731 lots

LOT 661

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Feuer Wehr Bern Longines, Swiss, No. 1560263. Made circa 1905. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute register. Accompanied by a box.

C. Four-body, demi-bassine, matte, cast and chased with the arms of Bern in high relief and the inscription "Feuer Wehr, Bern", chased foliate and floral bezels and band, foliate cast bow. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. D. White enamel with bold painted Arabic numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second chronograph divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and instantaneous 30-minute register. Gilt Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 19.73N, frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold adjusting screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, Wilmot's patent micrometer cam regulator, chronograph work on the back plate activated by a coaxial button in the crown. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,700 - 5,500

EUR 2,500 - 3,800

LOT 662

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Minute-Repeating, Perpetual Calendar & Chronograph L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, 7, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris, No.16313. Made circa 1910. Extremely fine and very rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph and moon phases.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Matte silver, black champleve Arabic numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, outermost fifth of a second chronograph divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months, leap year cycle, the date and the seconds with inner moon phase aperture, engineturned center. Blued-steel pear and lozenge hands. M. 19???, gilt brass, 36 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, chronograph with visible work and co-axial button on the winding crown for start/stop/return-to-zero fuctions. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

USD 23,000 - 28,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 26,400

LOT 663

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Watch with Six Complications for the Russian Market Tchetounoff Freres, Swiss, case No. 8345. Made for the Russian market, circa 1890. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, 18K gold, enamel, rose-cut diamond and pearl-set, hunting-cased, keyless, pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph and phases and age of the moon.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", both covers fully decorated with rose-cut diamonds and pearls on translucent red and green enamel over elaborate engraved ground, the front cover decorate with a stylized flower head, the back with a crossed geometric pattern, polished band, hand-setting button at 4 o?clock. Hinged gold cuvette with blue and black champleve enamel technical details, glazed gold-rimmed cover for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost fifths of a second divisions with Arabic five-second numerals, four subsidiary dials for days of the week, date, months of the leap year cycle and subsidiary sconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture with sector for its age. Gold spade hands. M. 47 mm., 21''', frosted gilt brass, 35 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band, visible chronograph work, button in the band at 12 o?clock for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph. Cuvette signed. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 65,000 - 80,000

USD 60,000 - 75,000

EUR 40,000 - 50,000

LOT 664

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria Paul Buhre, Taber Type, No. 3649. Made for presentation, circa 1890. Fine, silver, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch, the case with an applied polychrome painted on enamel portrait of Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished, the back cover with engraved with the cipher of Ferdinand I, the front cover set with an applied painted on enamel plaque of Ferdinand I. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Black spade hands. M. 42 mm., 19???, rhodium plated, 15 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,800 - 2,800

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 900

LOT 665

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria Swiss, retailed by Sigmund Stern, Frankfurt, Germany. Made for presentation, circa 1900. Fine, silver, hunting cased, keyless pocketwatch, the dialwith a polychrome painted portrait of Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria, the cover engraved with his cipher. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, the front cover engraved with the cipher of Ferdinand I in Cyrillic beneath a crown. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds, the center with a polychrome painted portrait of Ferdinand I. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 41 mm., 18???, matte gilt, 15 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement punched with the trademark of Sigmund Stern. Diam. 53 m

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

USD 1,400 - 2,300

EUR 950 - 1,600

LOT 666

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Alexander I Karagjordgevic, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 412770, case No. 256398. Made in 1931. Fine and rare, thin, 18K white and yellow gold jump hour, wandering minute, keyless Art Deco presentation dress watch with enamel coat of arms for Alexander I Karagjordgevic, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, bezels and bow in white gold, band and case back in yellow gold, back with polychrome painted on enamel coat of arms. D. Brushed silver, apertures for the jump hours with minutes below. Triangular pointer for the minutes. M. Cal. R.A. 17???15/12, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

USD 14,000 - 23,000

EUR 9,500 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 16,800

LOT 667

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Masterpiece Helwig Flying Tourbillon Woldemar Fleck and Alfred Helwig, Glashütte, No.24. Made in the Deutsche Uhrmacher Schule, Glashütte, under the direction of Albert Helwig in 1931. Exceptionally fine and equally rare, silver, keyless, doublebarrel pocket chronometer with one-minute Helwig flying tourbillon, spring footed-detent chronometer escapement, Guillaume balance and power reserve indicator.

C. Three-body, "Lucia à gouge", polished, possibly made by Karl Richter. Silver-rimmed glazed cuvette. D.Matte silver, applied blued steel baton hour indexes pinned from the underside, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel alpha hands. M. 45 mm., 20???, half-plate, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, jeweled to the center, two-barrels, S. Stanley-type differential power-reserve mechanism, Helwig "flying" tourbillon carriage with very light three-arm cage, spring footed-detent escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with gold temperature and meantime adjustment screws, free-sprung blued steel balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve. Movement signed, pillar plate punched with the Uhrmacher Schule mark. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

USD 185,000 - 280,000

EUR 125,000 - 190,000

LOT 668

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Guinand Type 2 ? Tourbillon Ulysse Breting, Le Locle, No. 16782. Made for Victor Siegfried, Strasbourg, circa 1865. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold pocket chronometer with one-minute Ernest Guinand ? Type 2 tourbillion regulator and pivoted detent chronometer escapement.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished curved bezel, reeded band, engine-turned back cover with polished border, the inside inscribed: Rudolf Filzwieser, Wien, with an engraved basket of flowers, massive bow, hand-setting slide in the band. Glazed gold rimmed cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Gold and rose diamond-set ?Ulysse Breting? type hands.M. 20???, nickel plated, fausses cotes and triangular decoration, wolf?s-tooth winding wheels, gold wheel train, Guinand 2 type carriage (Meis classification) with pivoted detent chronometer escapement, gold escape wheel, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, Breguet blued steel balance spring with perpendicular stud for preventing excessive amplitudes and double overcoil, index regulator with gold scale plate, the entire train jeweled. Dial and movement signed by the retailer. Dial plate signed by the maker, case and movement punched with the same number. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

USD 65,000 - 85,000

EUR 45,000 - 55,000

LOT 669

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Quarter-Repeater & Early Keyless Caudron, Elève de Breguet, Place Beauveau, No. 98, a Paris, movement No. 4534, case No. 5216. Made circa 1860. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, early keyless pocket watch with gold wheel train. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, engine-turned back cover, polished bezel, band and border, flat-topped winding crown. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved gothic "E&K" under an Earl?s coronet. D. White enamel with narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 18.5???, maillechort, 31 jewels, the escape wheel pivot with gold jewel cap, wolf?s tooth winding, gold wheel train, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and cuvette signed, case numbered. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,800 - 2,800

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,920

LOT 670

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Quarter Repeater, Demi Chronometer Henry Capt, Genève, No. 24736. Made circa 1870. Fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter-repeating, keyless lever "demi chronometre" pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filet", polished and engine-turned, the back cover with engraved foliate monogram "AH". Glazed goldrimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel fleur-de-lys hands. M. 40 mm., 18''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, gold wheel train, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,800 - 2,800

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,880

LOT 671

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

UlysseNardin, Locle, Suisse, ?Chronometre?,No. 11027. Made circa 1900. Very fine and rare, large, 18K gold and enamel, keyless pocket watch with chronograph, progressive 30-minute register and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original UlysseNardin fitted leather covered box and original Paul D. Nardin Certificate.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished and engine turned, the back cover decorated with a red, blue and purple enamel monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track with Arabic 25 second numerals up to 300, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register. Black steel spade hands.M. 19''', nickel plated, 21 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised and calibrated straight-line lever escapement, the escape wheel and lever with gold end-plates, anibal-brass Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, steel chronograph work on the back plate, all three operations activated by a single button in the crown. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 4,600 - 6,500

EUR 3,100 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,040

LOT 672

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 86703, case number 386270. Made circa 1930. Fine, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch with 24-hour dial. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved presentation inscription. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track with blue 24-hour Arabic numerals. Black Breguet hands. M. 40 mm.,18''', frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dam. 49 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

USD 1,400 - 2,300

EUR 950 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 2,160

LOT 673

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Pellaton One-Minute Tourbillon James C. Pellaton for Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 123232, case No. 647864. Made circa 1940. Exceptionally fine and important, 18K gold, keyless pocket chronometer with one-minute tourbillon regulator and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original leather fitted box.

C. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D.White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 44,8 mm (19 3/4'''), rhodium plated, Le Locle Technicum caliber with curved center bridge, narrow fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, three-arm equidistant Pellaton carriage with lateral Swiss calibrated lever escapement, cut anibal-brass Guillaume balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve, index regulator with gold scale plate, the pins with micrometric screw adjustment. Movement signed by Pellaton, by Nardin on dial, case and movement. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 65,000 - 85,000

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 40,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 74,400

LOT 674

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ref. 2940, ?Army Dial? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Chronometre?, case No. 182055, Ref. 2490. Made circa 1940. Fine and rare, early, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, water-resistant, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with Army dial and ?Oyster Patent? crown.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined stepped bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic, Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer minute track. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. 10???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted three positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,500 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 7,500

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

LOT 675

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Bubble Back Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Certified Chronometer?, case No. 569280, Ref. 3131. Made in 1946. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, center seconds, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, half-hooded lugs, domed polished bezel, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Two-tone satiné pink with luminous Arabic and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. M. 12???, rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,800 - 6,000

USD 4,500 - 5,500

EUR 3,000 - 3,800

Sold: CHF 5,640

LOT 676

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Bubble Back Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Chronomètre?, case No. 17365, Ref. 3131. Made in 1954. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, center seconds, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellowgold Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, half-hooded lugs, domed polished bezel, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Brushed silver with applied luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five Arabic numerals. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. M. 12???, rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31.5 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,800 - 6,000

USD 4,500 - 5,500

EUR 3,000 - 3,800

LOT 677

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ref. 6590, ?Bombay? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, case No. 128291. Made in 1955. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 14K yellowgoldwristwatchwith honeycomb dial and an 18K yellowgold Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown, shaped lugs. D. Honeycomb off-white with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute/seconds engraved division. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 1030 rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,500 - 7,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

EUR 3,500 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,040

LOT 678

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Staybrite Ref. 2508 Rolex, case No. 025320, Ref. 2508.Made in the 1940s. Very fine and extremely rare, large, ?Staybrite? stainless steel wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Three-tone matte silver and sector dial, painted black baton indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, inner blue snail tachometer scale, outer minute/seconds track with Arabic five numerals, outermost telemeter scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blackened steel baton hands. M. 14???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 55,000 - 72,000

USD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 35,000 - 45,000

LOT 679

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Explorer, Gilt Dial, Underline Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, Superlative ChronometerOfficially Certified?, caseNo. 451602, Ref. 5504.Made in 1959, sold on March 25th, 1961. Fine and very rare, water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steelOyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void).

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, concave bezel, curved lugs. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer gilt minute/seconds division. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1530, rhodiumplated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm

Grading System: AAA

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

USD 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 8,200 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,600

LOT 680

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Ref. 1016 ? Gilt Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, cae No. 596117, Ref. 1016.Made in 1960. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, gilt outer minute/seconds track. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 6,500 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 7,500

EUR 4,000 - 5,000