The Triumph of Galatea French. Made circa 1860. Fine, bois durci and gilt-metal snuff box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, hinged lid glazed and set with a gilt-metal repousse panel depicting the Triumph of Galatea. Dim. 91 x 58 x 21 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
USD 1,500 - 2,500
EUR 1,000 - 1,700
C. Two-body, rectangular, the base decorated with an engineturned panel in a trellis pattern, outer applied polished stylised foliate border, outermost inclined border decorated with dark blue champleve enamel, engine-turned sides with dark blue champleve enamel edging and stiff-leaf corners, hinged lid with a central applied gold and royal blue enamel monogram in an oval reserve with champleve enamel border, chased foliage, outer dark blue champleve enamel and polished gold border. Punched with goldsmith?s mark GT. Dim. 85 x 55 x 16 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
USD 1,500 - 2,500
EUR 1,000 - 1,700
Sold: CHF 1,680
Three-Color Gold Swiss, goldsmith?s mark CMW. Made circa 1820. Fine, 18K three-color gold snuff box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, engine-turned base with stylised leaf border, engine-turned bowed sides with varicolored gold flowers at each corner, hinged lid with a central oval cartouche of two opposing hippocampi beneath a flower vase, engineturned ground, outer stylised floral and foliate border. Punched with goldsmith?s mark CMW. Dim. 86 x 59 x 17 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: B
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
USD 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,400
Sold: CHF 1,560
Music of Love Swiss. Made circa 1820. Fine, two-color gold snuff box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, engine-turned and engraved base and projecting sides, hinged lid decorated with an engraved scene of a seated putto amongst musical instruments, engineturned quatrefoil border and foliate motifs in the corners. Dim. 80 x 54 x 15 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 1,500
USD 1,000 - 1,500
EUR 700 - 1,000
Sold: CHF 1,200
C. Two-body, hinged and sprung, rectangular, the front cover decorated with three ears of barley and two leaves set with rose-cut diamonds and a single ruby. Dim. 93 x 63 x 17 mm From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: AA
CHF 500 - 700
USD 500 - 700
EUR 350 - 500
Sold: CHF 1,800
Minerva Probably Swiss. Made circa 1900. Fine, silver and painted on enamel snuff box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, engine-turned, canted corners, the hinged lid decorated with a central en grisaille portrait of Minerva with engraved foliate border, the background painted on enamel in imitation of malachite, engraved foliate border. The interior punched F.C. Dim. 77 x 52 x 16 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
USD 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,400
The Lovers Continental. Made circa 1910. Fine, silver and painted on enamel cigarette case.
C. Two-body, polished, hinged and sprung front decorated with a painted on enamel scene of two young lovers in a pastoral landscape, outer royal blue champleve enamel line border. Dim. 100 x 89 x 15 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: A
CHF 1,200 - 2,200
USD 1,200 - 2,200
EUR 800 - 1,500
C. Two-body, polished, the cover with a finely painted on enamel scene of a pair of deer running through a landscape. Dim. 94 x 78 x 13 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: A
CHF 700 - 1,200
USD 700 - 1,200
EUR 500 - 800
Continental. Made circa 1925. Fine, white metal and painted on enamel cigarette case.
C. Two-body, rectangular, polished, engineturned back, the front decorated with a painted on enamel view of a river bank with trees and mountains in the background. Dim. 82 x 58 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
Grading System: A
CHF 600 - 800
USD 600 - 800
EUR 400 - 550
C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs with screwed gold bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dial for the days of the month at 6, power-reserve sector, moon phase aperture and age of the moon scale between 1 and 2. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 502, rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, off-center gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 14,000 - 18,000
USD 14,000 - 18,000
EUR 9,500 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with concentric guilloche engraving, coin-edged band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, curved bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone hand guilloche, silvered with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, secret signature, outer dot minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 818/8, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 5 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
USD 2,500 - 3,500
EUR 1,700 - 2,400
Sold: CHF 6,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished, coin-edge band, rounded bezel, white gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Visible movement, small eccentric guilloché silver dial with radial Roman numerals, retrograde power reserve indication at 11. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 507 DR, ?Souscription?-style with sand-blasted finish, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 4 regulating screws and adjusted in five positions, blued steel parachute shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, power reserve indication. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 13,000 - 17,000
USD 13,000 - 17,000
EUR 9,000 - 11,000
Sold: CHF 16,800
C. Four-body, engine-turned and polished. Hinged gold plated cuvette. D. White painted with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the moon phases at 12. Black Breguet hands. M. Cal. 9521, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
USD 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000
Sold: CHF 2,040
C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs, transparent case back with six screws, hesalite crystal. D. Matte blue with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12 hour register, the date, days of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 76061, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, lateral lever escapement with flying one-minute tourbillon regulator with three equidistant titanium arms, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 18,000 - 28,000
USD 18,000 - 28,000
EUR 12,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 33,600
C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, screwed bars, flat bezel, transparent case back with 7 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent, at 6 the visible tourbillon cage under a steel bridge bearing a 3-spoke steel seconds hand for the seconds sector. Blackened gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 14.5''', fausses cotes decoration, lateral lever escapement with tourbillon regulator and polished steel cage with 2 equidistant arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 50,000 - 70,000
USD 50,000 - 70,000
EUR 35,000 - 47,000
Sold: CHF 120,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight white gold lugs, case back secured by 4 screws, two push pieces at 5 and 7 to open the hinged pink and white gold sprung cover. D. Frosted 18K pink gold with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 28 mm. Thickness 8 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
USD 12,000 - 16,000
EUR 8,000 - 11,000
Sold: CHF 12,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, "Clous-de-Paris" bezel, transparent and screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication at 10, aperture for the moon phases. Black oxydized gold spade hands. M. Cal. 240/164, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotesdecoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating freesprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 9 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 25,000 - 35,000
USD 25,000 - 35,000
EUR 17,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 48,000
C. Two-body, polished, transparent screwed-down case back with cyclops lens over the escape and balance wheels, curved bezel, correctors in the band, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Pink with applied black gold baton indexes and Arabic quarter hour numerals, luminous dots, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months, aperture for the moon phases and the date at 6, power-reserve indication below 12. Luminous black gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 324, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Pulsomax escape wheel, the bridge with additional milled opening, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung silinvar Spiromax balance spring, 21K gold rotor with zirconium ball-bearings. Dial, movement and case signed, back crystal inscribed ?Patek Philippe Advanced Research?. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11.7 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 70,000 - 90,000
USD 70,000 - 90,000
EUR 47,000 - 60,000
Sold: CHF 98,400
C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back with cyclops lens over escape and balance wheels, rounded bezel, correctors in the band, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Satine silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic quarter hour numerals, luminous dots, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and the date at 6, up and down indication below 12. Luminous pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 324/267, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement with silicon escape wheel, the bridge with additional milled opening, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Silinvar Spiromax balance spring, 21K gold rotor with zirconium ball-bearings. Dial, case and movement signed, back crystal inscribed: Patek Philippe Advanced Research. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
USD 60,000 - 80,000
EUR 40,000 - 55,000
Sold: CHF 67,200
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, the bezel, stem and band decorated with pale blue champleve enamel and gold leaves, flat-top winding crown, the back cover decorated with a polychrome painted on enamel of the ?Madonna della Sedia? after the original by Raphael, within a white and pale blue champleve enamel border with gold leaves, the interior with a very fine painted on enamel portrait miniature of a young girl within a pale blue enamel and matted foliate border. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with a very fine polychrome painted on enamel view of Lac Leman (Geneva) across to the Alps beyond, border to match the interior of the back cover. D. White enamel secured by two screws, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 15???, frosted gilt, bar calibre, 8 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, cylinder escapement, gilt three-arm flat-rim balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, Adrien Philippe?s first patented stem-wind and hand setting system. Movement numbered on the dial plate. Diam. 37 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
USD 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 10,000 - 13,000