660 lots

LOT 61

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 719, sold to Mr. Charles de Wendel on 15 December 1906, for 225 Francs. Fine silver keyless watch with chronograph and 30 minute instantaneous recorder, accompanied by the original bordeaux leather fitted box.

C. Three body, massive "bassine ", polished, the back engraved with a dedication dated: 16 March 1907. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Gold "spade " hands. M. 18"' , gilt brass, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Chronograph with visible work and button on the winding crown. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: B

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 7,130

LOT 62

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet, 12 rue de la Paix, Paris, No. 2426, completed in July 1898, sold to Mr. Charles de Wendel on June 10 1905, for 3000 Francs. Very fine and rare Silver "hump-back", eight day going, Grande and Petite Sonnerie carriage clock with alarm, accompanied by the original red fitted box and the original key.

C. One piece, polished with hinged bezel and back door. Four bun-feet and silver chain handle. D. Engine-turned gilt plate, the circular silver engineturned dial with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, inner alarm setting ring. Blued steel "spade " hands. M. Shaped gilt brass plates with turned pillars, going barrel for both the going and the striking trains. Horizontal gilt platform with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Striking, repeating and alarm on two gongs, repeating button on the top and Grande Sonnerie/Petite Sonnerie/Silent lever on the back plate. Signed on the dial and movement. Dim. 16 x 11.8 x 8 cm.

Grading System: B

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 80,500

LOT 63

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 3410, sold to Simen et Cie on 19 November 1918, for 1350 francs. Very fine, "Art Deco ", tonneau shaped, platinum gentleman's wristwatch, accompanied by original fitted box.

C. shaped, massive, polished. D. matt silver with painted radial Arabic numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 9"' rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balancespring. Dial and case signed, numbered on the dial and the case. Dim. 23 x 28 mm.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 64

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 491, sold to Mme Netcher on 31 March 1925, for 4500 Francs. Very elegant 18K pink gold and stainless steel, keyless dress watch.

C. Three piece, massive, "variee " , by Verger No. 8802, with polished pink gold bezels and bow, satine white gold back with the inlaid pink gold monogram "G.V.A. " D. Frosted silver with applied pink gold cubic Arabic numerals. Blued steel "cathedrales" hands. M. 15 1/2"', gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

LOT 65

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 1403/682, sold to Mademoiselle Vrouska on 15 September 1924, for 1500 francs. Very fine, "Art Deco " 18K gold gentlemen ' s wristwatch.

C. curved, massive, polished, hinged back, screwed bars. D. matt silver with painted radial Arabic numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 9"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 4082. Dim. 22 x 42 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 7,130

LOT 66

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 4475/468, sold to Mr. Guggenheim on 31 March 1922, for 2500 Francs. Fine burr elm veneered quarter repeating eight day going Petite Sonnerie striking carriage clock with alarm.

C. Rectangular burr elm veneered with sliding back door, gilt bronze engine-turned bezel and four bun feet. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, eight-day with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, gilt brass platform escapement with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Quarter striking, repeating and alarm on two gongs with gilt brass button sunk on the top, small enamel alarm setting dia and Petite Sonnerie/Silent, optional lever on the back plate. Signed on the dial and back plate. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 4078. Dim. 18 x 12 x 9 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 15,000 - 18,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 67

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 1102, completed on 1925, sold to Mr. Tadrous on 8 August 1933, for 5800 Francs. Fine and unusual 18K two coloured gold keyless wandering- time dress watch with jumping digital hour and regular minute hand, in original red leather fitted box.

C. Three piece, "Empire" , polished with reeded band white gold rims, winding crown and bow, the back engraved: "1928 - 10 - 9 - 1933". D. Fixed matted silver Arabic minute ring, inner concentric revolving engine-turned disc with the digital jumping hour aperture. Gold "baton" minute hand. M. 15 1/2"', rhodium plated, ebauche by J. Richard, "fausses cotes " decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. Diann. 46 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 68

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 1294, sold to Mr. Robert Kahn on 10 June 1927, for 8000 Francs. Fine 18K white gold keyless wandering-time dress watch.

C. Three piece, "variee", satire with polished bevelled bezels. D. Fixed matted silver ring with Arabic minute numerals, the time indicated by a revolving central disc with guilloche arrow, the digital jump hour visible in an aperture pierced through the point of the arrow. M. 16 "' , rhodium plated, " fausses cotes " decoration, ebauche by R. Cart, 19jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjusments, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the movement. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: B

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

LOT 69

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 2046, sold to Mr. Fraisse on 16 April 1942. Fine 18K gold keyless wandering-time dress watch, accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Three piece, "variee carrure ronde", polished with bevelled bezels. D. Fixed matted silver ring with Arabic minute numerals, the time indicated by a revolving central disc with guilloche arrow, the digital jump hour visible in an aperture pierced through the point of the arrow. M. 16"', rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, ebauche by R. Cart, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjusments, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the movement. Diam. 45 mm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

LOT 70

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 1485, sold to Mr. Emin, on 30 September 1929, for 10000 Francs. Fine silver "hump-back", eight day going, moon phase astronomical table time-piece, accompanied by the original green leather fitted travelling box.

C. One piece, polished with hinged back door. D. Satine silvered with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, sunk subsidiary dials for clays of the week, months of the leap-year cycle, dates and subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 23"', rhodium plated, " fausses cotes " decoration 18 jewels, five wheel train, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the movement. With Breguet letter date 14 April 1958. Dim. 11 x 9.5 x 5 cm.

CHF 60,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

LOT 71

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 1963,sold to Mr. Jean Brenot, in 1928, for 4000 Francs. Extremely fine, early, and probably unique, large, tonneau-shaped, 18K yellow gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with coaxial single button chronograph on the winding-crown, register and tachometer.

C. bicoloured, shaped, massive, polished, satined, lapidated lugs, stainless steel bezel, screwed bars. D. matt silver with painted Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, at the centre, spiral tachometric scale. "Moderne" blued steel hands. M. 15 - rhodium plated, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance Breguet balancespring, the coaxial single button on the windingcrown. is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph. Dial and case signed, numbered on the dial and case. Dim. 37 x 47 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 78,200

LOT 72

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet, No. 1239, sold to Legrand et Secret on 24 December 1932, for 2900 francs. Fine 18K white gold lady's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, wire lugs. D. matt silver with painted radial Roman numerals. "Breguet " blued steel hands. M. 9 "' gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balancespring. Dial and movement signed, numbered on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 28 mm.

CHF 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 73

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 2985, sold to Mr. le Marquis du Bourg on 16 May 1934, for 2500 Francs. Fine and elegant 18K gold, keyless dress watch accompanied by the original brown leather fitted box.

C. Three piece, massive, "demi-bassine " , polished, the back engraved with the crowned monogram "B.B.B.", the date: 20 May 1934 engraved inside the back. D. Frosted silver with Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 16- , rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 3962. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: B

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,795

LOT 74

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet, No. 3814, sold to Mr. Gaston Boulogne on 30 November 1940, for 13500 francs. Very fine, platinum and diamonds lady's wristwatch with 18K white gold snake bracelet.

C. massive, polished, bezel and mobile croissant lugs set with baguette, square and round diamonds. D. silver with engraved painted Arabic numerals and indexes. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. 4"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, lever escapement, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring. Signed on the case, numbered on the dial, case and movement. Dim. 11 x 41 mm.

Grading System: B

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,590

LOT 75

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 2742, sold to Mr. Bishop on 20 August 1931, for 4700 Francs. Very elegant 18K two coloured gold, keyless dress watch, accompanied by the original brown leather fitted box.

C. Three piece, massive, "Empire", polished with reeded band, white gold rims and bow. D. Silver engine-turned, with Roman numerals on a polished chapter and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 16"' , rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 7,130

LOT 76

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 2775, sold to Mr. Fraisse on 5 September 1940, for 35000 Francs. Very fine and rare 18K gold, keyless self winding watch.

C. Three body, massive, "forme quatre baguettes " , polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with Roman numerals on a polished eccentric chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and a sector engraved with Up-and-Down scale calibrated to 60 hours. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 19"' rhodium plated with "fausses cotes" decoration, 22 jewels, relieved for the oscillating platinum winding weight, pivoted beneath the dial on the edge of the front plate. Straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. With certificate No. 3929. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

LOT 77

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 3948, sold to Mr. Schell on 10 October 1938, for 3800 Francs. Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with olive shaped single button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. massive, polished, reeded band, monogrammed back: "W.". D. matt silver with painted enamel Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille " gold hands. M. 13''' gilt brass, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balancespring. Signed on the dial, numbered on the dial and movement. Diam. 33 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

LOT 78

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No 4172 sold to Mr. Paquette on 24 April 1940, for 2880 Francs. Very fine and rare, stainless steel "Staybrite" gentleman's wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph register and telemeter.

C. polished, satined, monogrammed back: `J.P.P.". D. black with painted gold Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer telemeter graduation. "Baton" gold hands. M. 13"' gilt brass, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Signed on the dial, numbered on the dial, case and the movement. Diam. 33 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 10,350

LOT 79

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 4360, sold to Mr. Hayes on 31 July 1947. Very fine and rare 18K white and yellow gold, moon phase astronomical keyless minute repeating watch with perpetual calendar, power reserve indication, chronograph and tachometer with instantaneous 60 minute recorder.

C. Three piece massive, "Empire " , polished with white gold reeded band and bow (trace of a filled monogram). Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, the tachometer scale calculated to the base of 1000, subsidiary dials for days of the week, minute register with inner Up-and-Down half-moon sector, the months of the year and the dates with inner subsidiary seconds and concentric moon phase aperture. Gold Breguet hands. M. 19"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balances, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. chronograph with visible work, button on the winding crown and push-piece in the band. Signed and numbered on the dial. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 4055. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

Sold: CHF 179,500

LOT 80

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

Breguet No. 4784, sold on 15 January 1946. Very fine 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, reeded band. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. "Baton" gold hands. M. 8"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Signed and numbered on the dial. Diam. 31 mm

CHF 7,000 - 8,000