412 lots

LOT 101

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

White Gold & Diamonds Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, movement No. 712374, case No. 528996P. Made in 1982. Very fine and elegant, 18K white and pink gold diamond-set lady?s bracelet watch with integral 18K white gold and diamond-set oval link bracelet, set with a total of 208 diamonds.

C. Two-body, oval, the bezel set with round diamonds, pink gold back with 2 screws, back winding. D. Brushed silver with applied white gold baton hour indexes. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1430, 6???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, blued steel flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 18 mm. Thickness 6 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

USD 11,000 - 15,000

EUR 8,000 - 11,000

LOT 102

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Art-Deco Lorgnettes Watch Clip Lacloche Fres, No. 1453, the movement by E. Huguenin, No. 373834. Made circa 1920. Fine and unusual, 18K white gold, diamond and sapphire-set lorgnettes with watch on clip.

C. Three-body, hinged rectangular, engraved bezel and band, the shoulders each set with two round diamonds and a square sapphire, back plate with hinged lorgnettes released by a catch. D. Brushed silver with Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 5 ½???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Lacloche Fres, case signed D&L. Co., movement signed E. Huguenin. Dim. 76 x 18 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 7,500 - 11,500

EUR 5,300 - 8,000

LOT 103

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Mysterieuse Swiss, in the manner of Lacloche Frères, movement No. 751. Made circa 1925. Fine and rare, silver and gold, lapis lazuli, coral, agate, pearl and rose-cut diamond-set, 8-day going mystery clock.

C. Rectangular, silver, the front set with four cabochon lapis in yellow gold collets, stepped top surmounted by a lapis elephant with diamond-set eyes, raised on 12 lapis and coral beads, to the side a polished natural coral branch mounted with pearls and raised on a lapis and round diamond-set stepped silver base, rectangular agate base with silver feet, the center front mounted with a carved coral flower spray. D. Silver engine-turned with a radial pattern, applied diamond-set Roman quarter-hour numerals, revolving center for the hour hand, minute hand mounted on a revolving glass disc. Rose-cut diamond-set fleur-de-lys hands. M. 45 x 37 mm., gilt brass, four pillars, lateral lever escapement on a platform, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dim. 11.8 x 10.4 x 4.7 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 11,000 - 16,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,300 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 14,400

LOT 104

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Italian. Made in the 19th century. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and carved hardstone cameo-set watch key. Italian. Made in Rome, circa 1800. Very fine and extremely rare, Italian micromosaic, blue glass and gold watch key.

Oval carved hardstone cameo in high relief with the portraits of Plato and Diogenes, wide engraved gold frame with suspension loop. Dim. 38 x 25 mm.
Gold frame with pierced terminals, swivel ring pendant, micromosaic decorated on one side with a view of the Temple of Vesta in Rome, on the other part of the ruins of the Forum, blue glass border. Dim. 27 x 60 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,800 - 4,700

EUR 2,000 - 3,300

Sold: CHF 3,600

LOT 105

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Oval Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key.

C. Two-body, oval, wirework scroll terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a shield-shaped painted on enamel scene of an alpine landscape, three turquoise petal flowers above, within a chased gold and royal blue enameled border, on the other side, a spray of flowers on a turquoise ground within a chased gold flower and leaf border. M. 27 x 19 mm., brass petit barillet with pinned cylinder, eight blued steel tuned teeth in a vertical stack, start/ stop lever in the side of the case. Dim. 32 x 53 mm. In very good condition. in a very good condition

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

USD 19,000 - 28,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 24,000

LOT 106

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key.

C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, wirework terminals, the suspension loop acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a painted on enamel scene of two billing white doves within a chased gold and enameled border, on the other side, the head of a winged putto. M. 27 x 19 mm., brass petit barillet with pinned cylinder, eight blued steel tuned teeth in a vertical stack, start/stop lever in the side of the case. Dim. 30 x 52 mm. In good condition

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

USD 14,000 - 19,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

Sold: CHF 18,000

LOT 107

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Sold: CHF 1,680

LOT 108

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Double Serpent Key Swiss. Made in the early 19th century. Very fine and rare, gold watch key with swivel fob.

The shaft composed of two entwined serpents terminating in a swivel fob set with a green foiled crystal on one side and a striated agate on the other. In very good condition

CHF 2,200 - 3,200

USD 2,100 - 3,000

EUR 1,500 - 2,100

Sold: CHF 3,840

LOT 109

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

French or Swiss. Made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Very fine and rare, two gold and agate-set fancy watch keys, comprising: To be sold without reserve

A gold key cast on both sides with a fox?s head mask within a foliate border; an unusual gold and hardstone key with swivel fob, hinged key supported by two serpents. In very good condition

CHF 1,200 - 1,600

USD 1,100 - 1,500

EUR 800 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,320

LOT 110

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

French and Swiss. Made in the 18th and 19th centuries. Very fine and very rare, two gold watch keys and a gold and enamel watch key. To be sold without reserve

A gold crucifix-form key with retractable shaft; a gold key in the Japanese taste decorated with a bird and blossom; a gold Louis XV key decorated with polychrome flowers and a bird. In very good condition

CHF 1,000 - 1,400

USD 950 - 1,300

EUR 650 - 900

Sold: CHF 10,800

LOT 111

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Five Watch Keys Swiss and German. Made in the 19th century. Fine, five gold watch keys and a gilt metal watch key, comprising: To be sold without reserve

A rare steel and gold long key for very small gauge winding; a pincer-form key; a gold and enamel key; a gold key-form key; a gold and enamel bar terminal key and a gilt metal lyre-shaped key signed Hirschman. In good condition

CHF 500 - 1,000

USD 450 - 950

EUR 350 - 650

Sold: CHF 1,200

LOT 112

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Tavernier Calendar & Moon Phase Key Et(ienne) Tavernier, Paris. Made circa 1800. Fine and very rare, 18K gold, mechanical calendar key with moon phase and lunar calendar.

C. Three-body, "Empire", polished band, glazed on one side, swivel loop. D. White enamel on the front with day of the week (in blue) and date indications (in red). Blued steel hands. Back with gold plate, moon phase aperture, blued steel and gold moon disc, age of the moon engraved on the border. M. All the functions advance by depressing a small lever protruding from the band each time the key is inserted in the winding square. Dial signed. Diam. 22 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 20,000

USD 9,500 - 19,000

EUR 6,500 - 13,000

LOT 113

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Dumb Quarter-Repeating and Calendar (Hubert) Sarton à Liège. Made circa 1790. Fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter repeating a toc, pocket watch with calendar.

C. Double-body, "Lepine" with concealed hinge, polished. Gilt brass dust ring. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, inner date ring with corresponding hand. Gold beetle and poker hour and minute hands, pierced steel calendar hand. M. 50 mm, hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, polished steel chain guard, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 4,700 - 6,600

EUR 3,300 - 4,600

LOT 114

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Special Escapement, Quarter Repeater Père Bouhelier, No. 751. Made circa 1830. Fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter-repeating pocket watch with special escapement.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned and polished, engine-turned band. Hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 48 mm., frosted gilt, 6 jewels, standing barrel, special polished steel lateral lever escapement with elongated lever arm, the fork engaging a locking pin on the balance pivot, plain three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two massive polished steel hammers on two gongs activated by a pullandtwist button in the pendant, polished steel repeating work under the dial. Cuvette signed. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

USD 2,800 - 3,800

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 3,600

LOT 115

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Quarter-Repeater Swiss. Made circa 1820. Fine, quarter-repeating pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned, bolt at 1 for locking the repeat. D. Silver, radial Roman numerals on a brushed reserve, outer minute divisions, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49 mm., frosted gilt, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

USD 1,400 - 2,400

EUR 1,000 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 840

LOT 116

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Oriental and Two Cherubs Franç(ois) L'hardy, Geneva. Made circa 1810. Very fine, extremely rare and unusual, 18K gold, quarterrepeating pocket watch with four automata actions.

C. Three-body, "Empire", reeded band, engine-turned back. Gilt brass cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. Annular white enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel serpentine hands. Glazed three-color gold chased automaton scene applied on a blued steel ground and driven by the repeating train: an Oriental gentleman appears on a balcony supported by two columns to strike the hours on a bell. As soon as he has disappeared, two Cherubs below strike the quarters. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, repeating on two gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 7,500 - 11,500

EUR 5,300 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 11,400

LOT 117

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Lit D?Amour Prouvarelle a Paris, No. 1, Swiss. Made circa 1820. Fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter repeating pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton scene.

C. Three body, ?Empire? with reeded band and engine-turned back. Concealed in the hinged gilt brass cuvette, a small automaton scene presents an amorous couple on a bed. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold scotties hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with ruby end-stone, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant, the automata driven by the repeating train by means of a small lever. Signed on the automaton lid. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 6,600 - 8,500

EUR 4,600 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 8,400

LOT 118

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

American Market Very Early Split-Seconds Chronograph Charles Frodsham, Ad. FMSZ, No. 03615 and J.E. Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, No. 23140, the movement by Nicole Nielsen. Made for the American market, the case with London hallmarks for 1859-1860. Fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, keyless, very early splitseconds chronograph pocket watch with stop feature.

C. Three-body, "bassine", master mark AN, the back cover engraved with the American eagle, perched on two crossed American flags, each of which features thirteen stars representative of the 13 founding states, the motto ?E Pluribus Unum? (Out of Many, One) below, bezels and band engraved in repeated pattern, bolt at 1 o?clock for the stop feature. D. White enamel, eccentric with Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds track. Blued steel spade hands. M. 41.6 mm, 3/4 plate, gilt brass, Nicole Nielsen keyless winding, lateral English-type lever escapement with lift on the pallets, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, jeweed to the third wheel, split-seconds mechanism with heart-piece mounted under the dial, the split returning lever made of gold. Signed on the dial Charles Frodsham 03615 AD. Fmsz, on the movement E.J. Dent , watchmaker to the Queen, Patent, No. 23140, pillar plate punched 3361. Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,900 - 2,800

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,020

LOT 119

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

The Suit of Clubs Thomas Russell & Son, Makers to the Queen, 12 Church Street, Liverpool, No. 97484. The case with Chester Hallmarks for 1900-01. Fine and very rare, keyless, center-seconds, 18K gold pocket watch with playing card dial featuring the suit of clubs and stop feature. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?pomme et filets?, by Thomas Russell, (mastermark TR), solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette, gold stop bolt for precision setting at 1. D. White enamel, two-piece with club playing cards for the numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. M. Cal. 46 mm, frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, 19 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,900 - 2,800

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,040

LOT 120

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Minute Répétition, Phases de Lune Attributed to Barbezat-Baillot, Locle. Made circa 1910. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph, triple date calendar and moon phases.

C. Three-body, "bassine", solid, polished. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifths of a second chronograph divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month and the seconds, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Gilt Louis XV hands. M. Glazed, Cal. 20"', rhodium-plated, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, visible chronograph works, centrifugal governor, repeating activated by push button in the band. Diam. 58 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 4,700 - 6,600

EUR 3,300 - 4,600

Sold: CHF 8,400