364 lots

LOT 121

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Attributed to Pierre Simon Gounouilhou, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine, oblong octagonal, 18K yellow gold and pearl-set brooch watch with visible balance.

C. Rectangular with canted corners, pearl-set bezel, the back with apertures for the winding, hand-setting and regulation, domed crystal. D. Rectangular with canted corners, Brushed blued steel plate, lower white enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, the balance spinning against the blued steel plate. Blued steel arrow hands. M. 29 x 14 mm., brass, rectangular with canted corners, fixed barrel, lever escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate. Dim. 35.5 x 20.5 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 7,500 - 9,500

USD 7,500 - 9,500

EUR 5,000 - 6,500

LOT 122

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Enamel Pendant Watch Case possibly Augsburg. Made circa 1670. Movement by Isaac Phelippon, London, No. 350. Made circa 1780. Very fine, important and unusual 20K gold and painted enamel key-wound pendant watch.

C. Two-body, "bassine" with rounded edge, hinged gold bezel decorated with foliage, finely painted enamel with a scene depicting the rest on the flight into Egypt, with the Madonna and Child, a donkey, a goat, and two angels, the inside painted with a rural landscape. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 4. M. 42 mm., frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock. Movement signed. Diam. 48.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,700 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,000

LOT 123

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Oignon with Alarm Sourdeval a Paris. Made circa 1720. Very fine and rare, silver, single-hand "oignon" watch with alarm.

C. Two-body, "oignon" type, polished with pierced cartouches for sound, inner bezel pierced and engraved with foliage, square hinge, loose ring pendant. D. White enamel, annular with radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, winding apertures at 4 and 8, center with brass alarm disc with Arabic numerals and steel pointer indicating hours. Blued steel arrow alarm setting hand. M. 44 mm, hinged, fire-gilded full plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance spring, cock pierced and engraved with birds and foliage, Bosley type regulator, alarm with fixed engraved brass barrel and steel train, sounding on a bell by both ends of short T-shaped oval hammer. Movement signed. Diam. 60.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,500

LOT 124

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Venus & Cupid Julien Le Roy, A Paris, No. 1805. Made circa 1750. Very fine, Louis XV, 20K gold, "en plein" and painted on enamel pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, chased ground, the bezel decorated with painted on enamel flowers and translucent green leaves, the back decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene of Venus and Cupid surrounded by flowers and translucent blue enamel foliage. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gilt brass ?Louis XV? hands. M. 38 mm., gilt brass, full-plate, pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 4,800

LOT 125

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Varicolored Gold, Diamonds & Enamel with Calendar French. Made circa 1780. Fine and very rare, varicolored gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set pocket watch with dual date calendar and an 18K varicolored gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set chatelaine.

C. Two-body, Louis XVI, bezel with a repeated pattern, the back with a royal blue translucent enamel center applied with a rose-cut diamond-set monogram ?JMY?, wreath and ribbon border set with rose-cut diamonds. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer gold dot minute indexes and Arabic fifteen minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week and seconds. Gold beetle and poker hands. M. 37 mm., gilt full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, threearm brass balance, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, regulator with engraved index on the backplate. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 25,000

USD 16,000 - 25,000

EUR 11,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 37,200

LOT 126

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Virtue and Vice Swiss, No. 9823. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1810. Fine and rare, large, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with center-seconds.

C. Two-body, "Empire", the hinged and sprung bezel decorated with two concentric rows of split pearls, the back cover decorated with a painted on enamel scene of a young lady in a yellow dress holding a letter and a pink rose, while to the right an old man from behind a curtain offers her a bag of money to surrender her virtue, outer border decorated to match the bezel. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel poire hands. M. 47 mm., gilt brass, full plate, engraved with foliate decoration on the border, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, index regulator with engraved scale on the backplate. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 36,000

LOT 127

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Summer Bouquet Just & Son, London, No. 2170. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Very fine, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearlset center-seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Two-body, the back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of early summer flowers including peonies, tulips and chrysanthemums against a translucent green guilloché enamel ground, the bezels, pendant, and bow set with split pearls, engraved band. Gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring, with engraved border. D. Convex white enamel, radial narrow Roman numerals, outer minute/ seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Gold ovoid hands. M. 48 mm, gilt Chinese caliber fully engraved, standing barrel, jeweled duplex escapement, three-arm steel balance with blued steel segments, blued steel flat balance-spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 55,200

LOT 128

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Jardin d?Amour Ph. Terrot à Genève, No. 9619. Made circa 1780. Fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, rosecut diamond-set pocket watch with glazed gilt-brass outer case. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, Directoire, with rose-cut diamond-set bezel, the back decorated with a painted on enamel scene depicting a young loving couple in classical dress in a garden with a temple and caged bird, rose-cut diamond-set and gold paillon detail, outer paillon border. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Rose-cut diamond-set hands. M. Hinged glt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm, 57 mm with outer case.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,700 - 10,000

LOT 129

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Pearl Snowflake Attributed to Piguet & Meylan, Genève, No. 4824. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Fine and rare, musical, quarter-repeating, gold, enamel and pearl-set, center-seconds pocket watch, playing music on the hour or at will.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with split pearls, reeded band, the back cover overlaid with Imperial blue translucent enamel over an engineturned ground, applied gold snowflake motif set with split pearls. Hinged gilt cuvette with apertures for the hand-setting, going and musical trains. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric seconds divisions. Pierced gold hands. M. 52 mm., matte gilt, standing barrels for the going and musical trains, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant, sur plateau musical movement with 19 tuned steel teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, silence lever protruding from the edge of the cuvette, bolt to activate the music on the band. Dial plate punch numbered. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

USD 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

LOT 130

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Tank Cartier, ?Tank?, No. 27372/ 24081/ 662. The case with London import marks for 1932-1933. Very fine and very rare, early water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold tile-link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Four-body, rectangular, with special double case system for water-resistance, polished and brushed, flat bezel, inclined sides, back with four screws, inner case surrounded by a rubber seal between the inner and outer cases, curved lugs with gold screwed bars. D. Matte silver with black painted radial Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 8???, European Watch & Clock Co., Inc, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and case signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc. Dim. 37 x 25 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

USD 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 39,600

LOT 131

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Tank Obus - St. Christopher Cartier, Paris, "Tank Obus", No. 21407/1519. Made in 1928. Very fine and very rare, square, 18K yellow gold and champleve enamel wristwatch with special champleve enamel ?St. Christopher? back and a Cartier 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Square, two-body, solid, polished, four screws on the band, ogival lugs, black champleve radial Roman numerals on the wide bezel, inner minute track, the back decorated with a dark blue champleve enamel depicting St. Christopher and the inscription ?EXALTATION, 1901-1927, Paris and After?. D. Small, square, matte silver. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 10''', signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., case with Cartier numbers. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 26,400

LOT 132

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Cartier, "Triple Date, Moon Phases", movement No. 56744, case No. 022203. Made in the 1950's. Very fine and rare, square 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and and 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two body, solid, polished, curved lugs, snap-on case back. D. Silver with painted Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, days of the week, date and months, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Audemars Piguet Cal. 9???, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 4 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

USD 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,500 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 26,400

LOT 133

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Day-Date Cartier, "Day-Date", case No. 86654. Made in the 1960's. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day-date and an 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, straight curved lugs, gold screw bars, snap-on case back. D. Black with Arabic numerals and baton indexes, aperture for the day, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer minute track, outermost date graduation. Yellow gold dauphine hands, day hand with red tip. M. 8???, tonneau shaped, gilted, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 position, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, case numbered, movement signed Cartier Inc. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000

LOT 134

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Twin Strap Cartier, London, No. 8538. The case with London hallmarks for 1970-1971. Very fine and extremely unusual, large, rectangular, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with twin straps and two 18K yellow gold buckles with London hallmarks for 1969-1970.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, curved corners, back secured by 4 screws in the band, two horizontal slots for the straps, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown. D. Cream, painted with tapered baton hour indexes and large Roman XII and VI. Blued steel tapered baton hands. M. Cal. 845, 5??, by LeCoultre Co., rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial signed Cartier, London, case and buckles with JC punch mark, movement signed LeCoultre Co. Dim. 41 x 14 mm. Thickness 6.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

USD 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 21,600

LOT 135

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Grande Octagonal Cartier, No. 1306. The case with London hallmarks for 1972-1973. Very fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold octagonal wristwatch with the original 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp with London hallmarks for 1973. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Two-body, octagonal, polished, rounded bezel, concealed vendome lugs, four screws in the band, winding crown set with a cabochon sapphire, back engraved ?2nd October 1973?. D. White painted with radial Roman numerals. Blued steel baton hands. M. 9 ½???, by Jaeger LeCoultre, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber to balance and escape wheels, micrometer regulator. Dial signed Cartier, case and clasp with ?JC? punchmark, movement signed Jaeger LeCoultre. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 18,000

LOT 136

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Poche Surprise Retailed by Mauboussin, Paris, movement No. 4383, case No. 95830. Made circa 1930. Very fine, rectangular, 18K white gold and diamond-set Art Deco keyless purse watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, solid, polished, rectangular, spring-loaded, opening to be set on a table as a strut clock, polished, applied rose-cut and baguette diamond decoration, ring suspension loop. D. Square, brushed silver with Arabic numerals. Blued steel hands. M. Cal. 9???, rhodium-plated, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed for Mauboussin. Dim. 43 x 28 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 2,280

LOT 137

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Very Thin Minute-Repeater Cartier, case No. 3115. Made circa 1920. Very fine, very thin and elegant, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold and enamel keyless dress watch. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Three-body, ?bassine pincée?, polished, the back cover with a central blue champleve enamel monogram ?JL? within a circle. D. Matte silver with large champleve Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial signed Cartier, case numbered 3115. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 11,000 - 15,000

USD 11,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,000

LOT 138

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Montre Couteau Cartier, Paris, No. 4069/3548/3976. Made circa 1915. Very fine and elegant, very thin, 18K yellow gold and enamel keyless dress watch with a fine 18K gold and long enamel chain.

C. Three-body, knife-edge band, back cover with central red and white enamel geometric monogram, wide polished bezel. D. Matte silver, sunburst engine-turned with dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 16???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,800 - 5,000

USD 3,800 - 5,000

EUR 2,600 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,200

LOT 139

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Platinum Split-Seconds ? The First at Auction Cartier, Paris, No. 9457/ 5830. Made circa 1922. Very fine and extremely rare, platinum dress watch with split-seconds chronograph and progressive 30-minute register, one of only two known examples of this model in platinum. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Three-body, polished, curved inclined bezel, coin-edge band, reeded bow, button between 10 and 11 for the splitseconds, button in the crown for start/stop of the chronograph. D. Matte silver with champleve dauphine numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five-minute numerals, outermost fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the progressive 30-minute register. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18???, frosted gilt, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, visible steel chronograph work. Dial signed, case numbered. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

USD 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 17,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 60,000

LOT 140

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Rolex ?6 Inverted? Cosmograph Dial, Ref. 16520, stainless steel, to fit Cal. 4030. Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona. To be sold without reserve

D. Bicolor white and black with applied luminous steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds divisions. In good condition

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

USD 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,000 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 1,200