806 lots

LOT 1

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Lalique Doves Léon Hatot, (ATO), "Electrique", No. 63512, the case by R. Lalique. Made circa 1910. Fine and very rare, pressed frosted glass electric Art Nouveau mantel clock.

C. Semi-circular, the front decorated with four doves among branches, flowers and berries, frosted top, wooden back. D. Silvered, gilt Arabic numerals, outer minute track, the center cut away to expose the hour and minute wheels. Black steel skeleton spade hands. M. 11 cm., brass, electromagnetic pendulum, battery contacts. Case signed R. Lalique, dial signed ATO, movement signed Leon Hatot, Fabricants, Paris. Dim. Length 21.5 cm., height 15.5 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,800 - 5,800

USD 4,300 - 5,200

EUR 3,000 - 3,600

LOT 2

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Lilac-Colored Curved Art Deco Clock Léon Hatot, (ATO). Made circa 1935. Fine, Art Deco, pressed glass, battery-powered electromagnetic mantel clock.

C. Rectangular, stepped sided pressed and frosted glass case and a metal drum housing the movement. D. Square glass with raised Art Deco numerals, inner minute track. Black baton hands. M. Battery-powered, electromagnetic pendulum. Case and movement signed. Dim. 17 x 23.5 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 900 - 1,800

EUR 600 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,140

LOT 3

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Classic Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Atmos" VIIIR, No. 508220. Made in 1979. Fine, rectangular, gilt brass and glass Atmos clock wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve

C. Gilt brass, glazed on 4 sides and on the top, polished and brushed, stepped plinth base with canted corners, leveling screws and spirit level in the base. D. Matte silvered annular, applied gilt brass Arabic numerals and faceted dart indexes. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 528-8, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever in the base, regulator at the top. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. Height 24 cm., width 21 cm., depth 16.3 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 900 - 1,800

EUR 600 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,320

LOT 4

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Classic LeCoultre, "Atmos" VIR, No. 141210. Made in the 1961. Fine, rectangular, gilt brass and glass Atmos clock wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve

C. Gilt brass, glazed on 4 sides and on the top, polished and brushed, stepped plinth base with canted corners, leveling screws and spirit level in the base. D. Matte silvered, annular, applied gilt brass Arabic numerals and faceted dart indexes. Gilt brass dauphine hands. M. Cal. 528-6, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever in the base, regulator at the top. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. Height 24 cm., width 21 cm., depth 16.3 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 900 - 1,800

EUR 600 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,320

LOT 5

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Atmos, J. L. Reutter Patent Atmos, Pendule Perpetuelle, J. L. Reutter patent, model RC2, No. 4897, Swiss. Made in 1934. Very fine and very rare, early, Art Deco, chrome and glass, "perpetual" clock wound by changes in barometric pressure.

C. Rectangular, chromed frame and inclined base, glazed 4 sides and top with rectangular base. D. Matte silvered with applied blued brass ?Art Deco? Arabic numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Chrome, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular torsion pendulum, locking lever in the base below the pendulum. Vacuum frame signed on a plaque and numbered. Dim. height 23.5 cm., width 17.8 cm., depth 14 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

USD 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 18,000

LOT 6

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

White Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos?, Ref. 5810. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?aquarium? panels, wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt angelfish and water plants, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,200 - 5,200

USD 3,800 - 4,700

EUR 2,600 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 5,040

LOT 7

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Black Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos?, Ref. 5810. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?aquarium? panels and wound by barometric pressure changes.

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt angel-fish and water plants, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base with applied presentation plaque. D. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 5,000

USD 3,600 - 4,500

EUR 2,500 - 3,100

LOT 8

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

White Chinoise Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos?, Ref. 5809. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular, gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?Chinoiserie? panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee and booklet.

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (Lucite) panels, set with gilt Chinoiserie water landscapes, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. Matte off-white with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,200 - 5,200

USD 3,800 - 4,700

EUR 2,600 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 7,200

LOT 9

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Tableau à Musique French. Made circa 1850. Fine, 8-day going, hour and half hour striking, musical clock painting, the music playing two tunes on demand.

C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a hamlet and church around a pond in an Alpine wooded landscape with figures and a horse and cart in the foreground, the church tower with the clock. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals. Blued steel arrow hands. M. Circular, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, inverted crutch, brass bob pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a coiled gong. Musical movement: 34.5 cm., brass, pinned cylinder, single steel comb with 95 tuned vibrating teeth, large spring barrel, fly governor, pulls for start, stop and tune selection. Musical movement numbered 6487. Dim. 79 x 68.5 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 6,000

USD 4,500 - 5,400

EUR 3,100 - 3,700

Sold: CHF 5,760

LOT 10

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Life on the River French. Made circa 1860. Fine, small, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking clock painting.

C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a river landscape with figures by an old cottage and a church, the tower of the church with the clock. D. White enamel, radial black Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Black trefoil hands. M. Circular, 88 cm, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, inverted crutch, pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a coiled gong. Dim. 58 x 50 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,500 - 5,500

USD 4,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,800 - 3,400

Sold: CHF 4,800

LOT 11

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Tetê de poupée Gabriel Du Val, A Paris. Made circa 1680. Very fine and rare, brass, pewter and tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry, gilt-bronze mounted, hour and half-hour striking, 8-day going pendulum table clock.

C. Front and sides entirely decorated with Boulle marquetry in pewter, brass and tortoiseshell, with scrolling, stylized flowers, foliage and lambrequins, rectangular molded base, ormolu mounted edges, arch-top surmounted by an ormolu appliqué with two flaming vase finials on each side, ormolu bezel with leaf and flower decoration, four ormolu paw feet. D. Gilt brass with black painted radial Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, outermost minutes numbered from 1 to 60, dial plate richly engraved with foliage and strapwork. Blued steel Louis XIV hands. M. Rectangular, 14 x 12.5 cm, brass full plate, baluster pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, verge escapement, silk suspension, cycloidal cheeks, long pendulum with pear-shaped brass bob, brass count wheel set on the back plate, striking on a bell mounted on top of the case. Movement signed. Dim. Height 46 cm, width 25 cm, depth 17.5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 23,000

USD 16,000 - 21,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 22,800

LOT 12

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Louis XV Boulle Clock French. Made circa 1740. Very fine, gilt bronze, tortoiseshell and brass inlaid, quarter striking, 8-day going bracket clock with matching wall bracket.

C. On solid rocaille and scroll-shaped feet, tortoiseshell and brass inlaid carcase, ormolu mounts on the shoulders terminating to portrait busts of ladies, cresting at the top, inlaid floor and back wall, glazed and hinged ormoulu front door with flower and scroll ormolu appliqué, top with an ormolu figure of a goddess seated on the back of an eagle on a cloud, matching bracket. D. Black radial Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, set in gilt brass chased mask. Blued steel "fleur-de-lis and beetle" hands. M. Rectangular, 12 x 13.5 cm, brass, going barrels, verge escapement, pendulum with brass bob, silk suspension, large double count wheel on the back plate, striking the hours and quarters on two bells mounted on top of the case. Signed on dial and movement. Dim. Width 45 cm, height 120 cm (including bracket).

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

USD 8,100 - 10,000

EUR 5,600 - 6,800

Sold: CHF 10,800

LOT 13

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Le Rapt de la Rose Pierre-Etienne Romain A Paris. Made circa 1815. Extremely fine and rare, two-week going, hour and half-hour striking, gilt bronze and marble mantle clock with date.

C. The top with very finely executed gilt bronze figure of a semi-nude young woman holding a rose, on a couch with ormolu draperies, four winged creatures with female heads and horse?s legs on each side, each side with three-legged ormolu pedestal with irregular cloud ornament typical of Romain, clusters of grapes below, each pedestal leg finished with a woman?s head. Below the dial two putti with torches against a blackened bronze background surmounting a plaque with the words ?Le Rapt de la Rose?, ormolu putti below, ormolu acanthus bezel, oval marble base with six bun feet. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, two winding apertures at 4 and 8 o?clock, outermost 31-day Arabic date ring. Elaborate gilt ?laurel-leaf? hands. M. Circular brass, two going barrels, anchor escapement, brass pendulum with silk suspension, count wheel on the back plate, striking on a bell. Dial signed ?Romain à Paris?. Dim: Height 51 cm., width 48 cm., depth 15 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

USD 18,000 - 23,000

EUR 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 31,200

LOT 14

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Chronos Badier Hger, A Paris. Made circa 1820. Very fine, bronze, gilt bronze and rouge griotte marble, hour and half-hour striking mantel clock. To be sold without reserve

C. Finely cast and chased bronze figure of winged Chronos with gilt bronze robes, supporting the clock above in a spherical bronze casing, gilt bronze snake-form bezel, rectangular rouge griotte marble base raised on a further gilt bronze base with stiff-leaf decoration, block feet. D. Gilt with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, engine-turned center. Steel Breguet hands. M. Circular brass with going barrels, anchor escapement, silk suspension, outside countwheel striking on a bell. Dial signed. Dim. 46 x 25 x 11 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,200 - 1,800

USD 1,100 - 1,600

EUR 750 - 1,100

LOT 15

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Diana Armingaud Lne. A Paris. Made circa 1810. Very fine, gilt bronze and bronze, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking mantel clock.

C. Drum case supported on bronze rocks above a waterfall and flanked by water plants, the seated figure of Diana above holding a dead game bird in her left hand, the base set with a finely chased panels of goats flanked by game bird trophies, the bow ends mounted with neoclassical panels, raised on six toupie feet. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic fifteen-minute numerals. Gilt brass pierced and engraved hands. M. Circular, 11.5 cm, barrels for the going and striking trains, anchor escapement, silk suspension, brass bob pendulum, outside countwheel mounted on the backplate, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. Dial signed, movement punched ?AN?. Dim. Height 48 cm, width 41 cm, depth 11 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 4,500 - 6,300

EUR 3,100 - 4,300

Sold: CHF 5,280

LOT 16

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Cercle Tournant Italian. Made circa 1660. Fine, rare and unusual, small, obelisk-form gilt brass table clock with cercles tournant dial.

C. Gilt brass, obelisk-form, the upper section glazed on four sides and surmounted by a flambeau finial, rectangular stiff-leaf decorated base glazed on four sides to view the movement, fluted Doric pilasters at each corner, the frieze and base engraved with the inscription: Ex Dono Domini Ioannis Gaigne Regi A Consiliis in Aerario Svessi Svae et Qvaestoris et Praefecti, Anno D. 1668, apertures in the base for the winding and regulation, four turned gilt brass feet. D. Rotating silvered annular with Roman numerals, half and quarter-hour divisions, domed gilt brass top and base, the top engraved with astronomic charts. Steel pointer mounted below a flambeau finial. M. 76 x 48 mm., rectangular gilt brass plates, square baluster pillars, fusee with gut, three-wheel train, six-leaf pinions, verge escapement, three-arm gilt brass balance, short balance spring, rack and pinion regulator. Dim. 28 x 9 x 6 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 17,000 - 22,000

USD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000

LOT 17

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Miniature Quarter-Striking Ormolu Traveling Clock Ios. Weisfhaubt a Carlsbad. Made circa 1760. Extremely fine and equally rare, early miniature, three-train, quarter-striking and repeating ormolu traveling clock with calendar.

C. Gilt bronze, waisted, finely chased with foliate, rocaille and flower decoration, folding handle at the top, pierced lattice side frets, gilt bronze bezel. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer calendar, outermost minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gilt brass beetle hour and minute hands, blued steel calendar hand. M. Shaped to fit the case, gilt brass, full plate with engraved scrollwork border, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain for the going train, verge escapement with plain brass three-arm balance mounted vertically on the backplate, short balance spring, pierced scroll gilt brass cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial above, striking on an underslung bell with two hammers for the quarters and a further hammer for the hours, the striking train with separate fixed barrels for the hour striking and the quarter-striking, strike/silent lever beneath the bezel in the dial plate. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 15 x 10 x 7 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

USD 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 21,600

LOT 18

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Chinese. Made in the 20th century. Fine, small, mahogany, hour striking, center seconds, bracket clock with carved fretwork stand.

C. Rectangular, glazed shaped side panels, vertically sliding front and back doors, separate carved fretwork base. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track against gilt brass plate engraved with dragons. Elaborate black painted hands. M. Rectangular, 17 x 15 cm, brass, both going trains with fusee and chain, verge escapement and short bob pendulum, striking on a bell above the movement. Movement signed in Chinese characters. Dim. 37 x 25 x 21 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 6,500 - 8,500

USD 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

LOT 19

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Chinese Table Clock Chinese. Made circa 1870. Very fine, large and impressive huali wood and mother of pearl inlaid hour striking carved table clock with Chinese astrological dial and hours of the day indication with hand revolving once in 24- hours, huali wood and mother of pearl inlaid table stand with rotating turntable.

C. Rectangular, delicately made, glazed side panels, fretwork openings for sound on each side, the front door decorated with motherof- pearl scroll inlay, the back door with fretted scrollwork panel, finely fretted and carved base and sides, small drawer in the front. The table: turntable on the top, naturalistically carved top, pierced freize inlaid with mother of pearl, six curved legs and stretchers inlaid with mother of pearl. D. Circular gilt brass, Chinese numerals, inner Chinese zodiac signs and innermost hour of the day symbols, minute track, gilt brass plate engraved with musicians on a bridge and scenes of figures by water in wooded landscapes, apertures for the zodiac symbols. Elaborate steel hour and minute hands, pierced steel hand for the 24-hours. M. Rectangular 26.5 x 23 cm, brass, engraved backplate, both trains with fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass bob pendulum, striking on an engraved bell. Dim. Clock: 55 x 37 x 29.5 cm. Table: 90 x 50 x 95 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

USD 27,000 - 32,000

EUR 19,000 - 22,000

LOT 20

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Mercury Swiss, attributable to Meuron, made for the Italian Market, circa 1790. Very rare and very fine ebonized and gilt wood eight-day-going, bracket clock, striking hours and quarters, repeating with 12-tune music playing on the hour and on demand.

C. Square, molded top with gilt statue of Mercury with his winged helmet and a money pouch in his right hand, two gilt putti at his side, with front decorated over red fabric with applied gilt wood garlands of flowers and scrolling foliate pattern, top with aperture for the dial, lower part with aperture for enamel 12-tune change dial, pierced side panels for sound, the right one with cord to activate the music, the left one with cord to activate the repeater. Bracket with a finial at the bottom and rich gilt wood garland decoration. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures at 4 and 8 o?clock, regulating aperture at 12 o?clock with aperture for setting the pendulum in motion below. Gilt elaborate hands. M. Rectangular, brass, going barrels both for the going and striking trains, verge escapement with silk suspension, rack striking of typical Neuchatel design, pull repeat. Musical movement: double barrel with double fusee set one below the other, 15 poplar pipes, 15 valves, brass pinned cylinder, fly governor with worm gearing. Dim. Height. 106 cm, (140 with the bracket). Base width 55 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 140,000

USD 90,000 - 130,000

EUR 60,000 - 85,000

Sold: CHF 120,000