460 lots

LOT 21

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

Anonymous, Swiss or French.

Quarter repeating bar movement with free standing barrel, virgule escapement, circa 1820. Later white enamel dial and silver case.

CHF 800 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,150

LOT 22

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

Breguet à Paris.

Very fine full plate, center seconds, calendar movement with Pouzait type seconds beating lever escapement with extra-large balance, circa 1800. White enamel dial and original hands. Chamb. pp. 63 to 65. O.T.L. No. 56.

CHF 4,000 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 23

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

Pichon à Genève.

Very rare movement with an early type of pin-wheel lever escapement, circa 1790. With dial and hands. Chamb. p. 72. O.T.L. No. 52,

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 24

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

Litherland, Whiteside & Co., Liverpool, No. 6546.

Rare full plate movement with fusee, unusual rack lever escapement with pirouette, balance spring being on a secondary wheel, allowing the gold plain balance to revolve several times in both direction in order to beat seconds, circa 1820. White enamel dial, gold "spade" hands. O.T.L. No. 43, illustration No. 11. Robert Roskell, Liverpool, No. 24662. Full plate movement with fusee, rack lever escapement, circa 1810. Fine gold dial with applied decoration, blued-steel "spade" hands. O.T.L. No.42.

CHF 1,400 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 25

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

Thomas Hawley & Co., 75 Strand, London, No. 7919.

Fine full plate movement with fusee, Savage two pin escapement, circa 1810. Fine silver dial with applied gold numerals and decoration. Chamb. p. 97. O.T.L. No 45. Geo. Gowell, London, No. 65213. Full plate movement with fusee, unusual Savage two pin escapement with a large rack lever type 'scape wheel and plain gold balance, circa 1810. White enamel dial.

CHF 300 - 500

Sold: CHF 748

LOT 26

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

Wigmarsh & Brogden, London, No. 2938.

Full plate movement with fusee, Massey 's first type of crank roller lever escapement, circa 1820. White enamel dial. Chamb. p. 138. O.T.L. No.62. Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, 33 Cockspur Street, London, NO. 30120, Three quarter plate movement with English lever escapement and Nicole Nielsen, patented winding and hand-setting, circa 1870. White enamel dial and original hands. Arnold, Ch. Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 8915. Three quarter plate movement with English lever escapement and early English keyless hand-setting, circa 1850. White enamel dial and original blued-steel hands. G. E. Frodsham, 31 Gracechurch Street, London, No. 9399, Full plate movement with fusee, English lever escapement, circa 1860. White enamel dial, blued-steel hands.

CHF 300 - 500

Sold: CHF 1,380

LOT 27

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

Anonymous, English, No. 54078.

Three quarter plate movement with Bonniksen's Karrusel lever revolving in 52.5 minutes. Patent No. 21421, circa 1900. White enamel dial. Chamb. p. 230. O.T.L. No. 67. Anonymous, Swiss. Plain gilt brass bar decimal movement with lateral lever escapement , circa 1860. 20 hour white enamel decimal dial, blued-steel hands. Anonymous, Swiss. Double sided, calendar movement with straight line lever escapement, circa 1890. White enamel dial on the front face, white enamel calendar chapter ring on the reverse, original hands.

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 28

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

Anonymous, Swiss.

Unique half plate fusee movement with a very unusual mixed lever detent escapement, circa 1880. Without dial, in a later case. This unique experimental escapement is mainly based on the principle of a Robin. However, the lever has no fork but uses two passing springs, engaged by a sapphire wedge roller. Impulse is conventional. Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 04808. Three quarter plate movement with a late form of English lever escapement, circa 1875. White enamel dial and blued-steel "spade" hands.

CHF 400 - 600

Sold: CHF 978

LOT 29

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

Le Comte, Genève. Gilt brass bar movement with Swiss swan-neck lateral lever escapement, circa 1850. White enamel dial.

Anonymous, Swiss. Fine gilt brass bar movement of Girard Perregaux style, with Swiss type of straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance and blued-steel spherical balance spring. White enamel dial. O.T.L. No. 48. Sylvain Mairet au Locle. Very fine gilt brass bar movement with Sylvain Mairet form of straight line lever escapement, circa 1840. White enamel dial, blued-steel Breguet hands. Cham. p. 85. O. T.L. No. 49, Sylvain Mairet au Locle. Fine ismail bar movement with cylinder escapement, plain gold balance, Breguet type compensation curb., circa 1830. Eccentric silver engine turned dial, bluedsteel Breguet hands;

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 5,175

LOT 30

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

Anonymous, Swiss (Melly Frères).

Rare gilt brass bar movement with jointed pallet escapement, circa 1820. Silver engine turned dial, Breguet hands. Chamb. p. 76. O.T.L. No. 54, illustration No. 6. According to Chamberlain, this movement was made by Melly Frères. Tiffany & Co. Geneva, No. 13586. Fine nickeled bar movement with Tiffany two pin lever escapement, circa 1880. White enamel dial, Blued-steel Breguet hands. O.T.L. No. 68, illustration No. 8.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 3,680

LOT 31

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

Anonymous, Swiss (Pichon, Genève).

Rare gilt brass bar movement with free standing barrel and pin-pallet lever escapement, circa 1820. White enamel dial. Chamb. p. 71. O.T.L. No. 55, illustration No. 9. According to Chamberlain, this movement was made by Pichon. Anonymous, Swiss. Nickeled bar movement with a form of Roskopf pin-pallet lever escapement, circa 1870. Silver engine-turned dial with raised numerals. Chamb. p. 70. O.T.L. No. 66.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 32

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

Ed. Bourquin, Bienne, Swiss.

Extremely rare nickeled bar movement with Bourquin's patented one pallet lever escapement, circa 1875. White enamel dial , blued-steel "spade" hands, American gilt metal case. Chamb. p.81- 82. O.T.L. No.59.

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 33

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

Anonymous, Swiss (Melly Frères).

Extremely rare gilt brass bar movement with nive tooth 'scape wheel lever escapement, circa 1825. Later white enamel dial and hands. Chamb. p. 79 - 80. O.T.L. No. 53, illustration No. 3.

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 34

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

New York Standard Watch Co. No. 25505.

Unusual nickel watch with the Clay Hanson worm lever escapement, patented Jan. 18, 1887 and June 28, 1887. Original case, dial and hands. Chamb. p. 104-105. O.T.L. No. 65.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,495

LOT 35

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

New York Standard Watch Co. No. 17070.

Unusual nickel watch with the Clay Hanson worm lever escapement, patented Jan. 18, 1887 and June 28, 1887. Original case, without dial and hands. Chamb. p.104-105. O.T.L. No. 65. F. Balavoine, Swiss. Nickel movement with the Balavoine's variant of the lever escapement, patented circa 1885, the interior of the fork is a cylindrical shell of gold. Without dial. Chamb. p.96 to 98. O.T.L. No. 61, illustration No. 11.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,610

LOT 36

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

Thomas Robjohn, New York, No. 20421.

Very rare three quarter plate movement with double locking, inverted lever chronometer escapement. circa 1860. White enamel dial. O.T.L. No. 39. In this escapement drawn from the Robin detent-lever, with direct impulse of the 'scape wheel on the balance staff, the double locking is provided by an inverted lever, such as that used by Girard Perregaux for his three parallel gold bridge movement.

CHF 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,093

LOT 37

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

Anonymous, New York?.

Very rare three quarter plate movement with double locking, inverted lever chronometer escapement. circa 1860. White enamel dial. . In this escapement drawn from the Robin detent-lever, with direct impulse of the 'scape wheel on the balance staff, the double locking is provided by an inverted lever, such is that used by Girard Perregaux for his three parallel gold bridge movement. This movement appears to have the same ébauche as the previous lot.

CHF 400 - 600

Sold: CHF 2,530

LOT 38

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

Samuel Smith, Coventry, No. 78.

Very rare full plate movement with fusee, Smith's patented lever escapement with pirouette, beating the second.. The crown 'scape wheel with five pointed teeth, engaging at right angle the lever which is mounted on the arbor of the pirouette wheel.. White enamel dial and gold "spade" hands. O.T.L. No. 44, illustration No.3. P. & A. Guye, 13 Northampton Square London, No. 6151. Fine three quarter plate movement with the Guye's form of lever escapement, unusual 'scape wheel, inverted roller,compensated balance, free-sprung blued steel balance spring with terminal curve, circa 1880. White enamel dial and bluedsteel "spade" hands.

CHF 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 39

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

Lepaute, Horloger de l'Empereur, Place du Palais Royal.

Fine gilt brass bar movement with free standing barrel and an early form of Robin detent-lever escapement, plain balance with elastic suspension, circa 1805. Fine white enamel dial and Breguet blued-steel hands. 0. T. L. No. 34.

CHF 1,800 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 40

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

Loveday, Wakefield, No. 1356.

Three quarter plate center seconds movement with fusee, Patent Union Chronometer escapement drawn from the Robin detent lever escapement, circa 1860. White enamel dial, blued-steel hands.Chamb. p. 136. O.T.L. No. 35.

CHF 300 - 350

Sold: CHF 1,265