293 lots

LOT 181

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. 838, sold to Mr. Huberlot-Hivert on 27 April 1907 for 2'500 francs. Fine 18 ct. gold keyless pocket chronometer with power reserve indication.

C. Four body, "demi-bassine", polished with the monogram "Z.M.", engraved on the back. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds and 32 hour up-anddown scale. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 19"', gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume type balance, blued-steel balance spring with terminal curve. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 52 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 182

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. 422, sold to Fouad 1er, King of Egypt on 17 May 1924, for 2800 Francs. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel keyless watch, in original green Morocco fitted box, a silver crown applied on the cover.

C. Three body "Empire", with reeded band, the polished back with the finely painted champleve enamelled coat of arms of the King Fouad. Gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Arabic numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 18"', gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. signed on the dial, case and movement. In ver)' good condition. Diam. 47 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 183

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. 3762, made in 1938. Fine 18 ct. two coloured gold, keyless pocket chronometer, with Bulletin de aère classe, catégorie A, on 13 June 1938 at the National Observatory of Besançon and awarded the gold medal at the 44th timing contest, 1938-1939, with 250,82/300.

C. Double body, massive, "Empire", polished with reeded band and white gold rims, the monogram: " A.G.", engraved on the back. Gold hinged cuvette, engraved with the awarded prize. D. Satine silver with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 18"', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, adjusted by G. Grogg, bluedsteel balance spring with terminal curve. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.

CHF 8,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

LOT 184

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet, No. 3912, completed on 29 December 1938, sold on 7 June 1939 to Monsieur Sorabji, for 15'600 Francs. Very fine and rare 18ct pink gold gentleman's chronometer, wristwatch with "Bulletin de aère Classe".

C. "Empire" style, massive, polished, reeded band, screwed bars. D. "guilloché" silver with painted Roman numerals. + auxiliary seconds dial. " Bâton" blued steel hands. M. 14"' rhodiumed, " fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Guillaume balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed, case numbered.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 185

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. 3948, sold to Mr. Schell on 10 October 1938, for 3'800 francs. Very fine and rare 18ct gold gentleman's wristwatch with olive shaped single button chronograph, register and tachometer with 18ct gold buckle.

C. massive, polished, reeded band, dedicated back. D. mat silver with painted enamel Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. " Feuille" gold hands. M. 13"' gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 38 mm.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 186

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. 4784, sold on 15 January 1946. Very fine 18ct gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18 ct pink gold deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, reeded band. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. " Bâton" gold hands. M. 8"' rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 31 mm.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 10,925

LOT 187

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Breguet No. B 21275, limited edition of 500 examples, derived from the famous model made for the French army (Aeronaval) ans sold to the general public in the 1950's. Very fine stainless steel military wristwatch, with "Retour en Vol" round button chronograph and registers, with fitted box.

C. polished, screwed back, waterproof, revolving bezel graduated for 60 minutes, lapidated lugs. D. black with radiumed Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 15 minutes registers. "Skeleton" radiumed hands. M. 14"' rhodiumed, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Signed on the dial, numbered on the case. In excellent condition. Diam. 40 mm.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 188

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Mugnier, Horloger de LL. MM. II et RR, No. 1167, circa 1812, Echappement par Winnerl. Extremely fine and unique 18 ct. gold, half quarter-repeating, self winding watch with power reserve indicator and chronometer escapement by Winnerl, in original red Morocco fitted box, marked with the gilt initial of Napoléon.

C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" by Tavernier (Master mark), with reeded band and bezels, the back polished. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 60 hour power reserve indication. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 23"', gilt brass, bar caliber with going-barrel, sector-shaped platinum winding weight, pivoted on the edge, polished steel banking springs set with rollers. Pivoted detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with gold poising and timing screws, with a special device to prevent any excessive deformations of the balance rim at extreme temperatures, blued-steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and ruby end-stones. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the dial, the cuvette and the winding weight. In perfect condition. Diam. 58 mm.

CHF 0 - 0

Sold: CHF 259,250

LOT 189

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Hilaire Bassereau (Paris), No. 365-2/1802, completed in February 1802. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, quarter-repeating watch with special escapement, the cuvette with date and equation table.

C. Three body, Empire with reeded band and polished back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette, the centre engraved with a date ring and outer equation of time table, the polished steel date pointer driven by a click work on the back, advanced each time the key is inserted in the winding hole. D. White enamel with small central hour chapter-ring with Breguet numerals and outer Arabic minute ring on the border of the bezel ( hair lines). Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 22"', gilt brass, true Lepine calibre with freestanding barrel, double wheel duplex escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with " parachute" suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed and dated on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 59 mm.

CHF 14,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 190

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Giteau (Elève de Breguet), Palais Royal, No.129, à Paris, circa 1825. Fine mahogany hour and half hour-striking, two week mantel regulator with centre-seconds and orrery.

C. Rectangular, glazed on four sides with gilt brass mounts, the gilt bezel chased with leaf decoration, and the orrery mounted on the top. Set on four gilt brass block feet. D. White enamel with Roman nmerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands with pierced tips. M. Circular brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going-barrel on both the going and the striking trains, pin-wheel escapement set on the back plate, half seconds beating gridiron pendulum with knife edge suspension. Orrery driven by the going train and revolving once a year with an annual calendar with small subsidiary dials for the days of the week and 24 hours, apertures for the years from 1800 to 1899, showing the revolution of Venus, Mercury and the Earth around the sun, the Moon revolving around the latter in 29 days, 12 hours and 44 seconds. Signed on the dial. h1 very good condition. Dim. 68 x 25 x 18 cm.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

LOT 191

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Fatton, Elève de Breguet, London, No. 30, circa 1850. Fine, rare, and very large mahogany transportable night clock.

C. Rectangular with gilt bronze engine-turned bezel, with conical feet and top handle, smoke funnel behind with a gilt brass engine-turned shutter. Location for the candie on the back door. D.Translucent glass chapter ring with applied gold Roman numerals, gilt brass engine-turned centre plate. Blued-steel "pear" hands. M. Circular gilt brass full plate, partly skeletonised, with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring. signed on the gold oval cartouche applied on the dial. In very good condition. Dim. 29 x 18,5 x 13 cm.

CHF 14,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 192

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Fatton, élève de Breguet, circa 1840. Very fine gilt brass, moon phase, astronomical carriage clock with alarm, thermometer, power reserve indication and special escapement.

C. Glazed, gilt bronze, with four fluted flat columns, the top finely engraved with scrolls of foliage and flowers. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Bluedsteel Breguet hands. Gilt brass dial plate, decorated with engraving to match that of the top, apertures for day, date and phase of the moon, sectors for thermometer and up-and-down scale. M. Gilt brass, with a large going barrel, duplex escapement with cut bimetallic balance, bluedsteel flat balance spring. Pull wound alarm on a bell, set by means of a button on the top. Signed on the dial plate. In very good condition. Dim. 12 x 9 x 6 cm.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 50,600

LOT 193

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1835. Extremely fine and rare silver carriage clock with chronometer escapement and double calendar, in original travelling fitted box.

C. Multi-piece, engine-turned, glazed on three sides, the flat section columns mounted with palmettes. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. Engine-turned gilt dial-plate with two subsidiary dials for date and days of the week. Gold "serpent" hands. M. Rectangular gilt brass, fusee with chain, platform escapement with spring detent escapement, three-arm compensation balance of Louis Berthoud type with trapezoidal platinum weights, flat balance spring. In very good condition. Dim. 17,5 x 10 x 8 cm., excluding the handle.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 66,700

LOT 194

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Ch. Oudin, Elève de Breguet, Palais Royal No. 52, Paris, No. 6980, circa 1820. Extremely rare and fine 18 ct. gold, quarterrepeating calendar watch with equation of time.

C. Three body, Empire, with reeded band and bezel, and engine-turned back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned, with Roman numerals on a polished chapter, inner half moon sector for the equation of time and apertures for the dates and the months.blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 22"', gilt brass, Lepine calibre with free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement with plain steel three-armed balance, flat balance spring and ruby end-stone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, with visible repeating work. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In excellent condition. Diam. 60 mm.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 63,250

LOT 195

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Ch. Oudin, Horloger de la Marine, Palais Royal, 52, Paris, No. 24493, circa 1865. Very rare, 18 ct. gold, miniature, key wind fob watch.

C. Four body, "bassine et filets", with chased bezels and band, a diamond-set monogram with a crown, applied on the polished back. Gold cuvette engraved with the mention of medals awarded from 1806. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 6,5"', gilt brass, bar calibre, 12 jewels, five wheel train, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance. Signed on the cuvette. h1 v e r y good condition. Diam. 18 mm.

CHF 13,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 196

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Ch. Ondin, Horloger de la Marine, Palais Royal, 52, Paris, No. 18605, circa 1840. Extremely rare, 18 ct. gold "Six Pence" miniature, key wind fob watch.

C. Four body, "bassine et filets", polished, a small monogram engraved on the back. Gold cuvette engraved with the mention of medals awarded from 1806 to 1861. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 5"', gilt brass, bar calibre, 12 jewels, five wheel train, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 14 mm. The 11.25 mm. movement weighs 1,5 g.

CHF 38,000 - 42,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

LOT 197

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Charles Oudin à Paris, circa 1830. Fine and very rare small marine chronometer with a highly unusual escapement.

C. Double body mahogany box with slide on the lid over the observation aperture. Brass gimbals with a lead-weighted bowl. D. Frosted silvered, regulator type with small eccentric Roman chapter for hours, symmetrical subsidiary seconds below and outer Arabic minute ring on the border of the bezel. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Frosted and gilt brass full plate with steel conical pillars secured by nuts with washers in the manner of Louis Berthoud, the fusee with maintaining power, resting-wheel verge escapement with steel crown wheel and steel pallets on the balance staff, two-arm compensation balance with poising and timing screws, free-sprung blued-steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Dial diam. 66 mm. Dim. of the box 13,5 x 13,5 cm.

CHF 22,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 198

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Charles Oudin, Horloger de S.M. le Roi d'Italie et de S. M. l'Empereur de France, 52 Palais Royal, Paris, made in 1869. Extremely fine and rare, gilt bronze and silver quarter-repeating "grande and petite sonnerie" moon phase astronomical full calendar carriage clock with alarm and special escapement, in original fitted travelling box.

C. Moulded gilt bronze, glazed on four sides, the double-ogee base on four gadrooned silver feet, with applied silver cartouche flanked by cherubs representing Science and Mechanics, the back with a similar Scientific trophy; the canted sides with applied silver three-quarter round columns, and each glass framed with a silver rope-twist mount; the ogee top with an elaborate silver finial comprised of fruiting foliage with two cherubs supporting a Royal Crown with bold-linked chain for carrying. D. Silver, Roman chapter ring with inner apertures for the phases of the moon and the year with a volvelle engraved for 1869-1888, subsidiary dial below for days of the week, date and alarm setting, aperture for the months. Blued steel elaborated pierced hands. Silver dial plate profusely chased with scrolling foliage. M. Gilt brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform escapement with single wheel duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel helical balance spring. Striking repeating and alarm on two bells with button on the top and optional strike/silent lever on the back plate. Signed on the dial and the fitted travelling box In very good condition. Dim. 21 x 12 x 10 cm.

CHF 60,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 74,750

LOT 199

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

Charles Oudin, 52 Palais Royal, Paris, made for the Universal Exhibition, London 1862. Extremely fine and rare, gilt bronze and silver quarter-repeating "grande and petite sonnerie" carriage clock with alarm and double calendar.

C. Moulded gilt bronze, glazed on four sides, the double-ogee base with applied Royal monogram and crown on a silver cartouche tlanked by reclining ladies, the back with Scientific trophies; the canted sides with applied silver half round colmns, and each glass framed with a silver mount; the ogee top with an elaborate silver finial comprised an urn supported by garlands and flanked by two reclining cherubs with boldlinked chain for carrying. D. Crystal with silvered Roman chapter ring and subsidiary dial below for days of the week, date and alarm setting. Blued steel "trefle" hands. M. Gilt brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform escapement with straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued steel flat balance spring with micrometer index. Striking repeating and alarm on two bells with button on the top and optional strike/silent - grande/petite sonnerie lever on the back plate. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Dim. 19 x 10,5 x 9,5 cm.

CHF 42,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

LOT 200

L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993

CH. Oudin,Paris, No. 12505, circa 1890. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, double dial, keyless, moon phase astronomical watch with perpetual calendar.

C.Three body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, glazed on both faces. D. White enamel on the front, with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold " spade" hands. White enamel on the rear face with sunk subsidiary chapters for the days of the week, the month with inner leap-year cycle and the dates, moon phase aperture and small sector aperture for the regulator index (hair lines). M. 19"', gilt brass, three quarter plate, 18 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on both dials, numbered on the front plate. In good condition. Diam. 53 mm.

CHF 32,000 - 36,000

Sold: CHF 32,200