530 lots

LOT 521

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

Ref. 2550, "Pink Gold" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 742936, case No. 683086, Ref. 2550. Made in 1954, sold on October 26, 1956. Very fine and very rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold woven bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide bezel fluted with graduated circles, cornucopia-shaped overhanging lugs. D. Brushed silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 10'''-200, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 37 mm. Thickness 8 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System: AA

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 35,400

LOT 522

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

Ref. 2503, So-Called ?Topolino? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 975541, case No. 674891, Ref. 2503. Made in 1953, sold on October 17, 1953. Very fine and rare, rectangular "bombé", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, overhanging large teardrop-shaped lugs, curved crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. 9'''-90, tonneaushaped, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, spring-loaded micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 41 mm. Thickness 10 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System: AA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 18,000 - 25,000

USD 25,000 - 33,000

LOT 523

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

White Gold ?Ref. 5070, Tiffany? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3147262, case No. 4160460, Ref. 5070G. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, large, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent and screwed-down case back, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied blackened gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30- minute register, outer tachometer graduation. Blackened gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27-70/157, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung ?Gyromax? balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance- spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System: AAA

CHF 55,000 - 75,000

EUR 35,000 - 45,000

USD 45,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 82,600

LOT 524

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

"Digital Perpetual Calendar" Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 198281, case No. 418009. Made in 1937, sold on December 27, 1944. Very fine and extremely rare, thin, 18K yellow gold, keyless, digital perpetual calendar dress watch with phases of the moon and eccentric two-tone dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, "bassine", polished. D. Two-tone gold, eccentric, applied yellow gold Roman quarter-hour numerals and gold baton indexes on a polished chapter ring, outer minute divisions, four apertures for days of the week, date, months and phases of the moon, subsidiary seconds. Gold "feuille? hands. M. 37.5 mm., 17''?, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 45 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 60,000 - 90,000

USD 85,000 - 125,000

LOT 525

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

Ref. 605, "World Time - Cloisonné World Planisphere Dial" Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 930837, case No. 654936, Ref. 605 HU (Heures Universelles). Made in 1948, sold on May 26, 1956. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless, "World Time" dress watch, the polychrome cloisonné enamel dial representing a planisphere map of the world. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, "variée", polished with satiné back and milled revolving bezel. D. Cloisonné enamel with the planisphere map of the world and applied yellow gold Roman indexes, outer Arabic dark and light revolving chapter ring for day and night hours and the world time chapter ring, bearing the name of 41 locations around the world and revolving with the bezel according to the Louis Cottier world time patent. Yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 17'''-170 HU, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 140,000

EUR 60,000 - 85,000

USD 85,000 - 115,000

Sold: CHF 301,700

LOT 526

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

?Pink Gold and Diamond Ref. 3990? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3046785, case No. 4197929, Ref. 3990. Made circa 2000. This reference is no longer in production. Very fine and important, water-resistant, pink gold and diamond wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, with sapphire crystal back and a pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, bezel set with 40 diamonds, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with baton and square diamond hour markers, 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. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. CH27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System:

CHF 140,000 - 180,000

EUR 85,000 - 110,000

USD 115,000 - 150,000

Sold: CHF 296,100

LOT 527

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

?Extra Large One-Minute Tourbillon-First Class Observatory Rating Obtained in 1932-1933? Patek Philippe, Geneve, No. 198285, case No. 2804777, Ref. 929. Movement made in 1929, cased in 1984, sold on April 4, 1984. Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, extra large, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket lever chromometer with one-minute tourbillon regulator by J. Golay-Audemars, Guillaume balance, 36-hour power reserve indication, and a first-class Observatory rating certificate obtained in 1932-1933. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished, concealed hinge. Gold-rimmed glazed cuvette. D. Matte silver with painted black radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o?clock, power reserve indication at 12. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 50 mm., 22???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 19 jewels, one-minute tourbillon regulator by Golay-Audemars, three equidistant arm polished steel cage and bridge, calibrated and counterpoised lateral lever escapement, Guillaume cut anibalbrass compensation balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, 18 gold peripheral temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 62 mm. From ?The Collection?

Grading System:

CHF 250,000 - 300,000

EUR 150,000 - 185,000

USD 210,000 - 250,000

Sold: CHF 391,300

LOT 528

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

"Semiramis Called to Arms" Goullons a Paris, Blois or Paris painted on enamel case attributed to the Toutin workshop. Made circa 1650. Extremely fine and equally rare, 20K gold and painted on enamel, pre-balance spring, single-hand pendant watch.

C. Two-body, ?bassine fermee?, fixed pendant, hinged cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene depicting ?Semiramis receiving the news of the Babylonian revolt?, the interior decorated with a figure walking in a wooded landscape, the deeply curved band decorated with a continuous arcadian landscape scene with three four figures, the back dcecorated with a scene of ?Semiramis called to arms?, the interior decorated with a seated figure in a finely painted wooded river landscape. D. Enamel, white chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, dot half-hour divisions, the center decorated with very finely painted on enamel flowers including tulip, peony, primroses and Solomon?s seal, gilt dial plate border engraved with stylized leaves. Single blued steel ?tulip? hand. M. 38 mm., gilt brass, full plate, without minute wheel, baluster pillars, fusee with gut, three-wheel train, verge escapement, two-arm steel balance without balance spring, finely pierced and engraved small cock with asymmetric pierced foliate engraved foot secured by a screw, worm and wheel setup regulator with numbered silver disc, blued steel brackets with pierced decoration. Movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Property of a European Gentleman

Grading System:

CHF 450,000 - 550,000

EUR 275,000 - 335,000

USD 375,000 - 455,000

LOT 529

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

"A Monsieur le Comte Potocki - The First Breguet Four-Minute Tourbillon" Breguet, No. 1176, sold on February 12, 1809, through Monsieur Moreau in St. Petersburg to Comte Potocki, for 4600 Francs. Exceptional and highly important, large, early, 18K gold "montre garde-temps à tourbillon" pocket chronometer with four-minute tourbillon regulator, echappement naturel, double subsidiary seconds, power reserve indication and regulator dial, the first four-minute tourbillon to be made by Breguet and one of the very earliest known watches with the very high oscillation rate for the period of 21,600 per hour.

C. Four-body, "bassine", No. 1282, by Amy Gros, the bezel and border engraved with foliate scrolls, the back engraved with the arms of Comte Potocki, bolt on the front bezel for stopping the tourbillon carriage. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold, by Tavernier, engine-turned, oval reserve inscribed "Regulateur a Tourbillon", small hour dial with radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer dot minute indexes on a plain reserve, Arabic 15-minute numerals on outset reserves, two subsidiary seconds dials, power reserve sector calibrated for 35 hours. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 24''', gilt brass, small semi-elliptical backplate, conical pillars secured by pins, reverse fusee with maintaining power, jeweled wheel train, echappement naturel of unusual design with 12-toothed escape wheel and 3-toothed escape wheel, the lever with single banking spring allowing even rest on both escape wheels, three-arm bimetallic compensation balance with an oscillation rate of 21,600 per hour, peripheral timing adjustment screws, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve, the whole mounted in a two-arm cage driven from the second wheel pinion and revolving once every four minutes. Dial and movement signed, case punched with Gros's mark. Diam. 65 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman

Grading System:

CHF 900,000 - 1,200,000

EUR 550,000 - 730,000

USD 750,000 - 1,000,000

LOT 530

Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

Ref. 1463/1563, ?Rattrapante ? Water-Resistant? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 867196, case No. 657132, Ref. 1463/1563. Made in 1947, sold on June 30, 1950. Exceptionally rare, extremely fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register and tachometer dial with luminous Breguet numerals and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and the original fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined and stepped bezel, dedicated screwed-down case back, concave lugs, winding-crown also for the stop and reunite functions of the split-second hand, dust protecting cap. D. Matte silver with luminous painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second divisions, Arabic five-minute/seconds numerals, outermost tachometer graduation, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Yellow gold "lozenge" hands. M. 13"', rhodium-plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, visible split-seconds mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed, case punched ?Ref. 1463?. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a European Collector Estimate:* * *

Grading System:

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