263 lots

LOT 1

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

George Smith Fecit, circa 1610. Highly important and very fine gold, enamel and diamond pendant watch.

C. Elliptical, two body, the band of bombé form decorated with white crescent designs on a black ground, mounted with eleven diamond-set gold motifs secured by pins on the interior of the case. Back and hinged cover set with gold and diamond motifs of matching design. Interior of cover centred with turquoise enamel within a border of blue translucent enamel on a flinqué ground, the interior of the back with turquoise counter enamel in the centre. Loose-ring pendant. D. Gold dial plate decorated in champlevé enamel with a scene of Jonah being swallowed by the whale, the storm winds represented by winged cherubs above, the centre with a trophy of arms. Black enamelled Roman and Arabic numerals for XII and 24 hours. Single bluedsteel tulip hand. M. Oval gilt brass plates with turned balluster and plain two-arm steel balance. Irregular pierced and engraved with floral decoration, cock, secured by a pin, the ratchet wheel set-up with matching click cock and blued-steel spring. Signed on the backplate. In very good condition. Dim. 50 x 31 mm.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

LOT 2

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Thomas Shepherd fecit, circa 1620. Very rare gilt-metal and rock crystal watch of lobed form, with double six-hour dial.

C. Two-piece engraved frame, the borders with a hatched pattern, the interior with delicate foliage, duo-decagonal lobed rock crystal back and hinged cover, loose-ring pendant and button finial. D. Oval, gilt-brass with engraved Roman chapters calibrated I-V and VI-XII on two concentric rings, with foliage engraved border and centre. Bluedsteel tulip pattern hand (replaced). M. Oval, partially engraved gilt-brass plates and turned balluster pillars, fusee with gut, short train with verge escapement, plain two-arm steel balance without spring. Irregular open-work florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a pin. Worm-and-wheel set-up with silver regulator disc. Signed on the movement. In good condition. Dim. 51 x 32 mm.

CHF 22,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 3

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Robert Grinkin, circa 1625. Fine and rare early gilt brass and silver prebalance spring watch.

C. Oval double body , the silver band with foliage decoration, the outer cover engraved with the arms of John Stephens, Attorney general to Henry Prince of Wales and Charles I and the inner face with a laurel wreath. D. Silver chapter ring with Roman numerals applied on the gilt brass dial-plate engraved with inhabited foliage. Elaborate blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass oval full plate with round baluster pillars, the back plate with engraved foliate band on the border, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement, plain steel twoarm balance without spring, irregular florally pierced gilt brass cock secured by a pin, ratchet wheel set-up with matching cock. Signed on the back plate In good condition. Dim. 58 x 35 mm.

CHF 24,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 4

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Edward East, circa 1630. Very fine silver and rock crystal crucifix watch, with original silver fitted protecting case.

C. Gilt-brass two piece frame engraved with patchwork. Hinged faceted rock crystal cover and back, loose-ring pendant and button finial. Silver shaped two body, polished. D. Hinged silver dial plate engraved with angels and crucifixion below. Engraved chapter ring with Roman numerals. Single turned beetle blued -steel hand. M. Shaped gilt-brass plate with early pierced Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut line, three wheel train, verge escapement, twoarm steel balance without spring, irregular silver oval foliage pierced and engraved cock with matching cock for the ratchet wheel set-up. Signed on the back plate. In excellent condition. Dim. 56 x 38 mm. including the outer case.

CHF 160,000 - 180,000

Sold: CHF 171,250

LOT 5

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Edward East, Londini, circa 1660. Very fine and rare silver gilt pair cased prebalance spring clock-watch.

C. Double body, bassine with split bezel and loosering pendant, the band pierced and engraved with Summer flowers, the back similarly chased on a matt ground. Leather covered protecting case with silver piqué work decoration (leather work restored) . D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals. Fine blued steel tulip band. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with plain brass three-arm balance without spring, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced blued steel bracket and silver regulator disc, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Striking the hours on a bell , the train with gilt brass fixed barrel and silver count wheel on the back plate. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 62 mm.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

LOT 6

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

John Charlton in King Street, circa 1635. Very fine and rare silver mounted rock-crystal watch with solid silver movement.

C.Two body, silver front frame only with chevron engraved border, hinged to pierced and engraved mounting brackets with loose-ring pendant and button finial. Octagonal faceted rock crystal cover and back. D. Silver champlevé chapter ring with Roman numerals, applied on the silver octagonal dial plate florally engraved with a small landscape to the centre. M. Hinged oval, silver full plate with early pierced Egyptian pillars, three wheel train, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement, two-arm steel balance without spring, irregular silver florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw, ratchet wheel set-up with matching cock. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Dim. 43 x 24 mm.

CHF 100,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 115,000

LOT 7

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Richard Masterson, circa 1635. Fine and rare early gilt brass and silver prebalance spring watch.

C. Oval double body , the silver band with foliage decoration, slightly later floral and foliage decoration of the silver cover and back. D. Silver chapter ring with Roman numerals applied on the gilt brass dial-plate engraved with a winged angel's head and foliage. Blued steel single band. M. Hinged gilt brass oval full plate with engraved square baluster pillars, the back plate with engraved foliate band on the border, three wheel train, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement, plain steel two-arm balance without spring, irregular florally pierced gilt brass cock secured by a pin, ratchet wheel set-up with matching cock. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Dim. 58 x 40 mm.

CHF 24,000 - 26,000

LOT 8

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Henry Grendon at the Royal Exchange Fecit, circa 1645. Highly important 22ct.gold, enamel and diamondset pendant watch, painted by a Blois artist en grisaille on a bleu mourant ground.

C. Gold bassine form, entirely enamelled inside and out in deep turquoise blue, the back with an exceptionally well executed scene of an Allegory of Spring «Flora and Cupido»painted in a stipple-point technique, the band with 6 oval vignettes depicting a series of ruin landscapes, seperated by cartouches of dark grey decorated with gold points (some invisible repairs to edge). Interior with an extensive landscape of trees, ruins and people, with dark band under the rim. Plain loose-ring pendant. Diamond-set gold bezel. D. Gold, with white enamel chapter-ring, Roman numerals and half-hour points, the centre with a simple landscape on bleu mourant ground. Single engraved and gilt tulip hand. M. Circular, gilt plates, fusee with gut line, early pattern pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, short train, verge escapement with plain two-arm balance without spring, irregular oval pinned cock engraved with flowers, worm-and-wheel set-up, with blued-steel brackets and rubricated silver disk. Signed on the movement In very good condition. Diam: 52mm.

CHF 0 - 0

Sold: CHF 391,250

LOT 9

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Christopher Gould Fecit, circa 1650. Rare and fine small oval silver 'Puritan' verge watch.

C. Two-body, plain, polished silver, closed cover. Loose-ring pendant. D. Oval, located by four lugs, engraved chapter-ring with Roman numerals, hall and quarter hour marks. Single blued-steel hand. M. Oval gilt-brass plates, early Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut line, short train, plain twoarm steel balance without spring. Irregular pattern oval cock pierced with foliage. Matching worm and wheel set-up brackets(most unusual to be in gilt brass rather than blued-steel),silver indicating disk. Signed on the backplate. In very good condition.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 10

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Jacobus Markwick, Londini, circa 1680. Very rare and fine silver pair-cased verge watch with early' Barrow 'straight-line balance spring regulator.

C. Outer: Two-body, plain, polished, concave bezel, square hinge. hmer: Two-body, plain, poished with split bezel and loose-ring pendant. D. Silver champleve, Roman hour numerals, hall and quarter hour marks, centre with a chased rosette. Single blued steel hand( repaired). M. Gilt-brass full-plate with pierced tulip pillars, fusee with chair, short train, plain three-arm steel balance with flat spiral spring, Barrow regulator. Openwork pierced English cock with irregular foot. Signed on the movement. h1 very good condition. Diam.: 52mm.

CHF 9,000 - 12,000

LOT 11

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Joseph Munday, Londini, circa 1665. Fine and rare silver pair cased, moon phase astronoinical pre-balance spring watch.

C. Outer double body, polished, marked "I.E.". hmer double body, bassine, polished with split bezel and loose-ring pendant. D. Small silver eccentric with Roman numerals, the centre pierced and engraved with strawberry flowers. Blued steel single hand. Small subsidiary silver dial for date, month, the signs of the Zodiac and time of the London tides. Matt gilt brass dial-plate with hands pointing to the apertures for days of the week with their corresponding planet symbols, phase and age of the moon. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with early Egyptian pillars, three wheel short train, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement with steel two-arm balance without spring, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced blued steel brackets and silver regulator dise, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 56 mm.

CHF 24,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 12

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Joseph Knibb, London, circa 1670. Very fine and rare silver pre-balance spring clockwatch.

C. Double body, bassine with split bezel and loose ring pendant, the border of the back pierced and engraved with a fine floral decoration, the winding holes with shutters. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals. Later blued steel hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with plain brass three-arm balance wheel foliot, wormandwheel set-up with pierced blued steel bracket and silver regulator disc, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Striking the hours on a bell , the train with gilt brass fixed barrel and count wheel on the back plate. Signed on the back plate. In good condition with some restoration. Diam. 58 mm.

CHF 20,000 - 22,000

LOT 13

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Joseph Knibb, London, circa 1690 Extremely rare eight-day duration night-clock with silent escapement.

C. Contemporary style ebony veneered oak with double stage moulded pelmet (a replacement without provision for smoke evacuation), barley twist pillars and gilt bronze mounts. D. Gilt brass finely engraved in perspective with columns and vertical floral decoration, painted in the centre with scene of two riders dismounted in a landscape standing beside their horses and with dog; arched slot above to show the hour numeral transit against quarter hour indications engraved above, the hour numerals pierced on a blue ground and flanked by cavorting cherubs. M. Rectangular, brass, full plate, fully enclosed; turned banded pillars, horizontal verge escapement with steel pallet arm and pendulum rod, pallets restored, fusee and wire line replacing the original gut. Signed on the dial "Joseph Knibb Londini fecit". Dim. 52 x 39.5 x 22 cm. In very good condition.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

LOT 14

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

George Thomlinson, Londoni, circa 1675. Fine silver pair cased pre-balance spring watch with single hand.

C. Outer double body, silver mounted, shagreen covered with silver piqué work decoration. Inner double body, bassine, polished, with loose ring pendant. D. Unusual silver champlevé with Roman numerals in square cartouches. Blued steel turned single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with early Egyptian pillars, three wheel short train, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement with steel two-arm balance without spring, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced blued steel brackets and silver regulator disc, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. h1 very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 15

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Daniel Quare, London, No. 4108, circa 1680. Fine early silver pair cased watch with a single hand.

C. Outer double body tortoise-shell covered with piqué work decoration (damaged). Inner double body, bassine with split bezel, polished. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals. Single blued steel tulip hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage, an eagle at the top. Signed on the dial and back plate. h1 good condition. Diam. 54 mm.

CHF 4,500 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 5,175

LOT 16

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Daniel Quare, London, No. 568, circa 1680. Fine and rare silver watch with alarm.

C. Double body bassine with split bezel and loosering pendant, the back finely engraved with an eagle, the head of an angel, foliage and flowers, the border finely pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals, inner silver revolving alarm setting dise with Arabic numerals. Blued steel single hand and pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with "tulip" pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance with flat balance spring and gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage. Alarm train with gilt brass pierced and engraved fixed barrel, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. h1 very good condition. Diam. 48 mm.

CHF 0 - 0

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 17

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Daniel Quare, London, No. 1897, circa 1690. Fine and rare silver pair cased watch.

C. Outer double body, tortoise-shell covered with piqué work decoration. Inner double body, bassine, polished, marked "W.I.". D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

CHF 4,000 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 4,715

LOT 18

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Daniel Quare, London, No. 2782, circa 1700. Very fine and rare silver watch.

C. Double body "oignon" type, polished. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, aperture for the regulator below "XII". Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock, pierced and engraved with a mask, flowers and scrolled foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 19

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Daniel Quare, London, No. 4108, with London hallmarks for 1714. Fine and rare 22 ct. gold pair-cased watch.

C. Outer double body, polished, marked "A.R.". hnzer double body, bassine, polished, marked "W.I. ". D. White enamelled on gold with sunk centre, Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, aperture for the blued steel regulator disc with gold inlaid numerals and divisions. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands, the minute one arched to clear the regulator and winding squares. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock with small solid foot, large table with two supporting brackets, pierced and engraved with foliage, diamond endstone. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

CHF 22,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 20

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

Thomas Tompion, London, No. 986, circa 1685, case with London hallmarks for 1717. Very fine and rare early 22 ct. gold pair cased watch.

C. Outer and inner double body polished, marked " LW", (John Ward) the outer case engraved with a monogram below a Ducal crown. D. Gold champlevé with Roman numerals and ou ter Arabic minute ring, matt ground. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass florally engraved, open work cock with irregular foot, early Tompion rack and pinion regulator. Signed on the dial and the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 53 mm.

CHF 45,000 - 50,000