460 lots

LOT 1

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Breguet à Paris. Clockwatch full plate movement with verge escapement, circa1800. Without dial. Vaucher à Paris. Oval full plate calendar movement , verge escapement, circa 1790. White enamel dial.

J. Leroux, Charing Cross No. 3441. Full plate verge movement, circa 1780. Later dial. Geo. Graham, London, No. 6119. Full plate movement with later lever escapement, circa 1730, Later dial. Lot of 4..

CHF 800 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,495

LOT 2

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Edward Jone, Small Street, Bristol, No. 11419. Full plate early minute repeating movement with fusee, English Duplex escapement, compensated balance, circa 1850.

Anonymous, Swiss. Plain bar movement with steel single wheel duplex escapement, circa 1850. White enamel dial.

CHF 800 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 3

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Rob. Molyneux, London, No. 3458, Three quarter plate movement with fusee, English duplex escapement, compensated balance, circa 1850. White enamel dial.

Brockbank's, London, No. 4059, Full plate movement with fusee, English duplex escapement, circa 1830. White enamel dial.

CHF 500 - 600

Sold: CHF 633

LOT 4

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Robert Pennington, London, No. 556. Three quarter plate movement with fusee, English duplex escapement, bimetallic combined flat and curved rim balance, circa 1850, Without dial.

Anonymous, Swiss, Plain bar movement with steel single wheel duplex escapement, elastic suspension and compensation curb.circa 1850. White enamel dial. Lot of 2. Estimate.

CHF 500 - 600

Sold: CHF 748

LOT 5

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Brandt Brothers, Philadelphie, No. 4145.

Full plate moon phase astronomical center second movement with fusee, unusual seconds beating double wheel duplex escapement on two levels, circa 1790. Damaged white enamel dial. O. T..L. No. 19. Estimate.

CHF 800 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,610

LOT 6

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Chas. E. Jacot, No.290,

Three quarter plate movement with star-duplex escapement, patented 20 July, 1852. White enamel dial with I/3 seconds diablotine. O. T. L. No. 24.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,955

LOT 7

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Ellicott, London, No. 7139. Full plate movement with fusee, early cylinder escapement, circa 1775. Later white enamel dial.

Chas. Smith, London, No. 5612. Full plate movement with fusee, English ruby cylinder escapement, circa 1780. Later white enamel dial. Lot of 2. Estimate.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,265

LOT 8

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Urban Jurgensen. Three quarter plate movement, cylinder escapement, circa 1800. White enamel dial and gold Breguet hands. O.T. L. No. 10.

Anonymous, Swiss. Plain bar movement with cylinder escapement, circa 1850. White enamel world time dial.

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,265

LOT 9

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Anonymous, Swiss. Quarter repeating, pin cylinder musical movement with inverted cylinder escapement, circa 1820. Without dial.

Chevalier & Cochet, Swiss, No. 6573. Quarter repeating movement with inset gongs, cylinder escapement, circa 1790. Without dial. Meuron & Cie. Swiss. Full plate movement with equation of time, cylinder escapement, circa 1800.

CHF 1,800 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 3,680

LOT 10

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Giroud, Fils, à Vevay, Swiss,

Skeletonized movement with a variant of Berthoud's flat-wheel cylinder escapement, but with pirouette, circa 1770. Without dial. O.T.L No. 15,

CHF 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 11

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

M.B. à Prag, Chekoslovakia.

Movement with going barrel and unusual flat wheel cylinder escapement, circa 1800. Without dial. Ill. Chamb. p.236. O.T.L. No.13

CHF 1,000 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 12

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Breguet), France.

Three quarter plate movement with Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, elastic suspensionandcompensationcurb, circa1800. Withoutdial. IllChamb. p. 236. O.T.L. No. 11.

CHF 1,400 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 13

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Anonymous, France?

Very rare and unusual movement with early rack-lever escapement and straight balance spring. Ill. Chamb. P. 58-59.

CHF 3,800 - 4,200

Sold: CHF 5,290

LOT 14

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

P.H. Beurling, Stokholm, No. 1218.

Rare silver watch, full plate movement with fusee, Sully type, single wheel frictional rest escapement, circa 1800. With dial and case.

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 15

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Anonymous, Swiss?

Rare full plate self winding movement with Sully type, single wheel frictional rest escapement, circa 1800. Without dial and winding weight.

CHF 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 16

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Du Bois & Fils, Genève.

Rare center second full plate movement with mock pendulum and Debaufre type double wheel frictional rest escapement, circa 1800. With dial a n h a n

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,680

LOT 17

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Quartier, au Locle, No. 320.

Full plate movement with single wheel frictional rest escapement of Sully type, in a form also used by Paul Garnier for carriage docks, circa 1830. With dial. 111. Chamb. p.124. O.T.L.

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 1,610

LOT 18

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

James Cox, London, No. 4894.

Very rare full plate fusee movement with the Cox form of the Debaufre frictional rest escapement. White enamel dial. Chamb. p. 235. O.T.L. No 6, illustration

Sold: -1 5,500

LOT 19

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

(Romilly) à Paris.

Extremely rare full plate movement with double virgule escapement, circa 1780. White enamel dial. Chamb. p. 238. O.T.L. No. 18

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 20

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

Petter Alberg, Link6ping.

Full plate movement with an unusual type of virgule escapement, the balance cock with monogram "P.A."circa 1790. White enamel dial. O.T.L. No. 17,

CHF 1,800 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 3,220