Ester a Paris, circa 1700. Fine silver Louis XIV "oignon" with mock pendulum
C. Double body "oignon", the back centred with roundels. D. White enamel "a bosses" with raised Roman numerals. Blued steel hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulator, fine silver Louis XIV cock, pierced with a pendulum aperture and engraved with the French Royal arms below a figure of Sun and flanked on either sides by cherubs. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,900
Cornibert a Dijon, circa 1710. Fine silver Louis XIV "Oignon" with single hand and alarm.
C. Double body "oignon", polished. D. White enamel "a bosses " with Roman numerals and inner white enamel alarm setting disc (slightly restored). Blued steel single hand and pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance with short balance spring and gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Alarm train with gilt brass engraved fixed barrel, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Double body, polished. D. Gilt brass with Roman numerals on enamel cartouches. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, gilt brass cock applied with a fine enamel plaque with a lady's portrait, the breast partly denuded, painted on a black ground in the manner of the Huaud's workshop. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 8,050
C. Double body "oignon " , silver overlaid gilt brass, polished. D. White enamel "a bosses" with Roman numerals. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulator, the large gilt brass Louis XIV cock finely pierced and engraved with foliage, flags and quivers. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 3,680
C. massive, polished, satined, screwed back, stepped sides, fluted lugs. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" gold hands. M. 27 460 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Dram. 35 min.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
C. massive, polished, lapidated lugs, screwed back. D. satined silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" gold hands. M. 27-460 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diatn. 35 mm.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
C. polished, screwed back. D. matt silver with engraved indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" steel hands. M. 12 400 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 34 mm.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,830
C. massive, polished, satined, screwed back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" gold hands. M. 27 460 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,210
C. massive, polished, screwed back, anti-magnetic protecting cap. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" gold hands. M. 12 "' 400 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodiumed, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, gold lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 12,075
C. Double body, oignon, polished. D. White enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and inner calendar ring (slightly restored on the winding hole border), moon phase aperture on the gilt brass centre engraved with scrolled foliage. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, the going train with fixed barrel, 30 hour power reserve indicator, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring with worm-screw regulator, fine gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with foliage. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 22,425
Castel a Bourg (en Bresse), France, circa 1710. Very fine gilt brass and enamel watch.
C. Double body, bassine with split bezel and loosering pendant, the bezel engraved with foliage decoration, the back enamelled with a fine scene depicting Amphitrite, surrounded by Tritons and Nereides, and drawn by dolphins, the band with four gold framed vignettes with houses in lake-side landscapes (slightly restored), the interior painted with a rural scene in which a traveller walks along the banks of a river, towards a bridge leading to a castle. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, plain brass threearm balance, short flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV cock. Signed on the back plate, also fully engraved with foliage. hn very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.
CHF 22,000 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 27,600
C. Double body "oignon", engraved with inhabited foliage, the back centred with a scene depicting Venus with four cherubs, holding a cornucopia. D. Gilt brass with Roman numerals and Arabic minute chapters on enamel cal-touches. Blued steel hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three arm balance, short flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulator, fine gilt brass Louis XIV cock with pendulum aperture, engraved with inhabited foliage and centred with the profile figure of a warrior. Signed on the cock and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 65 nun.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 10,350
C. Double body, oignon, engraved with scrolls and inhabited Foliage. D. Embossed white enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring (slightly restored on the border). Gold and blued-steel hands. M. Hinged gilt brass Full plate with turned baluster pillars, long and thin fusee with chain. Highly unusual anchor escapement of "tic-tac" type, plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV cock, pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 21,275
C. Rectangular, black painted with brushed cover. D. L.E.D (Digital Luminescent Electrical display) M. Electronic with automatic time-setting by radio and an electronic bondage system built in such a way, in case of chop in voltage of the external battery of 10% of its nominal value, the outgoing impulse will be set off and memorised as long as the voltage drop is not greater than 25%. As soon as the external battery voltage reaches the necessary level, the polarised impulse will catch up the time lost at an accelerated race and the programmer relays will instantaneously regain their programmed position in function of the actual time. Dim. 34 x 23,5 x 6,5
CHF 1,200 - 1,400
Sold: CHF 2,185
C. Rectangular, painted in grey. D. Silvered with Roman numerals and indexes. Black peinted "batons" hands. M. Driven by the master clock. Dim. 32 x 26,5 x 9,5
CHF 1,200 - 1,400
Sold: CHF 1,955
C. Double rectangular, grey painted metal, designed as two drawers with each two lateral handles, the lace brushed. D. Black with Arabic numerals and outer Arabic centre seconds ring. White "batons" hands. Four black subsidiary dials. M. Electronic, with automatic hand-setting by radio and an electronic bondage system and line module with distributor for 5 lines and digital videoquartz clock, for hours, minutes, seconds and tenth of seconds. External aerial. Each signed on the front face. In very good condition. Dim. Each: 26,6 x 42,4 x 23,4 cm.
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 6,785
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 700100, model 11071, made in the 1970's. Electronic time central.
C. Rectangular, grey painted metal, designed as two drawers with each two lateral handles, the face brushed. D. Black with Arabic numerals and outer Arabic centre seconds ring. White "batons" hands. Four black subsidiary dials. M. Electronic, with automatic hand-setting by radio and an electronic bondage system and line module with distributor for 5 lines and digital vicleoquartz clock, for hours, minutes, seconds and tenth of seconds. External aerial. Signed on the front face. In very good condition. Dim. 26,6 x 42,4 x 23,4
CHF 1,500 - 1,800
Sold: CHF 1,725
C. massive, polished, screwed back, reeded bezel, back winder. D. "guilloche" white with applied gold indexes. "Baton" burnished steel hands. M. 1-350 Geneva Quality I-Tall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 28 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self= compensating Breguet balance-spring, hi-directional winding, 18K gold rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,325
C. massive, polished, screwed back, reeded bezel, back winder. D. champagne with applied gold indexes. "Baton" gold hands. M. 1-350 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 28 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, bi-directional winching, 18K gold rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Dram. 35 mm.
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
C. polished, satinet, screwed back. D. matt silver with applied steel indexes. "Baton " steel hands. M. 23 300 PM Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, mobile stud bearer. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Dim. 35 x 40 mm.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,335