481 lots

LOT 201

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Sold: CHF 2,400

LOT 202

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Sold: CHF 3,000

LOT 203

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Model Straight-Line Lever Escapement Swiss. Made in the 20th century. To be sold without reserve

Large brass model of a straight-line lever escapement with wood base. Brass articulated components, adjustable pallets on the fork. Dim. 68 x 37 cm. In cleaned condition

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 840

LOT 204

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Model Electromagnetic Escapement Ecole de Mecanique & D?Horlogerie, Neuchatel. Made in the 1970s. Fine and unusual, working model of an electromagnetic clock escapement.

C. Wooden casing on a metal bracket fixed to the chamfered wooden base. M. Battery driven with perspex plates and brass wheels, large battery housing in the form of a battery, electromagnetic coil driving the escape wheel with magnets mounted above and below, flat brass balance spring. Signed on a brass plaque on the base. Dim. 30 x 32 x 20 cm. In working condition

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

USD 2,100 - 3,000

EUR 1,700 - 2,400

Sold: CHF 1,920

LOT 205

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Diapson Tuning Fork Model Technicum Cantonal Ecole D?Horlogerie et de Microtechnique, Saint-Imier, Bulova Patent. Made in the 1980's. Fine and unusual, working model of the Bulova diapason tuning fork electric watch escapement.

C. Rectangular wooden base with glazed case, black patinated frame for the movement. D. Clear perspex with black baton indexes, seconds dial to the side. Black baton hour and minute hands, red seconds hand. M. Battery-driven, resistor panel, diapason tuning fork escapement transmitting power to the timepiece via two fine springs acting on a unidirectional wheel. Movement signed. Dim. 29 x 15 x 12 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,400 - 5,100

EUR 2,700 - 4,000

LOT 206

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Demonstration Escapements Omega. Made by Ruegg, La Chaux-de- Fonds, circa 2000. Fine, electric working escapement model ?Swiss Lever Escapement? and Co-Axial Escapement.

C. Rectangular, inclined red-painted wood with Perspex cover, brushed slate-colored plate secured by four screws and inscribed ?Co-Axial Escapement? and ?Swiss Lever Escapement?. M. The models electrically driven, steel and brass, red painted ?jewels?. Signed. Dim. 16 x 30 x 25 cm. In working condition

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,600 - 4,300

EUR 2,000 - 3,400

Sold: CHF 3,960

LOT 207

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Wheel Cutting Machine Swiss. Made in the mid 19th century. Fine, steel and brass wheel cutting machine. To be sold without reserve

Steel frame with rise and fall cutting arm with lever, cutting wheel driven by a crank handle, steel bed with adjustment by a wing-nut. Dim. 38 x 35 x 24 cm. In good condition

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,700 - 2,600

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 360

LOT 208

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Early Wheel Cutting Engine Christian Grunsteidel Fecit, Augsburg. Dated 1798. Very fine, small, early, brass and steel wheel cutting engine on wooden base. To be sold without reserve

Horizontal brass dividing plate set with concentric rows of divisions, hinged steel locking arm, horizontal depth slide rest, vertically adjustable slide, "fast" cutting arm set on a pivoted bracket without a scale, with multiple screw adjustments, circular brass foot, mounted on wooden base. Dim. 21 x 17.5 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 6,800 - 8,500

EUR 5,400 - 6,700

Sold: CHF 4,200

LOT 209

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Vertical Cutting Engine Cogit, Paris. Made in the late 19th century. Very fine and rare, steel and brass, machine for vertical cutting with automatic feed. To be sold without reserve

Cast steel bed, large steel wheel for pullay connection, rise and fall tool bed with unidirectional toothed wheel which is pushed forward at each rise of the toolbed to move the tool forward, calibrated adjustment from 50 ? 600 units, tool held in a spherical clamp between brass clamp, brass clamp for holding the work with four screws to hold the work. Signed. Dim. 30 x 26 x 19 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,600 - 4,300

EUR 2,000 - 3,400

Sold: CHF 600

LOT 210

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Large Wheel Cutting Engine Swiss or French. Made in the mid 19th century. Fine, large, brass, steel and cast iron wheel cutting engine. To be sold without reserve

Horizontal steel dividing plate calibrated from 6 to 31, the reverse calibrated from 8 to 24, vertically adjustable center, sliding and pivoted "fast" cutting arm with crank handle, brass base, mounted on a wooden base. Dim. 48 x 28 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,400 - 5,100

EUR 2,700 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 1,440

LOT 211

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Steel Bench Lathe Swiss. Made circa 1920. Very fine, steel and brass bench lathe on a wooden base. To be sold without reserve

Drive by two pulleys, center and tailstocks, vertical flat bed tool bed with automatic system, tailstock with sprung adjustment and stop screw, mounted on a later wood base. Dim. 46 x 30 x 20 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 6,800 - 10,000

EUR 5,400 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 2,040

LOT 212

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Swiss. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, steel bench engine-turning machine for the production of circular guilloche. To be sold without reserve

Flat bed, circular faceplate with four adjustable jaws, oil sumps with screw caps, pair of tool beds side by side, each with forward/reverse by a lever, sideways horizontal adjustment by a wooden-handles lever, cast iron foot, on a wooden base. Dim. 29 x 43 x 30 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 1,700 - 3,400

EUR 1,300 - 2,700

Sold: CHF 600

LOT 213

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Filing Machine Swiss. Made circa 1920. Fine and rare, cast iron and steel filing machine on a wooden base. To be sold without reserve

Spoked drive wheel for belt drive, tool bed with piston-action and automatic lift and return. Dim. 31 x 30 x 48 cm. In good condition

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,600 - 4,300

EUR 2,000 - 3,400

Sold: CHF 600

LOT 214

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Drill 215 Swiss or French. Made circa 1900. Fine, small, steel and brass precision drill press and/or milling machine. To be sold without reserve

Cast iron frame, vertical slide with brass pressing lever, bracket with lower bearing for the spindle, top of the spindle on coned adjustable rod held by slotted bracket with screw, small triple slotted chuck for drill, steel slide for material with center-line and brass scribe point on a hinged brass U-shaped bracket, wooden base. Height 40 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 360

LOT 215

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Hole Punch Machine A. Bergot, Maiche. Made in the late 19th or early 20th century. Fine, cast iron and steel hole-punching machine on a wooden base. To be sold without reserve

Cast iron frame with sprung hand lever to operate the puncher, tool stock, circular bed with central hole, sprung steel lever to eject the piece from below. Dim. 36 x 30 cm., overall. In good condition

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 840

LOT 216

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Tools for Cylinder Escapement Swiss or French. Made in the mid 19th century. Fine, three tools for the finishing of cylinder escape wheels. One with the original fitted box. To be sold without reserve

First: brass and steel with adjustable centers, precision adjustment by knurled nuts. Second: brass and steel, pivoted block for the centers with stop screw, sliding steel bed, adjustment with knurled nuts. Third: for polishing the inclines of a cylinder escape wheel, brass frame with adjustable centers, hinged and sprung tool rest. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 780

LOT 217

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Oil Lamp Leuchars & Sons, French. Made circa 1890. Fine, silvered oil lamp with glass shade. To be sold without reserve

Mounted on a vertical rod with scroll finger loop and height adjustment, oil reservoir and burner, cylindrical oil cistern, milk glass shade, glass chimney, circular silvered over cast silvered base. Height 51 cm. In good condition, cleaned

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700

EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 2,160

LOT 218

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

French or Swiss. Made in the early 20th century. Fine wooden watchmaker?s bench with faceplate engine and three-legged adjustable wooden stool.

Rectangular bench with seven drawers on each side, brass and steel faceplate engine operated by a foot treadle via two pulleys, brass centering plate with three sprung steel dog clamps, brass bed, two-directional slide rest controlled by a nut and a crank handle. Dim. 90 x 150 x 48 cm. In good clean condition, polished

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 6,800 - 8,500

EUR 5,400 - 6,700

LOT 219

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

French. Made in the late 19th century. A watchmaker's pine cabinet with parts drawers. To be sold without reserve

Straight-sided, stile feet, five large drawers, four medium drawers and eighteen small drawers. Dim. 61 x 31 x 24 cm. In good condition

CHF 700 - 800

USD 600 - 700

EUR 500 - 550

Sold: CHF 960

LOT 220

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

French. Made in the late 19th century. A watchmaker's pine cabinet with parts drawers. To be sold without reserve

Straight-sided, tapered legs, top with borders on three sides, sixteen equalsized drawers. Dim. 74 x 68 x 24 cm. In good condition

CHF 1,200 - 2,200

USD 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 800 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 2,040