204 lots

LOT 121

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Madame Dulles Extra slim astronomical watch No. 1648, sold on 18 December 1928, for the sum of 31,000 Old Francs. Gold keyless astronomical watch with retrograde perpetual calendar, equation of time, phase and age of the moon and winding indicator. Original brown leather fitted case.

Case: 18 ct., three body, Mural style, No.B.1648. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Eccentric, matt silver, signed: "Breguet, No. 1648", with Arabic numerals, concentric month ring with sectors for equation of time, the flyback date and the up-and-down scale, aperture for the phase of the moon with the age on the border . Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', "No. B 1648", the ébauche by Victorin Piguet, with fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In new condition Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 200,000 - 250,000

LOT 122

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Pedro Baro Watch No. 2646, completed on 30 January 1930, sold on 23 September 1937, for the sum of 5200 Francs. Two colour gold keyless dress watch. Original dark blue leather fitted case.

Case: 18 ct., three part, No. B 2646, grained gold with edges and bow in pink gold, milled band.
Dial: Engine-turned silver, classic style, signed: " Breguet, No. 2646", with Roman hour numerals on a plain reserve, and subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 17"', No. 2646, ébauche by Piguet, with fausses cotes decoration, IS jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In perfect condition Diam. 45 mm.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 123

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Métroz Watch No.3051, completed on 12 March 1938, sold on 10 June 1941. Two colour gold keyless dress watch, awarded a " Bulletin de lère classe de l'Observatoire de Besançon". Original fitted brown leather case with certificate and a medal.

Case: 18ct., Empire form, No.3051, of yellow gold with white gold bezels, reeded band and polished back, with small monogram. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Engine-turned silver, signed: "Breguet No. 3051", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve and subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 17"', signed "Breguet No. 3051", 20-12 caliber, ébauche by G. Grogg, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Guillaume compensation balance in brass and invar. Bluedsteel spiral balance spring with terminal curve.
In perfect condition Diam. 44 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 124

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Leblond Watch No. 2751, completed on 19 September 1931, sold on 3 January 1941, for the sum of 53' 000 Old Francs. Gold keyless watch with jump hours, perpetual calendar, centre-seconds and winding indicator.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, Empire form, No.2751, with polished back and reeded band. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Eccentric, engine-turned silver, signed: " Breguet, No. 2751", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, sweep centre-seconds and aperture for the days of the week, date and the months, a sector for the up-and-down scale. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', ébauche by Victorin Piguet with fausses côtes decoration, signed: " Breguet, No. 2751", 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement with cut bimetallic balance. Bluedsteel Breguet balance spring.
In perfect condition. Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

LOT 125

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Belin Watch No. 2785, completed on 14 October 1963, sold on 12 July 1966, for the sum of 15,000 Francs. Gold self-winding watch, with winding indicator.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, quatre baguettes form, engine-turned à grains d'or (ge, the back centred with a small monogram for Captain Peter G. Belin. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Eccentric, engine-turned silver, signed: " Breguet, No. 2785", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds and a sector en raved with up-and-down scale calibrated to 60 lours. Gold Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', No2785, ébaudie by H.D. Piguet with fausses côtes decoration, 22 jewels, relieved for the oscillating gold winding weight, pivoted beneath the dial on the edge of the front plate. Straight line lever escapement with cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In perfect condition. Diam. 49 mm.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 126

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Judlin Watch No. 3069, finished on 20 June 1934, sold on 10 August 1937, for the sum of 10'800 Francs. Gold keyless watch, with centre-seconds, phase and age of the moon and winding indicator.

Case: 18 ct., three piece,No.B.3069, collier et filets form, with reeded band Gold cuvette, signed: " Breguet, No. 3069".
Dial: Eccentric, engine-turned silver, signed: " Breguet, No. 3069", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, sweep centre-seconds, an aperture for the phase of the moon with the age engraved on the edge. Concentric sector for the up-anddown scale. Blued-steel hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', ébauche by Victorin Piguet with fausses côtes decoration, I8 Jewels, straight line ever escapement with cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

CHF 35,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

LOT 127

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur L.H.Dulles Watch No. 2524, completed in October 1929, sold on 22 October 1954. Gold watch with centre-seconds and digital perpetual calendar.

Case: 18 ct., polished, quatre baguettes form, with polished gold edges, No. 2524. Gold cuvette signed: "Breguet, No. 2524".
Dial: Eccentric, engine-turned silver, classic style, signed: "Breguet", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, concentric outer seconds ring, aperture for the days of the week, date and months of the year. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed. 18"', ébauche by Victorin Piguet with fausses côtes decoration, 20 Jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In as new condition. Diam. 49 mm.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 46,000

LOT 128

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur J.-J. Guerlain Watch No. 2752, completed on 16 June 1932, sold to the above on 13 May 1953. Gold watch with "grande" and "petite" sonnerie striking, minute- repeating, moon phase and double winding indicators.

Case: 18 ct., two body and three part of quatre baguettes form, engine-turned à grains d'orge, with reeded band, "No.B.2752". Gold cuvette signed: " Breguet, No. 2752".
Dial: Engine-turned gold, signed: "Breguet, No. 2752", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, small auxiliary dial for seconds with concentric inverted aperture for phase of the moon, sectors indicating the state of wind for both going and striking trains. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed maillechort,19"', by Les Fils de Victoria Piguet, two train, with differential winding, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Grande/petite sonnerie striking on two gongs with two hammers, strike selection and strike/silent bolts in the band. Repeating by means of a small slide releasing the strike train.
In perfect condition Diam. 52 mm.

CHF 120,000 - 150,000

Sold: CHF 109,250

LOT 129

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A l'Automobile Club de France Astronomical watch No. 2795, sold on 11 June 1932, for the sum of 28,500 Francs. Gold keyless watch with minute-repeating, perpetual calendar, phase and age of the moon, winding indicator and centre-seconds chronograph.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, Empire form, "No.B. 2795", with reeded band, polished bezel and back. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Engine-turned gold, signed: "Breguet, No. 2795", with Roman hour numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary dials for days of the week, months of the year and the date with concentric subsidiary seconds and aperture for phase of the moon the age engraved on the border, a small sector fort the up-and-down calibrated for 30 hours below "XII". Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Nickelled, 19"', No. 2795, ébauche by Victorin Piguet, with fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Visible chronograph work on the back plate, the push-piece in the winding crown. Repeating on gongs with the slide in the band of the case.
In very good condition Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

Sold: CHF 109,250

LOT 130

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur L.H.Dulles Chronometer No. 3357, completed on 28 October 1946,sold on 25 November 1959 for the sum of 900'000 Old Francs. Two colour gold keyless watch with one minute tourbillon . Original red leather fitted case.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, Empire style,No.B.3357, in white gold with bezels and bow in pink gold, and reeded band.
Dial: Engine-turned silver, signed: "Breguet, No. 3357", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds and sector for the up-anddown scale calibrated to "30" hours. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', half plate caliber, by Victorin Piguet, with fausses côtes decoration and signed: "Régulateur à tourbillon inventé par A.L.Breguet - Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9," 21 jewels, going barrel, polished steel equidistant three-arm tourbillon carriage revolving in one minute, with lateral lever escapement, Guillaume compensation balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring with micrometer wishbone index regulator .
In perfect condition Diam. 50 mm.

CHF 150,000 - 200,000

Sold: CHF 270,250

LOT 131

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Hayes Watch No. 4360, sold on 31 July 1947, for an unrecorded sum. Two colour gold keyless watch with minuterepeating, perpetual calendar, phase of the moon, winding indicator and chronograph, with tachometer scale and instantaneous 60 minute recorder.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, Empire style, No.4360, with white gold rims and bow, and reeded band, the back (trace of a filled monogram) and the bezel polished. Gold cuvette.
Dial: Engine-turned silver, signed: "Breguet, No. 4360", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve, Arabic numerals for minutes and seconds, the tachometer scale calculated to the base 1000, with subsidiary dials for days of the week, instantaneous minute-recorder with concentric sector engraved with the up-and-down scale, the months of the year, and the date with concentric seconds and aperture for phase of the moon. Gold Breguet hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 19"', with fausses côtes decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement and cut bimetallic balance. Bluedsteel Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gons with slide in the band. Chronograph mechanism visible on the back plate with pushpieces in the winding crown and the band.
In very fine condition. Diam. 56 mm.

CHF 180,000 - 220,000

LOT 132

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

Date of sale and buyer not recorded. Watch No. 4377, completed in May 1977. Gold keyless astronomical watch with retrograde perpetual calendar, equation of time, age and phase of the moon with winding indicator. Original green leather fitted case.

Case: 18 ct., three body polished, quatre baguettes form with reeded bezel. Gold cuvette signed: " Breguet, No. 4377.
Dial: Eccentric, engine-turned silver, signed: " Breguet, No. 4377", with Roman hour numerals on a plain reserve, concentric months and sectors for the equation of time, the fly-back date and upand- down indicator, aperture for phases of the moon with the age engraved on the edge. Bluedsteel Breguet hands.
Movement: Nickelled, 18"', ébauche by Golay- Aubert, signed: "Breguet, No. 4377", 1.8 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic screw balance. Autocompensating Breguet balance spring.
In new condition. Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 180,000 - 220,000

Sold: CHF 226,250

LOT 133

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A la Société Broadcast Watch No. 2307, sold on 28 June 1930, for the sum of 750 Francs. Gold keyless watch with chronograph and instantaneous 30 minute recorder.

Case: 18ct., three body polished,No.26334, demibassine form, with inset hinges. Gold cuvette signed: "Breguet No.2307".Back with initials for the Broadcast Company.
Dial: White enamel, with Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute recorder . Blued-steel poires hands.
Movement: Gilt brass, 19"', ébauche by Guinand, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Chronograph mechanism visible on the back plate with push-piece in the winding crown.
In very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.

CHF 4,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 134

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Sir Dinshaw Petit Watch No. 449, sold on 20 August 1924 ,for the sum of 6500 Francs. Extra-flat white gold keyless dress watch with perpetual calendar and phases of the moon.

Case: 18 ct., three piece, polished, cubiste form, No.B.449.
Dial: Mat silver, signed: "Breguet No.449", with painted Breguet numerals, subsidiary rings for days of the week, months of the four year bissextile cycle, date, the subsidiary seconds with aperture for phases of the moon. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Grained nickel, 1.7"' ébauche by R. Cart, extra-flat 15/12 caliber, signed Breguet No. 449,18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In very fine condition. Diam. 43 mm.

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 135

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Soubiran Watch No. 586, sold on 11 December 1906, for the sum of 2000 Francs. Extra flat yellow gold keyless dress watch.

Case: 18 ct., polished three piece of knife-edge form, the back with a champlevé enamel monogram "S.T.C.".
Dial: Mat silver, signed: "Breguet, No. 586", with Arabic numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Movement: Gilt brass, 19"', ébauche with 18 Jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet spring.
In good condition. Diam. 48 mm.

CHF 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 8,625

LOT 136

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Mademoiselle Sonia Darbell Watch No. 2547, sold on 16 June 1914, for the sum of 1800 Francs. Hexagonal gold keyless dress watch.

Case: 18 ct., three piece polished, No. 83737, the back engraved with a honey bee and the motto, " Mel aut spicula", the interior signed: "Breguet, No. 2547".
Dial: Engine-turned silver, with Roman numerals. Blued-steel modernes hands.
Movement: Nickelled, 16"', ébauche by Hatot, with fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Bluedsteel Breguet balance spring.
In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 137

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Jean Dollfus Watch No. 1285, sold on 25 August 1926, for the sum of 10,000 Francs. White gold keyless watch with digital jumping hours. Original fitted green leather case.

Case: 18 ct., three part, No.B.1285, polished and satinée.
Dial. Signed: "Breguet, No. 1285". Fixed mat silver ring with Arabic minute numerals, the time indicated by a revolving central disc engineturned witH an arrow, the digital jump hour visible in an aperture pierced through the point of the arrow.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 16"', ébauche by R. Cart, with fausses cotes decoration, keyless winding and hand set, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet spring.
In perfect condition. Diam. 43 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 138

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Robert Kahn Watch No. 1294, sold on 10 June 1927, for the sum of 8000 Francs. Two colour gold keyless watch with digital jumping hours.

Case: 18ct., three piece, the band and back in yellow gold, the bezels and dial in white gold, No. B 1294".
Dial: Fixed mat silver ring with Arabic minute numerals, the time indicated by a revolving central disc engine-turned with an arrow, the digital jump hour visible in an aperture pierced through the point of the arrow.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 16"', signed "Breguet 1294" with fausses cotes decoration, ébauche by R. Cart, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet spring.
In very good condition. Diam. 43 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 139

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

Au Docteur Bayle Watch No. 3887, completed on 24 November 1938, loaned out on 5 January 1940. Stainless steel keyless dress watch.

Case: Two-tone piece, Murat style, with polished bezels and grained back.
Dial: Three piece silver, signed: "Breguet No. 3887", with applied Arabic numerals and index marks, subsidiary seconds. White gold feuilles hands.
Movement: Rhodiumed, 17"', with fausses côtes decoration, "No. 3887", ébauche by R.Cart, 18 Jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 140

THE ART OF BREGUET Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

A Monsieur Dollfus Watch No. 4344, completed 28 December 1921, sold on 26 March 1929, for the sum of 6000 Francs. Extra-flat platinum keyless dress watch. Original red leather fitted case.

Case: Three piece, polished, lenticulaire form, No. 4344, the back with engraved monogram:" L. D."
Dial: Mat silver, signed:" Breguet, No. 4344", with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands.
Movement: Gilt brass, 17"', ébauche by Moser, signed: "Breguet, No.4344", 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring.
In perfect condition. Diam: 46 mm.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 13,800