477 lots

LOT 41

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

THOMAS ENGEL TOURBILLON NO. VIII Thomas Engel, Regulateur Tourbillon, No. VIII, the carriage by Richard Daners. Sold on March 21st, 1983. Exceptionally fine and very rare, 18K gold and enamel, keyless one-minute tourbillon regulator with thermometer and power-reserve indication. Accompanied by the original Thomas Engel fitted wooden box, certificate, spare mainspring and blued steel hands.

C. Four-body, "forme collier", screw-down engine turned back overlaid with translucent green enamel with very elegantly arranged gold paillon leaves, engine turned band, gold glazed cuvette, ball-shaped, swiveling pendant winder. D. Silver, two-tone with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, engine turned center, 48-hour powerreserve sector at 3 o'clock, subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock, thermometer sector at 10 o'clock. Gold Breguet hands. M. 50 mm, half-plate, fausses cotes decoration, three-arm carriage with lateral lever escapement, Guillaume 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, escapement with endstones. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

USD 38,000 - 50,000

EUR 30,000 - 37,000

LOT 42

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

DOUBLE-DIALED TWO-TIME-ZONE SQUELETTE DRESS WATCH Swiss. Made as a special order in 1995. Fine, unique and very elegant, two-time-zone, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold, double-dialed, keyless dress watch.

C. Three-body, polished bezels, glazed both sides, coin-edge band, hand-setting for the Breguet dial by the winding crown, for the Roman dial via a pin at 10. D. Brushed silvered annular chapter rings, on one side with engraved Roman numerals, the other with engraved Breguet numerals. Black cathedrale hands. M. 16???, Piguet ebauche, skeletonised, engraved gilt plates on the Breguet side, engraved rhodium plated on the Roman side, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance spring. Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 8,000

USD 5,500 - 8,700

EUR 4,000 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 8,125

LOT 43

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

A. LANGE & SOHNE ? 1ST QUALITY WITH SPECIAL CASE A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte b. Dresden, No. 11907. Made circa 1880. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold and niello, hunting cased keyless pocket watch with Lange?s Guillaume-type balance.

C. Four-body, entirely decorated with gold trellis pattern on a nielloed ground, the front cover applied with a yellow gold foliate cartouche engraved with a crest beneath a coronet. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18''', Glashütte 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 20 jewels in screwed gold chatons, straightline Glashütte lever escapement, gold pallet fork and escape wheel, banking with a pin and hole, Lange Guillaume-type balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, the terminal stud adjustable by a screw, index regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 5,500 - 7,600

EUR 4,000 - 5,800

Sold: CHF 10,625

LOT 44

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

ULYSSE NARDIN CHRONOMETRE ? BREGUET DIAL Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, retailed by Junod Freres, Lausanne, ?Chronometre?, movement No. 18092, case No. 333083. Made circa 1920. Fine and elegant, thin, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch.

C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished, the back cover with engraved monogram ?CB?. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with black Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 18???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 1,100 - 2,200

EUR 800 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 1,875

LOT 45

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

GOLD ALARM WATCH Swiss, No. 1006. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, 18K gold, two-train keyless pocket watch with alarm.

C. Four-body, bassine et fi lets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic 15-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds and alarm setting dials. Gold spade hands. M. 44 mm., nickel plated, radial decoration, two barrels wound clockwise for the going and anti-clockwise for the alarm, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,800 - 2,800

USD 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,500 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 3,000

LOT 46

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN - GOLD DRESS WATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 333250, case No. 201662. Made circa 1913. Very fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold, keyless dress watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine pincee", polished, demi-concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver with champleve Breguet numerals, outer minute track, ?guilloché? outer and inner fi eld, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel feuille hands. M. 37 mm, matte gilt, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 46.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

USD 2,700 - 3,800

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,375

LOT 47

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

ALBERT H. POTTER ? WATCH WITH SIX COMPLICATIONS Albert H. Potter & Co., Genève, No. 327, circa 1885. Very fine and extremely rare, minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. Three-body, "bassine et fi lets", polished. Glazed gold-rimmed cuvette to view the movement. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for week days, months of the leap year cycle, the date and seconds with inner moon-phase aperture. Blued-steel spade hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, part in screwed settings, counterpoised straight -line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring with overcoil, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 22,000

USD 17,500 - 24,000

EUR 13,000 - 18,000

Sold: CHF 31,250

LOT 48

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

ULYSSE NARDIN DRESS WATCH, BREGUET DIAL Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Suisse, movement No. 87882, case No. 647680. Made circa 1920. Fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch with Breguet dial. Accompanied by the original Ulysse Nardin box and certificate of Origin.

C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished. Hinged gilt-metal cuvette. D. White enamel with black Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost blue Arabic 24-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds. Black Breguet hands. M. 18???, matte gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 1,100 - 2,200

EUR 800 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 3,750

LOT 49

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

ULYSSE NARDIN MINUTE-REPEATING Ulysse Nardin, Locle et Geneve, ?Répétition à Minutes?, case No. 30003. Made for the Russian market, circa 1910. Fine and rare, minute-repeating, hunting cased, keyless, 14K pink gold pocket watch with a long gold chain.

C. Four-body, "bassine et fi lets", engine-turned with polished and reeded borders, the front cover engraved with an art-nouveau monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with terminal curve, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 3,300 - 5,500

EUR 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 13,125

LOT 50

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LONGINES 36-HOUR MARINE LEVER CHRONOMETER Longines, "Chronometer", movement No. 6403052. Made circa 1945. Fine, 36-hour going, keyless, marine lever chronometer with power reserve indication, in a mahogany deck box.

C. Two-tier mahogany box, gimballed and weighted brass case, threaded glazed bezel with reeded edge. Glazed cover over the movement. D. Matte silver, radial Arabic hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock with Arabic 10-second numerals, power reserve indication below 12. Blued steel spade hands. M. 19???, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to three positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, patented cam-type micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. bowl: 91 mm diam., box: 15.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 30,000

USD 2,200 - 3,300

EUR 1,700 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 2,500

LOT 51

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

THOMAS MERCER 2-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER Thomas Mercer Ltd, St. Albans, England, No. 16234. Made circa 1950. Mahogany, 2-day marine chronometer with power reserve indication. To be sold without reserve

C. Brass bowl with screwed-down glazed bezel, gimbaled in a two-tier mahogany box, glazed top. D. Silvered, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, power reserve indication below 12. Blued steel spade hands. M. Brass with spotted decoration, ring-turned pillars with blued steel screws, fusee and chain with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw's spring-detent escapement, Guillaume?s integral cut bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and meantime adjustment nuts, free-sprung special alloy helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Dial signed. Bowl 11.5 cm. in diameter, box 17 x 18 x 18 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 1,100 - 2,200

EUR 800 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 1,250

LOT 52

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

CLIFFORD MAGNETIC ESCAPEMENT Hamilton, ?Railway Special?, No. C390218. Made in the 1940s, this is one of only two known examples to be fitted with a prototype Clifford magnetic escapement, by Horstmann Clifford Magnetics Ltd., of Bath, England, circa 1950. Fine and exceptionally rare, keyless, 10K goldfilled pocket watch with patent Montgomery dial and special escapement, with the original Hamilton box and guarantee. Accompanied by a box and certificate. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, ?bassine et fi lets?, screwed-down back, bezel with reeded and dot decoration, large bow. D. White enamel ?Montgomery?, with large Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, and individual Arabic minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, now fi tted with a Clifford magnetic escapement with a ?Mumetal? pierced escape wheel and spring-blade detent-type resonator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 20,000 - 40,000

USD 22,000 - 45,000

EUR 17,000 - 33,000

LOT 53

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

ENAMEL FLOWERS PENDANT WATCH Ch. Friderich, Geneve, No. 3816. Made circa 1835. Fine, 18K gold and champlevé enamel lady?s pendant watch.

C. Four-body, the bezel decorated with white and black enamel, the back cover with polychrome champlevé enamel fl owers and foliage on a black enamel ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Champagne with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outer rim engraved with fl oral motif. Blued steel double spade hands. M. 45 mm, matte gilt, 4 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

USD 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,500 - 3,300

Sold: CHF 3,750

LOT 54

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

COURVOISIER - EXTRA FLAT Courvoisier Frères, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 17740, Swiss, circa 1830. Fine and rare, 18K. gold and enamel, extra flat pocket watch.

C. Four body, "demi-bassine", with reeded band, the bezels with chased fl oral decoration, the back engineturned and engraved with a scene depicting a lady and a child in a landscape, further engraved and black and white champleve enamelled decoration. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. Silver, fl orally engraved, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 18???, gilt brass, bar caliber, 8 jewels, gold wheel train, the going barrel with a female square, cylinder escapement with plain gilt brass three armed balance, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 46 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,200 - 4,500

EUR 1,700 - 3,300

LOT 55

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

B. HAAS JE & CIE, CALENDAR FOB WATCH WITH CHATELAINE B. Haas Je & Cie, Geneve, Besancon & Paris. Made circa 1870. Fine and unusual 18k gold keyless calendar fob watch with enameled initials LW on detachable yellow gold three-row chatelaine with pin and matching enameled initials LW.

C. Four-body, bassine, hinged, the reverse with outer engraved decoration to central blue and black enameled monogram LW within oval cartouche, time and calendar adjusters to the band, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, inner date ring, black Roman numerals, outer minutes with Arabic fi ve-minute numerals. Gold spade hands, blued steel calendar indicator. M. 26 mm, bar caliber, rhodium plated with fausses cotes decoration, wolfs tooth winding wheels, cylinder escapement, gilt three-arm balance, fl at hairspring, index regulator. Cuvette signed, case numbered. Diam. 31 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,200 - 4,200

USD 3,500 - 4,600

EUR 2,700 - 3,500

LOT 56

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

Touchon & Co., Swiss, movement No. 27287, No. 14. Made for Greenleaf & Crosby Co., (Florida), circa 1910. Fine and thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with adjusted movement.

C. Three-body, foliate engraved and engine-turned, the front engraved with a Roman ruin and foliage. D. Off-center matte silver dial with champleve Breguet numeral, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 5 adjustments, fl at balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement signed Touchon & Co., dial and movement signed Greenleaf & Crosby Co. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 4 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 1,100 - 2,200

EUR 800 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 2,500

LOT 57

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

Attributed to LeCoultre, Swiss. Made circa 1895. Fine, 18K gold and enamel, lady?s keyless pendant watch.

C. Four-body, ?Louis?, the bezel decorated with black and white champlevé enamel and gold scrolls, the back cover with a painted on enamel monogram ?MD? on a mauve ground within a gold and translucent blue enamel border, outer border to match the bezel. Hinged gold cuvette engraved ?Marie Desquartier, 1ere Janvier 1895?. D. White enamel with radial blue Arabic numerals within gold paillon cartouches, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 31 mm., matte gilt, 17 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blues steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 38 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 2,200 - 3,300

EUR 1,700 - 2,500

LOT 58

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

THE COUNTRY COUPLE Ls. Favre à Berlin (Swiss), No. 3426. Made circa 1795. Fine, gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with a fine gold and enamel three-strand chatelaine.

C. Two-body, Directoire, pearl-set bezel, the back set with an en grisaille painted on enamel scene of a young couple in a woodland arbour, translucent royal blue enamel ground over engine-turning, white and gold border, outer pearl-set border. Hinged and sprung gilt metal cuvette fi xed to the movement ring. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals. Pierced gold graduated circle hands. M. 50 mm., matte gilt, standing barrel, engraved bridges, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, fl at balance spring, index regulator, polished steel endplate. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

USD 13,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 15,000

LOT 59

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

CABRIOLET PENDANT WATCH Swiss, probably Geneva, No. 2736. Made circa 1835. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and champleve enamel, cabriolet pendant watch with a similarly decorated gold and enamel chain and seal-top key.

C. Outer: three-body, foliate chased,decorated with multicolored fl owers on a black background. Inner: Fourbody, the back cover decorated en suite with the outer case, engine-turned bezel and border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Matte silver, sunray engine-turned with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 27 mm., frosted gilt, Lepine calibre, jeweled cylinder escapement, three-arm fl at-rim balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 38 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,500 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,000

EUR 3,700 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,000

LOT 60

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

Swiss, probably Geneva, No. 481. Made circa 1830. 18K gold and painted on enamel lady?s pendant watch.

C. Four-body, the back cover decorated with multicolored fl owers and foliage, chased foliate border, the front cover decorated to match. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Offset, silver engine-turned with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, fl orally engraved center. Gilt Breguet hands. M. 29 mm., frosted gilt, Lepine calibre, jeweled cylinder escapement, three-arm fl at-rim balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,200 - 4,500

EUR 1,700 - 3,300

Sold: CHF 2,500