731 lots

LOT 701

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

Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus, "Millenary", case No. D 66935. Produced in 2001. Very fine, horizontal oval, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and push pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight and curved lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and logo on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds oval dial, apertures for the days of the week and the months, outer graduation for the days of the month. Blued steel cathedrale hands. M. Cal. 2225, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjustd for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 35 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 7,000

USD 6,500 - 8,300

EUR 4,500 - 5,700

Sold: CHF 5,640

LOT 702

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

Stainless Steel, Millenary Chronograph Audemars Piguet, ?Millenary Automatic?, case No. E80811. Made circa 2005. Fine, large, water-resistant, self-winding, horizontal oval, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompagned by a fitted Audemars Piguet box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, back with 6 screws, straight curved lugs, winding crown set with a cabochon sapphire, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black, with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second divisions, outermost telemeter scale, inner tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous white épée hands. M. Cal. 2226/2840, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,800 - 8,000

USD 4,500 - 7,500

EUR 3,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 4,800

LOT 703

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

Double Tourbillon 30° Vision Greubel Forsey, Inventeurs Horlogers, ?Double Tourbillon 30° Vision?, movement No. 0580, No. 16, case No. 00566. Made in the 2000s. Extremely fine and rare, important, heavy, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with 30° inclined visible inner oneminute tourbillon regulator, visible outer four-minutes tourbillon regulator with four minutes rotation indicator, twin barrels, 72-hour power reserve and an 18K white gold Greubel Forsey double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, 3 dimensional, variable geometry-shaped lugs, spiral of infinity hand-engraved decorated band, transparent case back with 6 screws, engraved with black lacquered GF logo crown, convex sapphire crystals. D. Black gold securized with four blued steel screws, applied white gold graduated Roman numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds at 9, power-reserve indication between 2 and 4, four minute tourbillon indication between 5 and 7, outer minute division with every five Arabic numerals, aperture for the tourbillions. White gold skeletonized hands, flame-blued polished steel four minute fancy four armed arrow hand on the tourbillon cage. M. Cal. GF02, frosted nickel silver finished in ?jade gold?, 39 jewels, lateral lever escapement , inner 30° inclined one-minute tourbillon, three-arm monometallic balance with white gold mean time screws beating at 21.600 vibrations/hour, self-compensating balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, outer four minute tourbillion under a polished conical hand finished bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43.5 mm. Thickness 16 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

USD 185,000 - 280,000

EUR 125,000 - 190,000

Sold: CHF 238,000

LOT 704

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

Thomas Engel, No. 28, the carriage by Richard Daners, started in 1978, finished in 1980. Exceptionally fine and unique, 18K gold, keyless, one-minute flying tourbillon regulator pocket chronometer with 40-hour power reserve, annual calendar, sidereal and mean solar times, 12- and 24-hour indications and thermometer. Accompanied by the original mahogany fitted box, spare mainspring, hands, additional silver dial and certificate.

C. Four-body, "forme collier", screwed back decorated with wave-pattern engine-turning, engine-turned band, gold glazed cuvette, ball-shaped, swiveling pendant which is also a winding device. D. Gold, engine-turned, eccentric mean time set at 3 o'clock, marked by applied gold sun, radial Roman numerals calibrated for 12 hours with blued steel Breguet hands, concentric gold 24-hour baton hand, symmetrically to the left sidereal time chapter, marked by applied blued steel star, Roman numerals and blued steel Breguet hands revolving once in 24 hours, outermost annual calendar ring with gold wavy hand, 40-hour up-and-down aperture at 12 o'clock, subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock, silver thermometer sector on the movement visible through glazed cuvette with gold scale plate. Similar, second silver dial enclosed. M. 50 mm, gilt half-plate, fausses cotes decoration, very light flying tourbillon, three-arm Y-shaped carriage with lateral lever escapement with divided lift, cut bimetallic compensation balance with special non-magnetic Nivarox Prima balance spring with Phillips terminal curves with two pins for adjustment between horizontal and vertical positions, entire train jeweled, the annual calendar driven by differential gearing from the sidereal train, unusual setting of all functions utilizing a pin protruding from the band at 11 o'clock and pulling the crown. Dial, movement and case signed. Diam. 56.7 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 180,000

USD 90,000 - 165,000

EUR 63,000 - 115,000

LOT 705

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

Tourbillon F.P. Journe, ?Invenit et Fecit?, ?Tourbillon Souverain à Remontoir d'Egalité avec SecondeMorte?, No. 192-TN.Made circa 2005. Very fine and rare platinumchronometerwristwatchwith visible oneminute tourbillon regulator, constant force remontoir with deadseconds, 42-hour power reserve indicator and a platinumF.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, winding crown engine-turned with a "cordes de Marseille" pattern, sapphire crystals. D. Subsidiary guilloche silver dials with painted Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes and offset seconds secured 18K gold plate, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 9, power reserve indication at 12. Blued steel Journe hands. M. Cal. 1403 in 18K pink gold, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with "A?-shaped tourbillon frame and polished steel bridge, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, constant-force remontoir with 18K gold wheel, equalizing the mainspring's varying power supply. A blade spring, controlled by a spinning vane, is armed once a second by the force of the mainspring, feeding a steady flow of power to the balance for a more constant rate and at the same time controlling the progression of the dead-seconds hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 75,000 - 85,000

USD 70,000 - 80,000

EUR 47,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 114,000

LOT 706

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

Tourbillon Souverain F.P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Remontoir d'Egalité - Tourbillon Souverain", No. 222/03T. Made circa 2003. Very fine and rare, platinum chronometer wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and constant force remontoir, 42- hour power reserve indication and an 18K white gold F.P. Journe deployant clasp. Accompanied a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, inverted bezel, concave lugs, winding crown engine-turned with "cordes de Marseille" pattern, sapphire crystals. D. 18K brushed yellow gold, subsidiary white guilloche dial with painted Arabic numerals secured to a brushed 18K white gold plate, apertures for the constant force remontoir at 6 and tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 9, power reserve indication at 12. Blued steel Journe hands. M. Cal. 1498, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with oneminute tourbillon regulator with "A"-shaped tourbillon frame and polished steel bridge, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, constant-force remontoir with 18K gold wheel and blade spring, controlled by a spinning vane and armed once a second by the force of the mainspring, insuring a steady flow of power to the balance for a more constant rate. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 75,000 - 85,000

USD 70,000 - 80,000

EUR 47,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 85,200

LOT 707

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

Platinum Opus V Harry Winston and Felix Baumgartner, ?Opus V?, No. 19/45, case No. 017676. The Opus V was made in a limited edition of 100 examples in 2005. Of these, 45 ? including the present one - weremade in platinum(and without diamonds). Very fine and rare, heavy, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with ?satellite hour? display, retrogrademinutes, 122-hour power reserve, day and night indicator and a platinum Harry Winston buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, lobed central lugs, ?Service indicator? measuring the operation of the movement over 5 years, index adjustment screw, click-spring crown protector with ?gullwing opening?, case secured by four specific screws, sapphire crystal. D. Silvered sablé finish with off-center ?satellite hour? display with luminous green Arabic numerals on three revolving blocks, triangular luminous green retrograde pointer for the minutes, moving over a 120 degree counter, power reserve indicator, day and night indication. M. Mechanical with a baseplate crafted from ARCAP P40, straight-line lever escapement, 21,600 vibrations per hour, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance spring. Case, dial and movement signed. Dim 46 x 41 mm. Thickness 15 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 170,000 - 230,000

USD 155,000 - 210,000

EUR 110,000 - 140,000

Sold: CHF 226,200

LOT 708

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

Platinum and Diamond Set No.1 "Quantième Perpétuel" A. Audemars Piguet, ?Quantieme Perpétuel?, No. 1, movement No. 263869, case No. D2033. Sold on September 30th, 1991. Very fine and rare, keyless, platinum and diamond dress watch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, and leap year indication.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel set with diamonds, case back with four screws, sapphire cabochon-set crown, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné blue with applied brilliant-cut diamond indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the days of the week, the months, leap year indication, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute track with every five Arabic numerals. White gold cathedral hands. M. Cal. 5020, rhodium plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.
B. Audemars Piguet Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 1, movement No. 346805, case No. C 91735, Ref. 25709. Sold on September 30th, 1991. Very fine and rare, self-winding, platinumand diamondwristwatchwith perpetual calendar, phases and age of themoon and an 18Kwhite gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel set with diamonds, straight lugs, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals, correctors on the band. D. Satiné blue with applied brilliant-cut diamond indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the days of the week, the months, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute division. White gold baton hands. M. Cal 2120/2, rhodium plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved and skeletonized rotor, 21K gold segment rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 180,000 - 240,000

USD 170,000 - 220,000

EUR 115,000 - 150,000

Sold: CHF 220,300

LOT 709

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

Pink Gold, Ref. 5396R Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Calatrava?, movement No. 3637928, case No. 4408034, Ref. 5396R. Sold on May 18th , 2007. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink goldwristwatchwith annual calendar,moon phases, 24 hour and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, wide bezel, concave lugs, transparent snap-on case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with blue-painted sector divisions, subsidiary dial for the 24 hours, apertures for the date, the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer minute track with Arabic numerals. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 324/303, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 28,000 - 33,000

USD 26,000 - 30,000

EUR 18,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 30,000

LOT 710

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

Ref. 5130R Pink Gold World-Time Patek Philippe, Genève, "World Time?, movement No. 3640037, case No. 4407146, Ref. 5130 R. Sold on May 29th, 2007. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with world time systemand an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, a Certificate of Origin and a booklet.

C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, protected winding crown, push button on the band at 10 to activate the settable discs with the different time zones, the 24 hours and jump-type time-setting, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloche silver with applied pink gold baton indexes, surrounded by a brushed silver and black revolving disc in 24 hours for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer revolving brushed silver ring dial bearing the names of 24 global locations. Pink gold dauphine and ring hands. M. Cal. 240HU, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

USD 23,000 - 32,000

EUR 16,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 36,000

LOT 711

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

Ref. 3970 E, Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3046452, case No. 4165325 Ref. 3970E. Made in 2002, sold on March 26th, 2002. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a spare solid gold case back.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the days of the week and the months in English and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 100,000 - 130,000

USD 90,000 - 120,000

EUR 63,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 96,000

LOT 712

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

Ref. 5100, 10 Days Patek Philippe, Genève, "10 Days", No. 3203210, case No. 4110981, Ref. 5100J. Made in 2000 in a limited edition of 1500 pieces to celebrate the new millennium. Very fine, rectangular, lozenge-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with 10-day powerreserve and an 18K yellowgold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a "Bulletin de Marche du Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres", a solid silvermedal tomark the thirdmillenniuminlaid in a plexiglas plate, a Certificate of Origin, and a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, protected winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 6, power reserve indication at 12. Yellow gold dauphine hands.M. Cal. 28-20/220 stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, 9 of them in 18K gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung flat balance spring, double barrel. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 45,000 - 55,000

USD 42,000 - 50,000

EUR 28,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 43,200

LOT 713

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

Yellow Gold and Diamond Lady's Pagoda Patek Philippe, Genève, "Pagoda", movement No. 3066469, case No. 4015246, Ref. 4900J,made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 1997, sold on October 27th , 1997. Very fine and rare, rectangular flared, "bombé", 18K yellow gold and diamond lady's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate ofOrigin and booklets. C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave sides, case back engraved "Commemoration 1997 Pagoda", sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied diamond indexes, outer minute division. Yellow gold épée hands. M. Cal. 16-250/107, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dim. 22 x 25 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Yellow Gold and Diamond Lady's Pagoda Patek Philippe, Genève, "Pagoda", movement No. 3066469, case No. 4015246, Ref. 4900J,made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 1997, sold on October 27th , 1997. Very fine and rare, rectangular flared, "bombé", 18K yellow gold and diamond lady's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate ofOrigin and booklets. C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave sides, case back engraved "Commemoration 1997 Pagoda", sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied diamond indexes, outer minute division. Yellow gold épée hands. M. Cal. 16-250/107, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 25 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 11,000 - 14,000

USD 10,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 18,000

LOT 714

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

Ellipse with Diamonds Patek Philippe, Genève, "Ellipse", movement No. 3350556, case No. 4228907, Ref. 4931J-001. Sold on July 18th, 2006. Fine, oval, 18K yellowgold and diamond lady'swristwatchwith an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and two extra leather straps with yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle, instruction manual and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back secured with 4 screws, hinged over hanging intertwined lugs, bezel set with 28 diamonds for 1.40 ct, diamond-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Mother-of-pearl with applied diamond-set indexes. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 16-250/107, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 25 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 14,000 - 17,000

USD 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 9,000 - 11,000

LOT 715

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

Unique Opera One Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Opera One - Piece Unique ? Carillon ?Westminster? Minute Repeater with Tourbillon and 3 enameled gold bridges?. Made in 2000. Extremely fine and important, unique Carillon ?Westminster?minute-repeating, platinumwristwatch with visible oneminute tourbillon regulator under 3 enameled 18K gold bridges and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight and curved lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with a platinum outer radial Roman chapter ring. White gold faceted dauphine hands.M. Cal. 9899, rhodium-plated, 3 blue-enameled gold bridges, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 jewels, lateral lever escapement, one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand with A-shaped frame, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs with 4 hammers by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 180,000 - 200,000

USD 170,000 - 185,000

EUR 115,000 - 130,000

Sold: CHF 149,500

LOT 716

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

Platinum and Diamonds, Ref. 5004 P with Baguette Indexes Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3275167, case No. 4448720, Ref. 5004P-032. Sold in 2008. Extremely rare and important, possibly unique, water-resistant, platinum and diamonds wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year and 24 hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by an additional solid platinum case back, setting pin, fitted box, and Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with baguette diamond indexes, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the days of the month at 6, the seconds and the 24-hours at 9, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5th seconds track. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. CHR 2-70/150, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 15 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 320,000 - 380,000

USD 300,000 - 350,000

EUR 200,000 - 240,000

Sold: CHF 379,600

LOT 717

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

Ref. 5102G, ?The CelestialWristwatch? Patek Philippe, Genève, ?The Celestial Wristwatch?, movement No. 3328334, case No. 4310571, Ref. 5102G. Made in 2006, sold in 2007. Extremely fine, rare and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with mean time indication, nocturnal sky chart of the Northern Hemisphere, moon phases and moon orbit, time of themeridian passage of Sirius andmoonwith an 18Kwhite gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, case band embossed with calatrava pattern, concave lugs with screw-bars, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. The crown at 2 adjusts the time and winds the watch, the one at 4 adjusts the sky, lunar orbit and moon phases. D. Blue sky chart with gold star constellations and North/South/ East/West divisions, made from 3 superimposed sapphire crystal disks, outer divisions to adjust moon phases and sky, outermost Roman hour graduations, aperture for the moon phases. White skeletonized feuille hands. M. Cal. 240/165, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 45 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K yellow gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 220,000 - 270,000

USD 200,000 - 250,000

EUR 140,000 - 170,000

Sold: CHF 344,200

LOT 718

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

King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud Patek, Philippe, Genève, movement No. 704978, case No. 689414, Ref. 2481, specially ordered by Patek Philippe's Saudi Arabian retailer in 1953 in honor of King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud (1880-1953), founder of Saudia Arabia. Made in 1955, sold on June 29th, 1956. Very fine and rare, center second, 18K pink gold and ruby wristwatch with a painted enamel dial and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe tiled bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, snap-on case back with engraved logo,concave band and bezel, fluted curved lugs.
D. Ivory-colored bearing the portrait of the King of Saudi Arabia - the miniature was hand painted on each watch - with applied round and baguette ruby-set indexes, outer minute division. Pink gold "Dauphine" hands. M. 27-SC, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality HallMark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx overall length 165 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 33,000 - 43,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 54,000

LOT 719

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

Yellow Gold, Ref. 3448 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1119220, case No. 328475, Ref. 3448. Made in 1972, Sold on June 28th, 1972. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton and pyramidal indexes, outer dot minute division, subsidiary dial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, 18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 95,000 - 120,000

USD 90,000 - 110,000

EUR 60,000 - 75,000

Sold: CHF 114,000

LOT 720

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

Yellow Gold, Ref. 1463 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869138, case No. 2629896, Ref. 1463.Made in 1963, sold on October 7th, 1964. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, dust protecting cap, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte champagne with applied yellow gold faceted indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds track, outermost tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 13''', stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with eight adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 120,000 - 180,000

USD 110,000 - 165,000

EUR 75,000 - 115,000

LOT 721

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

Monochrome Pink, Ref. 1579 Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, movement No. 863384, case No. 635762, Ref. 1579. Made circa 1945. Very fine and very rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, faceted teardrop lugs, snap-on case back engraved with ?I Eatifully, 40, My Love, Patty, 1-6-88?. D. Two-tone pink with applied pink gold Arabic 12 and 6 numerals, printed baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th second track, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold baton hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 8 adjustments, self-compensating steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 55,000 - 65,000

USD 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 35,000 - 40,000

LOT 722

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

Pink Ref. 130, Pulsometer Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, movement No. 862466, case No. 621687, Ref. 130. Made circa 1943. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, pulsometer and an 18K pink gold tile-link bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Champagne with applied pink gold dot indexes and Roman 12 and 6, outer black minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds track, outermost pulsometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to eight positions, self-compensating steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 65,000 - 75,000

USD 60,000 - 70,000

EUR 40,000 - 47,000

Sold: CHF 78,000

LOT 723

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

Pink Gold, Ref. 1518, First Series Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 867911, case No. 663695, Ref. 1518. Made in 1950, sold on July 11th, 1952. Extremely fine and very rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, subsidiary dial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track with five Arabic numerals, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 600,000 - 800,000

USD 550,000 - 740,000

EUR 380,000 - 500,000

Sold: CHF 1,376,000

LOT 724

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

Summer Bouquet Vaucher, Fleurier, No. 1381.Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set centerseconds pocket watch.

C. Two-body, the back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of summer flowers against a translucent red guilloché enamel ground, the bezels, pendant, and bow set with split-pearls, the band and pendant decorated with green champlevé enamel and white enamel dots and gold leaves. Gilt cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D.White enamel, radial narrow Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteenminute/ seconds Arabic numerals. Gold poire hands.M. 45 mm, gilt "Chinese" caliber fully engraved, standing barrel, jeweled cylinder escapement, plain three-arm steel balance with flat rim, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 52.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

USD 23,000 - 32,000

EUR 16,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 32,400

LOT 725

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

Red Bouquet D & W. Morice, Fenchurch Street, London, No. 6191. Made for the Chinese market, the case with London hallmarks for 1820-1821. Very fine and rare, large and heavy, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with center-seconds.

C. Three-body, "Empire", master mark TW, matte band with repeated circle pattern, split pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, the back painted on enamel with a fine bouquet of summer flowers against translucent red enamel over sunburst engine-turning, the scalloped border decorated in white and light blue champlevé enamel, spring-loaded back opened by a push-piece in the pendant. Fixed gold cuvette, gilt dust-cap. D.White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 46 mm, hinged, full-plate, matte gilt, fusee and chain, ringed cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, the balance and the brass escape wheel jeweled, flat balance spring with Joseph Bosley patented regulator, gilded cock engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone. Dial, cuvette and movement signed, case and movement numbered. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

USD 32,000 - 42,000

EUR 22,000 - 28,000

LOT 726

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

Grandmother?s Surprise Attributed to Pierre Simon Gounouilhou, No. 8339. Made in Geneva for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Extremely fine and equally rare, two-train, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with automaton fire and concealed erotic automaton with rare painted figures.

C. Two-body, "Empire", polished, glazed on both sides, the bezels, pendant and bow set with split-pearls, fluted band, the polished concave sections interspersed with panels of six seed pearls each. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot and star minute divisions, apertures for winding both trains. Gold skeleton hands. Very fine chased and engraved varicolored gold scene applied over a magnificent painted ground depicting a drawing room, with blue walls, green ceiling and red curtains, a portrait on the wall and a mirror over the fireplace, an old lady and cat sitting by a fire with a blued steel grate and automaton fire with reflective gilt backing, a dog opposite sits by a tilted basket of flowers by which lie a hat and cane, an engraved gold curtain rises by a lever under the bezel to reveal an erotic automaton scene with painted male and female figures on a bed. M. 50 mm., gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, the balance pivots with steel endplates, regulation lever in the dial plate, automaton driven by an independent train with going barrel and five-wheel train, eccentrically mounted and adjustable pinion as the governor, driving the automata by means of wheels and pinions. Numbered on the dial plate. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 140,000 - 180,000

USD 130,000 - 170,000

EUR 90,000 - 115,000

LOT 727

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

Titus and Berenice Ilbery, London, No. 7077, the enamel attributed to Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841). Made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, "Chinese", spring-loaded back finely painted on enamel depicting Titus and Berenice, an urn on a plinth to the left, green guilloché background, white enamel and gold bead-and-reel border, the bezels with a repeated champlevé enamel pattern of white-outlined ovals of translucent green enamel intersected by engraved gold flowerheads on a black enamel ground, the pendant and bow decorated with pale blue, white and translucent green enamel. Gilt cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold heart hands. M. 49 mm., gilt brass, fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, five-arm polished steel balance with flat rim, flat steel balance spring, index regulator, diamond endstone. Movement signed and numbered. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 120,000 - 160,000

USD 110,000 - 150,000

EUR 75,000 - 100,000

LOT 728

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

Cleopatra & Octavian Ilbery, London, No. 6771. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1805. Very fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with center-seconds and duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, "Empire", spring-loaded back finely painted on enamel depicting Cleopatra and Octavian with attendants before a fortress, translucent royal blue enamel border, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow. Gold sprung cuvette hinged to the movement ring and with engraved decoration. D. Convex white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Gold heart hands. M. 49 mm., gilt brass, fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with wedge-shaped blued steel weights and temperature adjustment screws, flat steel balance spring, index regulator, diamond endstone. Movement signed and numbered. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 120,000 - 160,000

USD 110,000 - 150,000

EUR 75,000 - 100,000

LOT 729

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

Titus and Berenice Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46288. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, "Chinese", spring-loaded back finely painted on enamel depicting Titus and Berenice, a rose garlanded plinth to the left, red guilloché background, the bezels with a repeated champlevé enamel pattern of white flowers and translucent scarlet and opaque blue, the pendant and bow decorated to match. Gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring and with engraved decoration. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Gilt ovoid hands. M. 48 mm., gilt brass, fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, escapement jeweled, free-standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, five-arm steel balance with flat rim, flat steel balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed and numbered. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

USD 46,000 - 65,000

EUR 30,000 - 45,000

LOT 730

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

The Royal Presentation Mirror-Image Pair Geneva, Swiss, No. 2007 & 2008, the enamels depicting ?Affection & Innocence? attributed to Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819) after an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, the cases No. 9703 & No. 9704 by Freres Oltramare (c. 1810/11 and 1826). Made circa 1815 for presentation in the name of King George III to the Chinese Emperor Jiaqing in 1816. An extraordinarily fine, magnificent and historically important, large, mirror-image pair of gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set, quarter-repeating pocket watches with special three-tone blued-steel decorated mirror-polished steel and gilt movements. Accompanied by the original morocco fitted presentation case, the lining embossed with the arms of King George III and a gold and painted on enamel key.

C. Four-body, of unusual form, by Freres Oltramare, master mark ?FO?, the full width of the band entirely set with large splitpearls giving a bowed effect, the bezel, pendant and bow entirely set with split pearls, the back cover with an extremely finely painted on enamel scene of ?Affection & Innocence?, in mirror image to the second watch, large split pearl-set border. Hinged gold-rimmed glazed cuvette to view the movement. D.White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel lozenge hands. M. 52 mm., 23???, unusual three-tone, gilt brass, mirror-polished steel and blued steel, Lepine-type calibre, brass plate and going barrel finely engraved with scrolling foliage, mirror-polished steel bridges and cocks, to the surfaces of which have applied finely pierced and chased blued steel foliate decoration, brass pivot bushes, jeweled cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, three-arm balance with polished steel rim, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two square-section polished steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 62 mm.

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USD 0 - 0

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Sold: CHF 2,608,000

LOT 731

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

Danse d?Amour - An Enamel Masterpiece Geneva, Swiss, No. 443, the enamel attributed to Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819). Made circa 1815. Extraordinarily fine, magnificent and highly important, large, musical, quarter-repeating, gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set, center-seconds pocket watch with automaton of a goose dipping on moving water and an extremely rare fire automaton with moving flames and a curved automaton waterfall and pool activated when the music plays, playing music on the hour or at will, the musical movement of highly unusual and extremely rare sur plateau ?musical-box? type.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, bezel set with large split-pearls, pendant and bow decorated with royal blue and pale blue champleve enamel and set with split-pearls, wide band inlaid with mauve opaque champleve enamel, engraved gold leaves with green enamel and gold flowerheads with translucent royal blue enamel petals and red centers, the back cover set with a magnificently painted on enamel panel depicting a young couple in classical dress performing an elegant dance in a garden landscape, the border set with large split pearls, back opening to reveal the finely painted on enamel automaton Swiss rustic scene of a young country couple by a cottage putting branches on a fire with automaton flames, a Swiss mountain lake scene with cows and a sheep in the background, in the foreground a small rocky pool with two twisted glass rods imitating the water and an automaton painted on enamel goose which dips forward into the water, to the left-hand side a waterfall with curved glass rod imitating the water. Hinged glazed gold-rimmed cover over the automaton scene with apertures for the winding and hand-setting. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with dot seconds divisions and Arabic fifteen-second numerals, secured by a single screw. Gilt lozenge hands. M. 52 mm., matte gilt with standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, three arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two square-section gongs activated by a slide on the band, slides for music/silence and music start/stop on the rim beneath the back cover. Musical movement: Sur plateau, with large fixed brass barrel, pinned brass disc with detachable bridge playing on one side with two steel combs fixed at opposite sides of the disc, each comb with eleven tuned vibrating teeth, pinned detent spring against the hour wheel for hourly activation of the music. Automaton movement: driven by a brass wheel mounted with a steel cam geared via a pinion driven by the teeth on the circumference of the pinned musical disc, the goose automated by means of a steel rack lever arm acting against the cam, separate brass plate holding the red twisted glass and brass rods for the fire flames with magnified lenses in front, driven by wheels and cannon pinions, the waterfalls and pool given the effect of moving water by means of a rotating silvered disc engine-turned with a swirling pattern. Diam. 61 mm.

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