Henri Motel, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 180, made circa 1832 from an early movement "à double cage" coming from the workshop of Louis Berthoud, restored for M. le Capitaine Dupéray on October 10th. 1836. Extremely fine and rare silver and gold pocket chronometer with split seconds recorder, in original citron-wood inlaid mahogany fitted box with original ratchet key.

C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes" by Joly, with gold rims and bow, reeded band and bezels and engine-turned back. Three body mahogany box of deck watch type with citron-wood inlaid lines and border. D. Matt silver with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 26"', frosted and gilt "double cage" caliber with polished steel pillars secured by nuts and washers. Fusee with maintaining power, Louis Berthoud type pivoted detent escapement, typical four-arm bimetallic Motel compensation balance and free-sprung bluedsteel conical balance spring. Split- seconds recorder with pull-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 67 mm. Dim. of the box 100 x 150 x 50 mm.

Henri Motel, No. 3, circa 1850. Fine ebony veneered month going mantle regulator with differential equation of time and four year calendar for day and week day.

C. Ebony veneered, four glass with rectangular moulded base, square section columns and flat top with moulded frieze, all inlaid with brass stringing, access to movement by raising the back and front glasses. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and recessed centre (hair line) with visible escapement. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Subsidiary dial below showing the solar time with hours and minutes and symmetrical dial for days of the week and date. M. Brass circular with going barrel, Brocot dead beat escapement, halfseconds gridiron pendulum with spring suspension. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Dim. 65 x 35 x 25 mm.

Lépine, Horloger du Roy, Invenit et Fecit, No. 1342, specially made for the wedding of the Comte de Provence in 1771, sold for 2600 Livres. Highly important 18 ct. three colour gold paircased diamond-set, dumb quarter- repeating, keyless pump-winding watch, with double virgule escapement, bearing the Paris hallmarks for 1770.

C. Glazed double body outer, the bezel with chased decoration. Inner double body, Louis XVI, with diamond-set chased bezels and bow, concealed hinge, opening by twisting the pendant which is set with a large rose-diamond. The back finely chased in three coloured gold with a scene depicting "1"Offrande de l'Amour à l'Amitié". D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Louis XVI diamond-set hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate cylindrical pillars, so-called "calibre de transition du deuxième type", used by Lepine for most of his watches with special escapements. going-barrel, double virgule escapement, visible through an aperture on the back plate, with plain brass threearm-balance, flat balance spring and polished steel end-piece. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant. Keyless pump-winding by depressing the pendant after twisting to the right. Signed on the dial and the movement. In perfect condition. Diam. 47 mm.

Lépine, Horloger du Roi à Paris, No. 4958, with Paris hallmarks for 1784. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, paste-set, dumb quarter-repeating watch.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, with paste-set bezels, pendant and bow, the back panel of blue enamel inlaid with a regular pattern of pistes. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals (slightly restored on the border, beneath the bezel). Gold pierced fleur-de-lys hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass pierced continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 43 mm.

Lépine, Horloger du Roy à Paris, No. I 327 I, circa 1766. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with the early typical Lepine calibre.

C. Double body, Louis XVI with concealed hinge, fixed bezel, the enamel back painted with a child in a landscape, outer blue champleve enamelled line border decorated with white dots. Gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, gold Louis XV hands. M. Gilt brass, typical Lepine calibre with free-standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 40 mm.

Lépine, Horloger du Roy, Invenit et Fecit, No. 2042, bearing the Paris hallmarks for 1775. Very fine and rare, 18 ct. gold, enamel and diamond-set early dumb quarter-repeating watch with wolf's-tooth train and special escapement.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, with diamond-set bezels and bow, concealed hinge, opening by twisting the pendant set which is set with a large rose diamond, the back of blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, set with a fine applied diamond monogram "L.C.D.". Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, number "1" in an oval frame. Gold Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, early Lepine caliber with wolf'stooth train of wheels and free-standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant, with two polished hammers. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 34 nun.

Lépine Horloger du Roy, Paris, Invenit et Fecit, No. 5627, bearing the Paris hallmarks for 1787. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, dumb quarter-repeating watch with wolf's tooth train.

C. Double body, polished, by Guillaume Mermillod (master mark), with concealed hinge and fixed bezel. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer red Arabic minute ring (slightly restored on border of the bezel). Gold skeletonised "fleurs de lys" hands, typical of Lepine's work. M. Gilt brass, typical Lepine calibre with free-standing barrel and wolf's-tooth train, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant with a single massive polished steel hammer. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 51 mm.

Lepine, Horloger de l'Impératrice, Paris, Invenit Fine and rare, 18 ct. gold, dumb-quarter repeating watch with calendar.

C. Double body of Lepine type by Tavernier, Master Mark No. 2501 with concealed hinge, reeded bezels and engine-turned back, opening by twisting the pendant, and with fixed front bezel. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and outer Arabic date ring, the number "1" in an oval frame. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, early Lepine calibre with free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant, with two polished hammers. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 34 mm.

Lepine à Paris, Invenit et Fecit, circa 1810. Extremely rare and fine silver and gold experimental watch, with special escapement.

C. Double body Empire by Tavernier (Master mark), No. 2395 with gold rims, reeded band and engine-turned back. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel by Borel, with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, the number "1" is framed by a thin line as often on Lepine's dials after 1800. M. Ver)' unusual gilt brass, Lepine calibre with fusee and chain, maintaining power, free-standing barrel, typical Robin pattern detent-lever escapement, plain brass three-armed balance with ruby end-stone, flat balance spring, Breguet type bimetallic compensation curb on the index regulator. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.

Gregson, Horloger du Roy à Paris, No. 2030, bearing the Paris hallmarks for 1774. Fine and elegant, 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with special caliber and escapement.

C. Double body of Lepine type with concealed hinge and fixed bezel with paillonne decoration over a blue champleve enamelled ground, the back of grey translucent enamel over engineturning, centred with a white opaque medaillon. Gilt brass glazed outer protecting case. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. Gilt brass, Lepine caliber with free-standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

Charles Bertrand, Horloger de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, à Paris, No. 1414, circa 1788. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl and diamondset watch.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, with split-pearl set bezels, the back of translucent blue enamel over engine-turning, with applied diamond-set initial " R". D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm-balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

Robin, aux Galeries du Louvre, à Paris, circa 1780. Extremely fine and rare mahogany centreseconds regulator with equation of time, annual calendar, astrological signs, strike, and remontoir

C. Rectangular, on four gilt bronze block feet with further gilt-metal acanthus foliage and egg-anddart mouldings surrounding the base, pediment and the four glazed sides, the top observation window with plain brass frame, the hinged front door with foliage spandrels, pendant drapery below and pearled bezel. D. White enamel by Dubuisson with Roman numerals, outer year calendar ring with the signs of the Zodiac finely painted on individuel cartouches. divided by small rosettes. Blued-steel "star" and "arrow" hands for the mean time, and gilt brass, pierced with entrelacs for the solar minutes. M. Brass rectangular with two going-barrels, 75 second remontoir with fly regulator rewinding the driving weight. Graham dead-beat escapement with half-seconds beating grid-iron pendulum with knife- edge suspension. Signed on the dial and the back plate. In very good condition. Dim. 47 x 26 x 21 mm.

Robin, No. 129, circa 1795. Very rare and important watch movement with the escapement invented by Robert Robin in 1791.

D.White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring (slightly restored and with hair lines). M. Gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, going-barrel passing through the back plate and secured by a gilt brass bridge engraved with a formai decoration. Original Robin detent-lever escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass small cock with single foot only, with engraved decoration and polished steel end-piece. Signed on the dial, the back plate engraved : Echappement de Robin, Invenit 1791. h1 good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

Robin, Horloger du Roi, No. 59, circa 1789. Very rare and important watch movement with an early lever escapement and a special temperature compensation invented in 1789.

D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds ( hair lines). M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Emery type straight line lever escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, blued-steel helical balance spring, gilt brass balance bridge engraved with a formal decoration, garnet end-stone and very unusual temperature compensation set on the border of the back plate and acting through an arm upon the regulating index. Signed on the dial, back and dial plate. h1 good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

Robin aux Galeries du Louvre, à Paris, No. 115, circa 1790. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, dumb-quarterrepeating early lever watch with Republican calendar.

C. Gold double body, Louis XV, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and calendar rings with red numerals for the three decades. Gold hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Emery type early straight line lever escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, bluedsteel helical balance spring. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant. Signed on the back and dial plate . In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.

Robin, Horloger du Roy à Paris, No. 1/907, completed in 1793, sold after his death. Rare and important silver dual calendar watch with equation of time.

C. Three body, "forme collier", with gold rims, reeded band and engine-turned back. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, eccentric, with Breguet numerals, subsidiary dials for the date and months. Blued-steel Breguet hands, sun hand for the equation of time. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance and flat balance spring. Calendar and equation work with kidney and racks, set beneath the dial on the front plate. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In good condition. Diam. 51 mm.

Gravant, Elève de Robin, à Paris, No. 23, made for Boutet, circa 1810. Extremely fine and unusual, 18 ct. three coloured gold, dumb-quarter-repeating precision watch.

C. Three body, Empire, the band chased with a garland of flowers on a matted ground, the back with an exceptional garland of flowers within an outer decoration matching that of the band. d'armes de Versailles, Paris, J. Granches, 1984. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, made by Borel (signed on the enamel back). Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, the barrel passing through the back plate, secured by a bridge, Robin detent-lever escapement, two-arm compensation balance with poising and timing screws, blued-steel helical balance spring. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant. Signed "Boutet" on the dial," Gravant" on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 61 mm.

Lambert, Elève de Robin No. 903, circa 1810. Large and fine silver centre-seconds watch with early lever escapement.

C. Three body Empire with reeded band and engine-turned back. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Bluedsteel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going-barrel, early straight line lever escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and back plate. In good condition. Diam. 65 mm.

Unsigned, circa 1792. Unique and highly important silver historical double dial, early decimal and duo-decimal watch with Republican calendar, directly asssociated with J.P. Marat and the French Revolution.

C. Three body, Louis XVI, polished. D. Enamel duo-decimal on the front with eccentric Arabic chapter-ring and regulator sector below, the border painted with a polychrome enamel landscape scene with two children. White enamel decimal dial on the back with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring with inner concentric calendar ring marked 1-30 with indication of the three decades, and bearing the inscription : J... P... Marat. Fine polished gold arrowhead hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.

Segaud à Paris, circa 1793. Fine and rare white marbie and ormolu, hour and half-hour striking, eight-day going clock with decimal time and Republican calendar.

C. Designed as a "portique" with applied ormolu foliage decoration, the columns with lion paves, an urn with flowers at the top with enamelled medallions on both sides, painted with Revolutionary symbols, a third one below the dial, with the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, small subsidiary decimal dial with Breguet numerals and outer decimal minute ring, Republican date chapter, symmetrically set below, the decades marked in red. Fine pierced and engraved gilt brass hands. M. Round with going- barrels, anchor escapement, "sunburst" pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a bell with count- wheel on the back plate. Signed on the dial. In good condition. Dim. 48 x 36 cm.