478 lots

LOT 281

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

IWC PORTUGUESE REPETITION MINUTES FIRST GENERATION YELLOW GOLD IWC, International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Portuguese - Répétition Minutes", No. 034/250, movement No. 2495231, case No. 2590429, Ref. 5240. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces in yellow gold circa 2000. Very fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with sapphire crystal, concave bezel and lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, outer engraved dot minute divisions. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 95290, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

USD 26,000 - 36,000

HKD 200,000 - 280,000

LOT 282

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

DE GRISOGONO INSTRUMENTO "UNO BIG DATE" WHITE GOLD & TITANIUM De Grisogono, Genève, "Instrumento Uno Big Date", No. 0181708, Ref. N02 WG. Sold on November 26, 2013. Fine and unusual, large, curved, self winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold, titanium and black PVD-coated wristwatch with large date and a stainless steel and black PVD-coated De Grisogono double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a de Grisogono fitted box, guarantee and retailer's invoice.

Four-body, transparent case back with 4 screws, mobile lugs, black PVD-coated band, sapphire crystals. Black and gray with clous de Paris decoration, hour indexes on a white gold ring, aperture for the large date at 6. White gold dauphine hands with black inserts. Cal. based ETA 2892A2, black finish, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 3,100 - 5,200

HKD 24,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 4,500

LOT 283

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

BREGUET SKELETONIZED YELLOW GOLD Breguet, "Squelette", No. 5005. Made circa 2000. Fine and elegant, thin, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp.

Three-body, polished, curved bezel, straight lugs with screwed bars, coin-edge band, snap-on transparent case back, cabochon sapphire-set crown, sapphire crystals. Skeletonized with an outer plain silver reserve with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 463, hand-engraved, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance- spring.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,200 - 8,300

HKD 48,000 - 64,000

LOT 284

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

BREGUET MARINE AUTOMATIC WHITE GOLD Breguet, Horloger de la Marine, "Marine, Automatic", Ref. 3620F. Made in the 1990s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp.

Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, ribbed band, winding crown with "crown guard", rounded stepped bezel, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. Guilloché silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer dot minute division, aperture for the date at 6. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 549, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,500 - 6,500

USD 4,700 - 6,800

HKD 36,000 - 52,000

Sold: CHF 5,875

LOT 285

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

LANGE & SÖHNE REF. 236.049, 1815 ANNIVERSARY F.A. LANGE, NO. 22/200 PLATINUM A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, "1815", movement No. 111775, case No. 220222, No. 22/200, Ref. 236.049. Made in a limited edition of 200 pieces, sold on March 12th, 2015. Very fine and elegant, platinum wristwatch with an platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, inverted bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Black with painted white Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold alpha hands. Cal. L 051.1, 23 jewels, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved balance bridge.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

USD 31,000 - 42,000

HKD 240,000 - 320,000

LOT 286

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

ULYSSE NARDIN "ASTROLABIUM GALILEO GALILEI" YELLOW GOLD Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "Astrolabium Galileo Galilei", No. 126, Ref. 931-22. Sold in January 1989. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with astrolabe, days and months, and an 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin deployant buckle. Accompanied by the original Ulysse Nardin wooden deck-type box, certificate and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, rounded band, case back with four screws, rounded bezel graduated with engraved alternating Roman and Arabic numerals for the 24 hours, fluted lugs, recessed crown. Gray and silver, off-center gold disk with division for the 12 signs of the Zodiac, overlapping rings representing the following: equinoctial time, local time, the months, signs of the zodiac, the elevation and azimuth of the sun and the moon on the planisphere, the diurnal and nocturnal hours, the moon phases, the aspect of the sun and the moon in relation to each other. Blued steel baton hands. Cal. UN90, gilt with oeil de paris decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 13,000 - 19,000

USD 13,600 - 20,000

HKD 104,000 - 153,000

Sold: CHF 17,500

LOT 287

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

IWC REF. 3231 AQUATIMER PLATINUM International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Aquatimer Automatic, Ref. 3231. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces circa 2008. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, large and heavy platinum diver's wristwatch with date and platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original IWC fitted box, guarantee card and instruction booklet.

Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screw down case back and crown, the crown at 4 rotates the graduated unidirectional inner bezel with 15-minute indicator, sapphire crystal White with luminous baton indexes, aperture for the date, outer seconds/minute divisions. Luminous baton hands. Cal. C. 30110, rhodium-plated, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,500 - 13,500

USD 10,000 - 14,000

HKD 76,000 - 110,000

LOT 288

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

GIRARD-PERREGAUX REF. 49538 1966 ANNUAL CALENDAR EQUATION OF TIME WHITE GOLD Girard-Perregaux, ''1966'', Ref. 49538. Made circa 2011. Very fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, 18k white gold wristwatch with annual calendar, equation of time, and an 18k white gold Girard Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, blank guarantee card and instruction manual.

Three-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, faceted lugs, snapon transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied white gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, equation of time and constant seconds, aperture for the month indication . White gold feuille hands. Cal. GP033MO. Rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil- de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 8,400 - 12,500

HKD 64,000 - 96,000

LOT 289

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

AUDEMARS PIGUET PINK GOLD TOURBILLON GRANDE DATE Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Edward Piguet - Tourbillon Grande Date", case No. F65275, Ref. 26009BC. Made circa 2007. Very fine and rare, large, rectangular curved, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, large date and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved, stepped sides and lugs, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. Silver with engine-turned sunray decoration, radial gold painted Roman numerals, large date aperture at 12, at 6 aperture for the visible tourbillon cage under a polished steel bridge, carrying the subsidiary seconds hand. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal. 2886, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with steel cage and 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.

Grading System:

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

USD 37,000 - 47,000

HKD 280,000 - 360,000

LOT 290

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

C.H. MEYLAN MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD C.H. Meylan, No. 4903, Swiss. Made circa 1890. Very fine 18K pink gold, moon phase astronomical, keyless, minute repeating, watch with perpetual calendar and split-seconds chronograph

Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer red Arabic minute and seconds ring, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the month, and date and subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel "spade" hands. 18"', nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 39 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Splitseconds chronograph with visible work, button on the winding crown and push piece in the band.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,400 - 16,000

HKD 80,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 32,500

LOT 291

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

H. MEYLAN MINUTE-REPEATING SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 4331. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K pink gold minute-repeating pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.

H. MEYLAN MINUTE-REPEATING SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 4331. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K pink gold minute-repeating pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph. Four-body, bassine et filets, solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription White enamel with printed Breguet numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions with 5-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 39 mm. fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs with hammers.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

USD 5,200 - 7,200

HKD 40,000 - 56,000

Sold: CHF 10,000

LOT 292

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

GRANDE ET PETITE SONNERIE CLOCKWATCH BULLETIN D OBSERVATOIRE YELLOW GOLD Swiss, retailed by Hauser Zivy & Cie., Mexico-Paris, "La Esmeralda", No 6871. Made circa 1900. Very fine and extremely rare, large hunting-cased, 18K yellow gold, trip minute-repeating, two-train, grande and petite sonnerie keyless Chronometer clockwatch, Bulletin de l'Observatoire obtained at the Observatory of Neuchatel in 1902.

Four-body "demi-bassine et filets carrure ronde", polished with engine- turned back. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical and retail details highlighted with blue, white and black enamel. White enamel, three-piece with narrow radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds. Black steel pear hands. 44 mm., 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, twin barrels with differential tandem winding, 36 jewels, three in screwed chatons, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil and swan-neck micrometer regulator, striking and repeating on gongs by means of a trip slide on the band, sonnerie/silence and petite sonnerie/grande sonnerie selection levers under the bezel.

Grading System:

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 8,300 - 12,400

HKD 64,000 - 96,000

Sold: CHF 42,500

LOT 293

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

JULES MONARD GRANDE & PETITE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Jules Monard, Geneva, No. 24964. Made circa 1900. Very fine and very rare open-face, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with grande and petite sonnerie and minute repeater.

Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette, levers in the band for silence/sonnerie and grande/petite sonnerie White enamel with radial arabic numerals, outer minute track with red 5 minute arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blue steel pear hands. 43 mm. rhodium-plated, double train with differential winding, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters two hammers, repeating activated by a slide in the band.

Grading System:

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,400 - 16,000

HKD 80,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 56,250

LOT 294

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

DENT MINUTE-REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH GOLD Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, 33 Cocksupr Street, London, No. 31327. Made circa 1900. Very fine half-hunter 18K gold and enamel keyless minute-repeating watch with chronograph and 60-minute register.

Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", half-hunter with blue guilloche enamel and white arabic numerals, gold hinged cuvette, band with milled slot for the slide. Off-white, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, outermost chronograph scale, subsidiary sunk seconds, sunk 60-minute register at 12 o'clock. Blued steel "spade" hands. 44 mm. (19 1/2'''), three quarter plate, frosted gilt, 24 jewels, lateral lever escapement with lift on the pallets, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet double overcoiled balance spring, hand engraved cock with diamond endstone, repeating on gongs, slide on the band.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 4,200 - 6,300

HKD 32,000 - 48,000

Sold: CHF 10,625

LOT 295

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

WM. METFORD/ LECOULTRE, MINUTE REPEATER & PERPETUAL CALENDAR PINK GOLD Wm. Metford, movement by LeCoultre, Geneve, No. 3741. Made circa 1890. Very fine and extremely rare, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

Four body massive "bassine et filets" polished, correctors in the band. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved presentation inscription. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the date, the months, day of the week, aperture for the moon phases combined with seconds. Blued steel pear hands. 43 mm. rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Blue steel Breguet balance-sping, index regulator.minute repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 8,400 - 12,500

HKD 64,000 - 96,000

Sold: CHF 17,500

LOT 296

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

A. LANGE HUNTING CASED POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD Adolph Lange, Dresden, No. 9365. Made circa 1900. Very fine and rare, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold, pocket watch

Four-body, solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette, fluted band, engine-turned cover and back. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 19```, Glashütte 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 16 jewels, straight-line Glashütte escapement, gold pallet fork and escape wheel, Guillaume balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,100 - 4,200

HKD 16,000 - 32,000

Sold: CHF 3,000

LOT 297

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD Vacheron & Constantin., Geneva, No. 145897. Made for the US market circa 1873. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, keyless pocket watch with gold wheel train

Four-body, pomme et filets, polished, caseback with engine- turning. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hands. 20```, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, gold wheel train, wolf`s tooth winding, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator with engraved scale on the center-bridge.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,100 - 4,200

HKD 16,000 - 32,000

Sold: CHF 2,500

LOT 298

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN CHRONOMETER BULLETIN 1ERE CLASSE SILVER Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Chronomètre", No. 101652/388452, case No. 248313. Made in 1942. Fine and rare, large, silver, keyless deck and pocket chronometer.

Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged cuvette. White enamel, bold upright Arabic numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. Rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 21 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bi-metallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,100 - 4,200

HKD 16,000 - 32,000

Sold: CHF 4,000

LOT 299

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN GENEVE POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin Genève, movement 370283, No. 228132. Made circa 1922. Fine, 18k yellow gold keyless dress watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Three body, massive, the bezels with engraved floral decoration, reeded band. Gold cuvette. Champagne with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track and subsidiary seconds. Gold breguet hands. 17"`, gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,100 - 4,200

HKD 16,000 - 32,000

Sold: CHF 3,250

LOT 300

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 15, 2016

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN DRESS WATCH SAPPHIRE DIAMOND AND WHITE GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Geneva, movement No. 402901, case No. 255630. Made circa 1929. Elegant and very rare, thin, 18K white gold, diamond and sapphire square Art-Deco keyless dress watch

Two-body, square with curved corners set with sapphires and diamonds, bow identical. Brushed silver, applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. White gold cathedral hands. Cal.15''', rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance witHEIGHT adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 7,300 - 9,400

HKD 56,000 - 72,000

Sold: CHF 10,625