Porte Fils a Rouen. Made circa 1760. Fine, 20K gold pocket watch.
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, polished. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 35 mm., frosted gilt, pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm steel balance, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
USD 1,800 - 2,800
EUR 1,300 - 2,000
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, the bezel chased in a geometrical pattern and with painted champleve enameled flowers, the back with a fine and amusing painted on enamel scene probably after David II Teniers, The Younger, (Antwerpen, 1610 - Bruxelles, 1690), depicting an elderly gentleman receiving a treatment for a bunion, outer chased rocaille and geometrical decorated border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic minute numerals. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 37 mm., giIt brass, full plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain steel three armed balance, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endpiece, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
USD 5,500 - 7,500
EUR 3,800 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 8,400
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, by Xavier Gide (mastermark XG), bezel and border decorated with laurel swags, the back with a musical trophy within a ribbon border, the thumb-pieces, pendant and bow set with large rose-cut diamonds. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Rose-cut diamond-set fleur-de-lys hands.M. 35 mm., frosted gilt full plate, pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, double virgule escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental balance cock, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 43 mm
Grading System: AAA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
USD 14,000 - 18,000
EUR 9,500 - 13,000
C. Two-body, ?Louis XIV?, glazed on both sides, paste-set bezels, band engraved with a repeated pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals. Paste-set Louis XV hands. M. 29 mm, hinged, frosted and engraved gilt skeletonized plate with conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator on the edge, triangular single-footed solid engraved cock, paste-set silver filigree applied plate set with an oval painted on enamel portrait of a young lady wearing a pink dress and straw hat with a blue ribbon. Dial signed. Diam. 36 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,800 - 5,800
USD 4,500 - 5,200
EUR 3,000 - 3,600
Sold: CHF 4,560
C. Two-body, the back set with a painted on enamel portrait of a young lady with a flower basket and wearing a bonnet, the border and bezel set with rose-cut diamonds in silver mounts. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals intersected by rose-cut diamonds, outer minute track and five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o?clock. Rose-cut diamond-set hands. M. 31 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with turned cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation disc. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,200 - 4,200
EUR 2,200 - 2,800
Sold: CHF 2,880
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, the back decorated with a painted on enamel scene of Venus and Cupid in a garden at the altar of love, blue and white enamel leaf border, bezel with engraved repeat pattern and set with rose-cut diamonds. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, outermost Arabic five-minute numerals. Pierced gold hands. M. 25 mm., matte gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,200 - 4,200
EUR 2,200 - 2,800
C. Two-body, the back decorated with an oval varicolored scene of two hearts on the altar of love with a pair of doves above and surrounded by a basket of flowers, mandolin and bow and quiver, border and bezel with repeated pattern. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and large Arabic fiveminute numerals. Gold fleur-de-lys hands. M. 35 mm., frosted gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
USD 2,300 - 3,200
EUR 1,800 - 2,200
C. Outer: two-body, gilt brass overlaid with tortoiseshell. Inner: two-body, the back engine-turned and engraved with continuous concentric leaf patterns, the center decorated with a dog and urn in a landscape, bezel with laurel and berry decoration. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold beetle and poker hands. M. 52 mm., gilt full-plate, conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased foliate continental balance cock, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm (64 mm with outer protecting case).
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,800 - 3,800
USD 2,600 - 3,500
EUR 1,800 - 2,400
Cardinaux a Paris, No. 9116. Made circa 1810. Fine 18K gold pocket watch.
C. Three-body, ?Consular?, polished, flat band. D. White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic fifteenminute numerals, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel hands with skeletonized tips. M. 43 mm., frosted gilt full plate, conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 51 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,600 - 2,600
USD 1,500 - 2,400
EUR 1,000 - 1,600
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, glazed on both sides, band engraved with a repeated anthemion pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Gold Louis XV hands.M. 36 mm, hinged, frosted and engraved gilt skeletonized plate with cylindrical, fusee and chain, the barrel skeletonized, cylinder escapement, fine large three-arm gold balance with perpendicular amplitude limiting pin on the rim, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator on the edge, triangular single-footed solid engraved cock. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 4,600 - 6,500
EUR 3,200 - 4,400
Sold: CHF 4,680
C. Two-body, polished, concealed hinge, rectangular pendant with sloping shoulders. Hinged and sprung gilt metal cuvette with pinhole release catch. D.White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer gold painted minute track, gold painted signature, winding aperture at 2 o?clock, gilt brass dial plate edge engraved with a repeated leaf pattern. Gold heart hands. M. 45 mm., frosted gilt, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, the top plate cut away for the barrel which 32 is held by a separate bridge, fast-beating Martin-Pouzait lever escapement with safety action, the plate with aperture to view the escapement, three-arm brass balance, the anchor pivot hole with steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with scale on the perimeter of the balance cock, repeating with two polished steel hammers on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial, dial plate edge and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 8,500 - 11,000
USD 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,500 - 7,000
C. Three-body, ?bassine et filet?, mastermark HC, engine-turned back and bezel, the band pierced and engraved with foliage, wheel at the side of the dial for setting the alarm hand. Fixed gold cuvette with pierced sound holes and engraved flowers, further sprung hinged gilt cuvette. D.White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, inner alarm divisions, winding apertures for both trains. Gilt lozenge hour and minute hands, steel alarm hand. M. 46 mm., matte gilt, conical pillars, fixed going barrel, maltese cross stopwork to both barrels, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, three-arm brass balance, pierced and foliate chased continental type balance cock with polished steel end-piece, silver regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on a bell in the back of the case, alarm train with fixed barrel and sounding on the bell with a further hammer. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 5,500 - 7,500
USD 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,500 - 4,700
C. Outer: two-body, glazed back. Inner: two-body, both sides glazed, the bezels chased with oval paterae on a matte ground and with pie-crust borders. D.White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, outer red-painted date ring. Fine pierced gold hour and minute hands, steel serpentine date hand. M. 36 mm., skeletonized, frosted gilt, foliate engraved backplate, three cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometer adjustment to the potence, gold three-arm balance with perpendicular limiting pin acting against two polished steel plates mounted at each side of the backplate, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator. Movement signed and dated. Diam. 45 mm (50 mm with the outer case).
Grading System: AA
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
USD 9,000 - 11,000
EUR 6,300 - 7,500
Sold: CHF 14,400
C. Outer: three-body, detachable and reversible, the back with engraved vacant cartouche, the interior engine-turned, reeded band. Inner: four-body, ?bassine?, engine-turned, band with engraved stylized leaf decoration. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border, inscribed ?John P. Buchner, 1857?. D.White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18???, 40 mm., frosted half-plate, 10 jewels, two in screwed gold chatons, going barrel, Jacot?s star duplex escapement with three teeth and three vertical impulse pins between, beat of 21,600 per minute, cut bimetallic compensation balance with timing adjustment screws, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,500 - 11,000
USD 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,500 - 7,000
C. Three-body, engine-turned, cast and chased flower bezels, pendant and bow, engine-turned band. Fixed gold cuvette. D. Beige with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 43 mm., frosted gilt, the plate for the fusee and chain shaped and engraved to form an eagle, engraved bridges for the other wheels, maintaining power, 6 jewels, three in screwed chatons, Massey type III lever escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Diam. 50 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
USD 2,800 - 4,600
EUR 2,000 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 3,600
C. Outer: two-body, the bezel and back band pierced with foliage and engraved with flowers. Inner: Two-body, ?bassine? form, polished, deep back, the band pierced and engraved with foliage. Gilt dust cap. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel beetle and poker hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone, worm gear set-up, silver regulation dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement and dust cap signed. Diam. 50 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,200 - 4,200
EUR 2,200 - 2,800
Sold: CHF 5,400
C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, polished. Gilt dust cover. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold beetle and poker hands. M. 34 mm., frosted gilt full plate, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, lever escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and foliate engraved single-footed cock, diamond endstone, silver regulation dial. Movement signed, both cases with the punchmark of Arthur O?Neill, Dublin. Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
USD 2,300 - 3,200
EUR 1,600 - 2,200
Sold: CHF 2,640
C. Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, rounded bezel, co-axial single button on the winding-crown, screw-down case back with engraved ?Waterproof, Shock-Protected, Antimagnetic?. D. Matte silver with applied luminous Arabic numerals, black minute and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer black tachometer scale. Blued steel feuille hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, fausses cotes decoration, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Property of Various Owners Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
USD 14,000 - 18,000
EUR 9,500 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 19,200
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Two-tone, black and gray with painted dot indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, inner minute/seconds division with every five Arabic numerals, outer telemeter scale, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold feuille hands. M. 14???, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial signed Heuer, movement signed Heuer Leonidas, case numbered. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. note: this watch was custom-made.
Grading System: A
CHF 5,500 - 6,500
USD 4,600 - 6,000
EUR 3,100 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 3,120
C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, dedicated case back. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale and blue tachometer graduation, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 287, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
USD 2,800 - 4,600
EUR 2,000 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 2,040