Charles Bruguier, rue des Paquis No. 5 a Geneve, No. 385, watch movement by Huguenin & Berney a Geneve, circa 1840. Very fine silver gilt and enamel, singing bird box with built-in watch, in original fitted box.

C. Two part with lobed corners, entirely engraved with flowers over an engine-turned ground, the cover enamelled with painted bunches of flowers against a blue ground. Compartment on the front panel for the watch with hinged cover. The lid enamelled with a finely painted view of a park, a couple of swans in a pound on the foreground, a bunch of flowers on the enamel backing. Pierced and engraved gilt-brass grid. Multicolour feathered bird with moving body, wings, tail, opening beak and turning head. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Brass plate, fusee with chain, 7 stacked cams, fly regulator and rectangular bellow. Watch movement: Square 12"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Singing bird signature punched on the movement and scratched on a bridge. Watch signature on the movement. Dim. 95 x 60 x 37 mm.

Wurm, Austrian, circa 1830. Fine and unusual, small, Biedermeier, 14K gold gemset zappler timepiece, with special escapement and visible balance.

C. Repousse, chased and engraved, designed as a small bracket clock, the repousse front face finely chased with garlands of flowers and acanthus in the baroque style, set with garnets and split-pearls, garnet set bezel, balance aperture above the dial, pine cone finial, side, top and back panels engraved with foliage decoration. D. Engine-turned with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. Shaped brass full plate with going barrel, star-wheel duplex escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with green translucent enamelled rim oscillating over a gold engine-turned plate, flat balance spring, garnet and pearl-set straight line cock. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 65 x 40 x 23 mm.

Wurm, Austrian, circa 1830. Fine and unusual, small, Biedermeier, 14K gold gemset zappler timepiece, with special escapement and visible balance.

C. Repousse, chased and engraved, designed as a small bracket clock, the repousse front face finely chased with garlands of flowers and acanthus in the baroque style, set with garnets and split-pearls, garnet set bezel, balance aperture above the dial, pine cone finial, side, top and back panels engraved with foliage decoration. D. Engine-turned with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. Shaped brass full plate with going barrel, star-wheel duplex escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with green translucent enamelled rim oscillating over a gold engine-turned plate, flat balance spring, garnet and pearl-set straight line cock. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 65 x 40 x 23 mm.

Mathieu Planchon, Paris, No. 1477, circa 1895. Very fine and unique, one month going, expanding fan clock.

C. The fan "a la brisee" is made of thirteen ivory light sticks linked by a blue silk ribbon with gilt decoration and painted with a scene depicting Ulysse and Diomedes, discovering Achilles, dressed as a maiden, between the daughters of Lycomedes. It is pivoted as an ordinary folding fan and applied on a velvet covered strut. Each of the sticks, is painted with an Arabic hour chapter. The time is shown by a serpent shaped index on the first stick on the left, whilst the fan unfolds stick by stick and flies back when fully developed, driven through the pivot by the movement, fitted on the back of the strut, in a giltbrass box with hinged back door. M. Large brass rectangular, with cylindrical pillars and large going barrel, pointed tooth lateral lever escapement with bimetallic balance and Breguet balance spring. Mechanism on the back plate, driving the development and folding back of the fan by means of a cam, a spring loaded lever and rack and pinion. Signed on the back door and back plate of the movement. Dim. of the strut: 24 x 39 x 15 cm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 867806, case No. 658590, Ref. 130, circa 1950. Very fine 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. massive, polished, satined. D. pink with applied pink gold indexes and Roman numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Baton " pink gold hands. M. 13"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 831148, case No. 614321, made in 1936 and sold on 8 February 1938. Very rare and heavy, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with original fitted box.

C. massive, polished, stepped lateral sides, fluted bezel. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 9 "'-90 tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 41 mm. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 920838, case No. 296996, circa 1940. Fine and unusual, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, straight lugs. D. two-tone champagne with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille " gold hands. M. 12"'-120 rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 830836, case No. 613019, circa 1935. Fine rectangular "bombe", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, hinged back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds dial_ "Feuille" gold hands. M. 9"'-90 tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 20 x 37 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No 830180, case No 611661, circa 1934. Very fine and rare, rectangular, two-tone, 18K white and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. bi-colour, massive, polished, bevelled bezel and crystal. D. matt silver with painted indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" blued steel hands. M. 9"'-90 tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 20 x 36 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 830833, case No. 503551, circa 1935. Fine and elegant, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, stepped sides and lugs, dedicated back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille " gold hands. M. 9 "'-90 tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 21 x 36 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 823435, case No. 610600, circa 1934. Fine rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, lapidated lugs. D. matt silver with painted indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 38 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 826580, case No. 614821, circa 1939. Extremely fine and rare, horizontal rectangular, 18K white and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. bi-colour, massive, polished, satined, curved pink gold hooded lugs bearing a double row of white gold stripes, white gold coated bevelled bezel, pink gold case, bevelled crystal, dedicated back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 9 3/4"' tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 33 mm.

Bury a Paris, circa 1690. "The Triumph of Galatea" Fine gilt-brass Louis XIV oignon with single hand.

C. Double body oignon, engraved with a mask and inhabited foliage, the back chased with a mythological scene depicting Galatea scatted on her chariot designed as a cockle-shell drawn by dolphins, accompanied by Triton blowing a conch horn; above the head of Galatea, an arch of drapery symbolising the Roman spirit of the an and Amoretti flying and aiming arrows at her. 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, fine giltbrass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and centred with the head of a warrior. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 51 mm.

Jn. Curtis, London, No. 4033 made for the Dutch Market, with London hallmarks for 1778. Very fine 22K gold triple cased repousse watch.

C. Gilt-brass sharkskin covered protecting case. Outer gold double body, the bezel repousse with floral and rocaille decoration, the back repousse in high relief with a mythological scene, the border repousse with decoration matching that of the bezel. Inner "bassine " , polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring with arched divisions. Blued-steel "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with elaborated pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass Dutch style cock pierced and engraved with foliage decoration. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 54 mm.

Allen Walker, No. 301, made for the Dutch Market, circa 1760. "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" Fine 20K gold pair-cased watch with repousse case.

C. Double body outer, the bezel chased with floral and rocaille decoration, the back repousse in high relief with a scene depicting the Queen of Sabat in front of King Solomon (I Kings 10:1-13), a camel in the background. Double body "bassine" inner, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring with arched divisions. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass Dutch style cock pierced and engraved with a crowned head in profile of an old man, surmounted by a winged sand-glass and flanked by two scythes. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 46 mm.

Citzschkaw, London, No. 178, circa 1720. Unusual gilt-bronze watch with inverted movement and mock pendulum.

C. Double body oignon type, plain, the back with a winding hole shutter. D. Eccentric silver champleve with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring with the mock pendulum aperture below, the small disc for the regulator on the left and a mock one symmetrically placed on the right. Blued-steel "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass inverted full plate with elaborated Egyptian pillars, the back plate engraved with masks and foliage, verge escapement, plain steel balance with mock pendulum, set beneath the dial on the front plate, short flat balance spring. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 53 mm.

Torun, London, circa 1700. Fine and unusual gilt-brass and silver moon phase astronomical Louis XIV oignon with full calendar.

C. Double body gilt brass oignon, fully overlaid with polished silver. D. Matted gilt brass with apertures for the clays of the week, the month and the four parts of the day, subsidiary silver chapter rings for the time with Roman hours numerals, the date and the age of the moon with inner moon phase aperture. Bluedsteel baluster turned hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, English gilt-brass cock, flat balance spring. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 57 mm.

Jeremie Gregory, Royal Exchange (London), circa 1665. Fine silver pair-cased pre-balance spring watch.

C. Double body shark-skin covered outer. Double body inner "bassine " , polished with split bezel and loose-ring pendant. D. Silver with Roman numerals, the centre engraved with a scene depicting a shepherd and his sheep on the foreground, a village on the back. Blued-steel "arrow" single hand. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with early Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut line, short train, verge escapement, steel two-arm balance without balance spring, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced bluedsteel brackets and silver regulator disc, silver florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 50 mm.

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

C. Later, two-body, plain, polished silver with close cover and loose-ring pendant. D. Oval, located by four lugs, engraved chapter-ring with Roman numerals, half and quarter hour marks. Single bluedsteel hand. M. Oval gilt-brass full plate with early Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut line, short train, plain steel two-arm balance without spring, irregular pattern oval balance cock pierced with foliage and retained by a pin, matching worm-and-wheel set-up brackets (most unusual to be in gilt-brass rather than blued-steel), silver indicating disc. Signed on the hack plate. Dm. 40 x 34 mm.

German, circa 1675. Fine and rare burr walnut early pendulum clock.

C. Architectural burr walnut moulded rectangular with moulded pediment. D. Gilt-brass chapter ring with Roman numerals, half-hour divisions and outer Arabic minutes ring. Brass hour and steel minutes hands. Gilt-brass dial plate, the centre finely engraved with a country side landscape with inscription: "A Hora sic dies nastri super terrain", concerning Gods who are above the Earth, foliage decoration on the top corners, coat-of-arms on the lower ones, the lower border with inscription: "Indite me quoties sugrentes conspicis horns to toties gressu Mors propiore pronit", point out to me: every time that you observe the hours that go by, it is Death which is drawing always closer to you. Brass plumb line on the top left corner. M. Brass trapezoidal with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, verge escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension. Dim. 59 x 53 x 28 cm.