Ilhery, London, No. 7091, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1860. Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set, centre-seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Double body, Empire, with split-pearl set bezel, pendant and bow, the band with chased decoration, the enamel back panel painted with a fine allegory of temptation: a young and pretty lady is forced to choose between money and honours with an old man and love with a troubadour. Hinged gilt-brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Gold "spade" hands. M. Gilt brass, fully engraved Chinese calibre with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, plain steel five arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, diamond end-stone. Signed on the movement. Diam. 60 mm.

Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46343, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold and enamel centre-seconds watch, with special escapement.

C. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel with a fine painted scene depicting a nobleman helping his loved one to cross the stream. Hinged polished-gold cuvette with bright cut and engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Gold "spade" hands. M. Gilt-brass, fully engraved, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, five-arm polished-steel balance, ruby end-stone, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed oil the movement. Diam. 57 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 764959, case No. 2601204, Ref. 2526, circa 1957. Very fine and very rare, waterproof, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch, with 18K pink gold integrated bracelet "a mailles".

C. massive, polished, screwed back. D. white enamel with applied pink gold radiumed indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" pink gold hands. M. 12"'-600 AT Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 760429, case No. 678374, Ref. 2526, circa 1955. Very fine waterproof, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, screwed back. D. white enamel with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" gold hands. M. 12"'-600 AT Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 760429, case No. 678374, Ref. 2526, circa 1955. Very fine waterproof, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, screwed back. D. matt silver with applied diamonds indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" gold hands. M. 12"'-600 AT Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Swiss, No. 12345, attributable to the workshop of Jaquet Droz, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold and enamel watch.

C. Double body, Directoire, the fixed bezel, with white champleve enamelled decoration, the back of blue flinque enamel centred with paillonne decoration in a rosette pattern. Hinged gilt-brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold pierced hands. M. Gilt brass, drawn from the Lepine caliber with free standing barrel, the bridges engraved with foliage, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring. Numbered on the cuvette. Diam. 58 mm.

Swiss, No. 23270, Attributed to the workshop of Jaquet Droz, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set centre-seconds watch.

C. Double body, Directoire with split-pearl set fixed bezel, blue flinque enamel back panel within a splitpearl set frame and with a split-pearl inlaid centre and paillonne decorated border. Hinged gilt-brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman nmerals, outer minutes and seconds ring, gold skeletonised hands. M. Gilt-brass, Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Numbered on the cuvette. Dian. 54 mm.

Clary, Swiss, No. 11011, circa 1790. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and enamel pearl-set watch in a glazed gilt-brass protective case.

C. Double body, Directoire, with split-pearl set bezels, the enamel back panel with a very fine painted scene, depicting Demeter and Core on a blue translucent ground over engine-turning. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals. Gold Brcguet 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 dial and back plate. Diatn. 59 mm. including the glazed protecting case.

John Newton, London, No. 2604, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch.

C. Outer double body, with split-pearl set bezels, the back of blue flinque enamel. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals. Gold "arrow" hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass English cock with diamond end-stone. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 48 mm.

Richard Clarke, London, No. 2667, with London hallmarks for 1791. Fine 18K gold and enamel pair cased, pearl-set watch.

C. Outer double body, with split. pearl set bezels, the back of blue flinque enamel. Inner double body, "bassine " , polished. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals. Gold arrow hands. M. Hinged giltbrass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass English cock with diamond end-stone. Signed on the back plate. Dian. 49 mm.

Robert & Courvoisier, Geneva, No. 71448, circa 1800. Very fine 18K gold watch with an enamelled and varicoloured gold automaton scene.

C. Double body, Directoirc, polished. D. White enamel small eccentric with Breguet numerals. Gold hands. Enamel dial plate, painted with a Swiss landscape, the varicoloured gold automaton scene on the foreground with a water mill on a stream, flanked by a fisherman on the left and a horse drinking on the right, a windmill on the back. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with fiat balance spring and gilt-brass continental cock with polished-steel end-piece. The automata movements driven by means of the repeating mechanism, cams and levers instead of the usual independent train. Hinged gilt-brass dust-cap. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 53 mm.

Ilbery, London, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with varicoloured Jacks and enamelled automaton scene.

C. Double body Consular, the bezels pierced and engraved with interlaced decoration, the polished back engraved with foliage on the border and centred with a rosette. D. Small white enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Enamel dial plate, painted with a Swiss landscape, applied on the foreground with varicoloured gold automaton water wheel and a fisherman by a stream, two cherub Jacks above the dial, strike hours and quarters on two bells. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, the repeating train driving the automata by means of cams and levers. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 56 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 863741, case No. 644100, Ref. 1518, 1st series, circa 1945. Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, concave bezel. D. 18K gold matt silver plated with applied gold Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the clays of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the lunations. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 13''' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self= compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 888096, case No. 683866, Ref. 2497, circa 1954. Extremely fine and rare center second, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, concave bezel, dedicated back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the days of the month, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Feuille" pink gold hands. M. 27-SC Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dian'. 37 mm.

Abraham Cailliatte, Geneva, circa 1670, the case definitively attributed to Pierre I Huaud pere. Very fine and important 22K gold and enamel prebalance spring watch.

C. Double-body, entirely decorated in enamel, the band using a champleve technique with engraved gold foliage and rabbit hunting emblems in a deep turquoise ground, the back with a painted enamel scene of Venus and Adonis after Annibale Carracci, the interior with a landscape in the style of Gabriel Perrelle. Later gold protecting case, engine-turned in a weaved pattern. D. Enamelled gold, the centre with an allegory of Summer and white chapter-ring with Roman numerals, half and quarter-hour divisions. Single blued-steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with turned balluster pillars, fusee with gut line, three wheel train with verge escapement and plain two-arm steel balance without spring. Pierced and florally engraved oval section gilt-brass balance cock, applied pierced and engraved silver overlay surrounding the signature, the brackets supporting the worm-and-wheel regulator of similar design, with silver indicator disk. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 36 mm. excluding the later gold protecting case

Geneva or Berlin, the case enamelled by Les deux Freres Huaud les felines, circa 1686. "Atalanta and Meleager" Very fine and rare, 20K gold and enamel, pair-cased, early balance spring watch.

C. Double body, "bassine", the split bezel engraved with foliage decoration, the back painted on all surfaces with polychrome colours, the back with a scene depicting "Meleager and Atalanta, the head of the boar on her knees" after a painting from the period, the band with landscape vignettes, framed in sepia and yellow and interspersed with blue panels decorated with ribbon scrolls, signed at 6 o'clock in a cartouche: Les deux Freres Humid les felines , interior with a ruin in classical landscape after Gabriel Perelle. Outer shagreen covered protecting case with gold pique-work foliage decoration. D. White enamel with Roman chapters and half hour divisions, the centre painted with a scene depicting the death of Cleopatra. Single gilt-brass hand. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with pierced Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balance with rack and pinion regulator, short early balance spring, gilt-brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved in four separated openwork sectors allowing the balance spring to be seen. Delicate blued-steel spring and click for the ratchet wheel set-up with pierced blued- steel brackets. Signed on case. Diam. 46 mm.

J.B. Vrythoff, Hague, No. 152, case enamelled by Les deux fret-es Huaut les jeunes, circa 1686. Very fine 20K gold pair-cased watch.

C. Outer double body with glazed back, the bezels engraved with foliage. Inner double body, "bassine " form with split bezel and loose-ring pendant, the back painted in polychrome colours with a representation Charity, Quantum vis ntagnos duke... after an engraving by Crispijn do Passe (1630's), the band with landscape vignettes framed in sepia and yellow and interspersed with blue panels decorated with ribbon scrolls, signed at 6 o 'clock in a cartouche: Les deux freres Huaut les jeunes, interior with a ruin in classical landscape in the style of Gabriel Perrelle. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Gold Louis XIV hands. M. Later custom made hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with mock pendulum, flat balance spring. Gilt-brass Dutch cock with pendulum aperture, chased with a seated Bacchus drinking a glass of wine. Diam. 49 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 1119805, case No. 2808587, Ref. 3450, 2nd series, circa 1984. Very fine astronomic, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, and leap year display.

C. massive, polished, satined, lapidated triangular lugs. D. matt silver with applied yellow gold indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the lunations and the leap year display. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. 27-460 Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 1119323, case No. 2998722, Ref. 3448, made in 1973, sold on 18 February 1974. Extremely fine and unique, astronomic, self-winding, platinum and sapphires gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, satined, transparent back, lapidated triangular lugs. D. matt silver with sapphireset indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Dauphine" platinum hands. M. 27-460 Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Accompanied by Ex/racd from the Archives. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.

Ilbery, London, No. 6094, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815. The case enamelled by Victor Dupont. "Ulysses' farewell" Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and enamel centreseconds watch, with special escapement.

C. Double body with fixed bezel, of the type used for watches made for the Chinese Market, bezels and pendant with champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel painted with a scene from the Odyssey, depicting Ulysses leaving Nausicaa, the daughter of the King Alcinous. hinged gold cuvette engraved with decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds ring. Gold "spade" hands. M. 22"', gilt brass, Chinese calibre, with engraved free standing barrel and bridges, single wheel duplex escapement, plain polished-steel five-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator and diamond end-stone. Signed on the movement. The enamel painted scene signed: V. Dupont Ft. Diam. 59 mm.