mastermark RG), 1804, engine-turned, the center engraved around a crest with three ?fleur-de-lys?: ?GULIELMO SUO DE MALO LACU D D MORIENS ZACH MUDGE AD MDCCCLXVII, inner: two-body, ?bassine?, polished, (mastermark TH), 1802. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds, centre inscribed ?Thos. Barry Esqr. To his friend Captn. Mudge?. Gold heart and poker hands. M. 47 mm., frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, bimetallic ?Z? balance with wedge-shaped sliding temperature weights and two gold meantime screws, single footed cock with diamond endstone, escapement jeweled, blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring with outer terminal curves.Dial and movement signed. Dial signed on the reverse before firing ?Earn Invt 638 Old Komn?. Diam. 65 mm. To be sold without reserve

Rack Lever? Morris Tobias, London, Patent, No. 1017. The case by William Mean with London hallmarks for 1813-14. Fine and rare, silver pair-cased pocket watch with rack lever escapement.

C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner, two-body, ?bassine?, polished, gilt brass dust cap. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary 15-second dial. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, jeweled to the third, fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power, rack lever escapement with large brass escape wheel, three-arm steel flat-rim balance with flat balance spring, diamond endstone, single-footed cock. Dial, dust cap and movement signed. Diam. 58 mm. To be sold without reserve

?Thistles and Ribbons? Hunt & Roskell, 15 New Bond St., London, No. 12524. The case by Alfred Stram with London hallmarks for 1869. Very fine, half hunting-cased, keyless, ruby, emerald and rose diamond-set, 18K yellow gold and enamel pocket watch, made for the Indian market.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", front cover with rose diamond-set radial Roman numerals in a green guilloché enamel reserve, inner minute track, outer ring set with diamonds and rubies, bezel and back rim decorated with champleve enamel thistles and ribbons, the back applied with a diamond-set monogram with the letters "H" set with rubies and "A" with emeralds, outer ring set with rose diamonds and emeralds. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "double spade" hands. M. 34 mm., Cal. 15''', frosted gilt, half-plate, 20 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.

?The Blacksmiths? Felipe Hecht, Genève, No. 3794. Made circa 1900. Very fine, 18K gold minute-repeating keyless hunting-cased pocket watch with automaton jacks.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, fully engraved with flowers and foliage, the front cover with a vacant cartouche, the interior of the covers with engine turned decoration. Hinged gold cuvette and gold-rimmed glazed cover over the movement. D. Two-piece, silvered with applied gold foliate border, foliate engraved chapter ring with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, the center with two opposing polychrome painted blacksmith jacks standing at an anvil and hammering the work when the repeating is activated. Blued steel ?Notched? hands. M. 18???, rhodium plated, ?fausses-cotes? decoration, 29 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, palladium Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Cuvette and case signed. Diam. 51 mm.

?Diamond & Ruby Bouquet? Henry Grandjean & Cie. (Le Locle), Swiss, made for Marcks & Co. Ltd., Bombay & Poona, No. 1007. Made in Switzerland for the Indian Market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, Grande and Petite Sonnerie, heavy 18K gold, diamond, ruby, pearl and enamel keyless doublebarrel clockwatch with minute-repeat and chronograph, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 ?1911).

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, the band, pendant and bow chased and engraved with oval and stylized leaf decoration, the front and back covers set with diamonds and rubies in an Indian geometric pattern on a dark green guilloché enamel ground, pearl-set borders. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric seconds track with fifth of a second divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 17???, frosted gilt, threequarter plate, two-train with tandem winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, white metal Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the quarters and repeating on gongs via a trip-slide in the band, strike/silent, quarters only/full strike and hand setting levers in the bezel, chronograph button in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm. To be sold without reserve

?Cornes de Vache? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 470026, case No. 351609, Ref. 6087. Made in 1957. Very fine and extremely rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer and a pink gold mesh bracelet with clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, overhanging teardrop lugs, screwed-down case back with dedication, anti-magnetic cap. D. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minute and 1/5th seconds graduation, outer telemeter and tachometer graduations. Pink gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 492, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12.4 mm. To be sold without reserve

Ref. 1463, Pink Gold ?Medical Chronograph? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 868362, case No. 664961, Ref. 1463, retailed by Freccero, Montevideo. Produced in 1952, sold on March 11, 1953. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold medical wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and pulsometer, with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the "Extract from the Artchives".

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, dust protecting cap, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 15 pulsations. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13'''-130, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Height 12 mm. To be sold without reserve

Ref. 2499 Yellow Gold, ?Tachometer Dial? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868538, case No. 691605, Ref. 2499, first series. Made in 1953, sold on October 1st, 1956. Extremely fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with tachometer dial. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted curved lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Height 13,5 mm. To be sold without reserve

?The Grand Castle Rolling Ball Clock? Probably South German. Made in the late 17th century. Very fine and spectacular, musical, painted, laquered and mirrored wood table clock in the form of a castle with four dials and helical rolling ball activated musical mechanism powering the lift of the ball.

C. In the form of a four-square castle, decorated throughout with polychrome painted trompe l?oeil, inclined base painted to simulate brickwork with arched windows and slits, seven tiers supported by polychrome painted half-pillars and surmounted by a domed cupola, the interiors with checkerboard and strapwork floors and mirrored walls, some painted with figures, each tier balustraded and with a small corner turret, the tier below the dials enclosing the helical channel for the rolling ball, from the helix the ball traverses the periphery of each tier into the base, four corner turrets with domed cupolas and balustraded staircases, raised on four turned feet. D. Four square brass dials, each with engraved foliate spandrels and central flower rosette, silvered chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and inner half-hour markers. Blued steel ?Tulip? hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, brass toothed wheel at right angles driving a long steel rod connected to the wheel driving the four hour wheels at the top. Musical movement: with pinned wooden cylinder and 12 bells, activated on the hour or at will by the rolling ball and powering the return ascent of the ball to the top of the case, levers for ball release and start/stop below the dial. Dim. 127 x 90 x 90 cm.

?Oiseau Chanteur? Frères Rochat and Frederic Cattelain, Geneva, No. 117. The musical and clockwatch movements by Frères Rochat, the singing bird movement by Frères Rochat and Frédéric Cattelain, the enamel case by Georges Rémond, circa 1810. Extremely fine and possibly unique, 18K gold painted on enamel and pearl-set singing bird box with music, center seconds and two-train petite sonnerie striking and repeating clockwatch. Accompanied by the original tooled red morocco fitted case.

C. Two-body, rectangular with rounded corners, the sides, top and base with panels of translucent Royal blue and deep blue enamel over engine-turned quatrefoil and acanthus leaf decoration within white and pale green champleve enamel geometric and leaf borders, the corners decorated with chased gold urns and black, pale blue and white champleve enamel, the top with pearl-set borders, hinged bird cover very finely painted on enamel with a spray of roses and summer flowers, the interior polished to reflect and magnify the bird, engraved gold grille, the front side panel with glazed pearl-bordered aperture displaying the watch and opening to allow winding, hand-setting and regulation, side compartment with hinged cover for the keys. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers. Blued steel ?Arrowhead? hands. The watch movement: 72 x 19 mm., gilt brass, spring barrels for the going and striking trains, jewelled cylinder escapement, plain flatrim three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulation via an arbour in the engraved gold dial plate, petite sonnerie striking and repeating with two hammers on two blued steel oblong gongs activated by a lever in the edge of the case, strike/silent lever. The musical movement: 71 x 46 mm., sur plateau, with three-arm brass wheel fly governor, going barrel, large pinned brass disc with 32 tuned steel vibrating blades arranged radially, 16 on each side activated on the hour or at will by a lever in the edge of the case. The singing bird movement: 71 x 45 mm., gilt brass, fusee with chain, eight cams and serinette operated by rectangular bellows, the cams rotate four times per song and lift one step at every rotation allowing a longer duration of singing, multicolored feathered bird rotating on its axis, moving its wings and beak and turning its head, the cam controlling the raising of the bird and cover with five wheel train and pinion in eccentric bushing to regulate the speed of opening and closing. Box punched with the mark of J. G. Remond & Co used between 1804 and 1811. The musical and watch movements punched with the mark of Freres Rochat. The singing bird movement punched with the mark of Frères Rochat and signed F. Cattelain, Genève, with the Arms of Geneva. Dim. 90 x 63 x 32 mm.

Geneva, attributable to Frères Rochat, made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Extremely rare and magnificent pair of gold and enamel pearl- and diamond-set singing bird pistols.

C. Made entirely of gold and enamel in the form of a double-barreled flintlock pistol, conjoined hexagonal barrels in translucent dark blue enamel over flinqué with gold scrollwork simulating damascene work, the opening set with diamonds and terminating with hinged panel enameled on the outside with black enamel and inside painted with a bird among flowers, the gold pan sides with rectangular gold plaques with concave corners, one depicting a sleeping lion, the other an antelope with black enamel border in diamond-set frame, the bottom of the pan decorated with a pattern of alternating straps of gold and black enamel, the grips with translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turning with pearl-set rosette in the middle with rose-cut diamond in the center, lower edge set with half pearls, upper edge decorated with wreath of laurel leaves made of graduated half pearls and black enamel, the back of the grip decorated with gold and black enamel fine crossing pattern with scrolling set with graduated half pearls. The top edge set with half pearls, gold matted and engraved hammers, the head of the flint vise engraved with lion?s heads, gold vise nuts terminated with diamonds, agate flints, gold pan covers mirror polished inside and engraved with acanthus leaves on the outside with their springs terminating with diamonds, opening under the right pan cover for sound, three barrel-like ramrod pipes, the ramrod containing the key for the watch. -{266}- 835 Frères Rochat Property of a West Coast Gentleman M. Rectangular, two tier, each slightly different, 115 x 29 mm, brass, reversed fusee and chain, six cams set on the extension of the second wheel arbor controlling the sound (whistle), the bird?s movements (turning, flapping wings, opening the beak and moving tail) controlled by two cams set on the same arbor between the plates, unusual mechanism for lifting and retrieving the bird, where both functions have their own mechanisms, each with its own spring, circular bellows. Punched with unidentified mark on chain ring of one of the pistols. Dim. Length 145 mm., width 38 mm. To be sold without reserve

?Royal Oak Concept? Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak Concept?, No. 543805, case No. E 88275, Ref. CW 1. Made in a limited edition of 150 examples. Extremely fine, rare and unusual, oversized, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, Alacrite gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, instantaneous mainspring torque indicator (?Dynamograph?), linear power-reserve indication, crown function mode push-button and indication, octagonal titanium bezel and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a special fitted box, Certificate of Origin and booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding crown and push-button to select the crown functions, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with outermost luminous dots, subsidiary indicators for the mainspring torque, linear power-reserve, seconds, the winding/neutral/setting functions of the crown, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under a matte ?serpentine? bridge. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2896 with skeletonized titanium movement bridges, 36 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance with mean time screws, titanium shock-absorbers, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 58 mm. Thickness 18 mm.

?The Leopard Mysterieuse? Graff. Made in the 1980s. Extremely fine and magnificent, 18K gold, silver-gilt and black onyx mystery clock set with turquoise, jade, emeralds, mother of pearl, smokey quartz and 1150 diamonds weighing approximately 150 carats. Accompanied by a Graff fitted box and key.

C. Octagonal set with leaf-shaped panels of turquoise and jade within a mother of pearl border and gold framework, similarly inlaid stylised leaf- column base raised on a rectangular mother of pearl and diamond set plinth with two gold, diamond and onyx set sculptural leopards with emerald eyes, above a bombe black onyx base. D. Transparent faceted smokey quartz, diamond set bezel and diamond set Roman quarter-hour numerals. Diamond and turquoise-set ?Loti-form? hands with no apparent connection to the movement. M. 45 mm., circular, brass, turned pillars, going barrel, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, rack regulator. Graff Property of a Middle-East Gentleman Graff Case signed. Dim. 30 x 16.5 x 11.5 cm.

?Ultra Complicated with 16 Complications? Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 942/1, No. 866776, published in the 1993 Patek Philippe catalogue, case No. 2813004. Made in 1992, sold in 1999. Highly exceptional and extremely important, unique, 18K gold, keyless Grande Complication, astronomical, Grande et Petite Sonnerie clockwatch with minuterepeating, split-seconds chronograph with visible works, instantaneous 30-minute register, instantaneous perpetual calendar with phases of the moon and 24-hour indications. Accompanied by original leather fitted mahogany box and the original certificate.

C. Four-body, "bassine pomme et filets", massive, polished, push button for the split-seconds at 10:30, chronograph safety bolt at 11, switch from petite to grande sonnerie at 3, silent/striking switch at 9. Gold hinged cuvette. D. Matte white, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track with fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five second/minute numerals, four subsidiary dials for days of the week concentric with 24-hour indications, date concentric with seconds, months concentric with leap year indication, aperture for the phases of the moon and moon's age concentric with minute register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), Cal. GC, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, two-train, tandem winding, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 44 jewels, adjusted to temperature, isochronism and five positions, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs by tripping a small slide in the band at 5 o?clock. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.