475 lots

LOT 101

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, Paris, "Tank normal " , 1960's. Fine rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton " blued steel hands. M. 9"' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case. Dim. 23 x 30 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 5,500 - 6,500

LOT 102

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, "Tank normal", 1970's. Fine rectangular, 18K yellow gold lady's wristwatch with 18K pink gold deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, polished, sapphireset windingcrown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton " blued steel hands. M. 7 3/4"' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial case and movement signed. Dim. 20 x 27 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 4,000 - 4,500

LOT 103

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, Paris, "Tank a guichet sans aiguilles" entered in the registers on 7 August 1929. Very fine and rare, rectangular, jumping hour and minute, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, satined, dedicated back. D. concealed, underneath, matt silver revolving discs with painted radial Arabic numerals. M. 10"' signed European Watch & Clock Co., rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring. Case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 37 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 100,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 100,300

LOT 104

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, Paris, "Tank", entered in the registers in 6 June 1966. Fine rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K yellow gold bracelet "a mailles " and 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. massive, polished, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9 "' signed European Watch & Clock Co., tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 15 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 35 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

LOT 105

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, Paris, "Savonnette rectangulaire, tiges obus" , entered in the registers on 2 March 1928. Very fine and extremely rare, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with concealed dial.

C. massive, polished, decorated with an enameled filet on the cover, ogival lugs. D. matt silver with painted Roman numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. later 9'" signed European Watch & Clock Co., rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 8 positions, self compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 33 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

LOT 106

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Cartier, Paris, movement ordered from Jaeger- LeCoultre on January 24,1913. Extremely fine and almost certainly unique 18K gold keyless dual-time dress watch with chronograph and digital perpetual calendar. Accompanied by a gold chain.

C. Double body, massive, "Empire", polished, the back centred with a chased monogram "E.E.T." and engraved inside with the name: Edward E. Thalmann. D. Frosted silver with "Empire" Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph ring, subsidiary seconds and aperture for digital months, clays of the week and perpetual calendar. Blued steel Breguet hands, blued steel and gold "spade" hand for local time. M. 17"', rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with micrometric adjustment. Chronograph with visible work and button on the winding crown. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 70,000 - 80,000

LOT 107

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

J. R. Losada, 181 Regent Street, London, No. 1417, circa 1850. Fine rose-wood 54 hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

C. Three body rose-wood box with brass corners, fixings and external brass handles the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold "pear" hands. M. Spotted finished brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone, free sprung blued-steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial. Dial diam. 95 mm. Dim. 17,5 x 16,5 x 16 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 4,500 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 108

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Haynes & Son, 51 Patrick St. Cork, No. 3251, circa 1870. Fine rose-wood 56 hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

C. Three body rose-wood box with brass corners, fixings and sunk brass handles the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Gold "pear " hands. M. Spotted finished brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, the blank by John Preston, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone, free sprung blued-steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial and rose-wood box. Dial diam. 106 mm. Dim. 18,5 x 18,5 x 19 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,795

LOT 109

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Leroy, No. 272, sold to the French Navy in 1867. Fine 49 hour going mahogany marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

C. Three body mahogany box with external handles, the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down sector, marked: Depot de la Marine. Gilt brass "pear " hands. M. Frosted and gilt, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, Dumas ebauclte No. 741, inverted fusee with maintaining power, later mainspring made by Ducommun, dated 1892, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two armed bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone, free sprung polished steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial and mahogany box. Dial diam. 92 mm. Dim. 16,5 x 16,5 x 17,5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

LOT 110

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

E. Delepine a St. Nicolas, pres de Dieppe France, No. 1764, made in1896. Fine 49 hour going mahogany marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

C. Three body mahogany box with external handles, the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minute ring subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down sector. Gilt brass "pear " hands. M. Brass spotted finished, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, inverted fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two armed bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond endstone, free sprung palladium helical balance spring. Signed on the dial, back plate and mahogany box. Dial diam. 92 mm. Dim. 16,5 x 16,5 x 17,5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

LOT 111

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Jaeger LeCoultre, Reverso Chronographe Retrograde, No. 024/500, 1990's. Extremely fine and rare, rectangular, double face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and date, with 44 hours power reserve, 18K pink gold deployant clasp, fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, reeded bezel, transparent back. D. "guilloche " silver with painted Arabic numerals, aperture for the date, chronograph start/stop display with, on the back, the seconds and the retrograde 30 minutes register ring dials. "Baton " blued steel hands. M. 9"' gilt brass, "fausses cotes " decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 27,000 - 32,000

LOT 112

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Art Deco, No. 13, 1990' s. Fine rectangular, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with fitted box and certificate.

C. reversible, massive, polished, reeded bezel, transparent back, triangular lugs. D. matt and "guilloche " silver with applied gold lance and cabochon indexes + "guilloche" silver auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine " pink gold hands. M. 8"' skeleton, 14K engraved gold, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial and case signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 11,730

LOT 113

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso, Repetition Minutes, No. 050/500, 1990's. Very fine and rare rectangular, minute repeating, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K pink gold deployant clasp with fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, reeded bezel. D. "guilloche " silver with painted Roman numerals, aperture for the strike regulator. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. gilt, "fausses cotes " decoration, 31 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a fluted slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

LOT 114

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Jaeger LeCoultre, Calendrier Perpetuel, Grand Revell, No. 0552, 1990's. Very fine, large, waterproof, self-winding, centre fifth of second, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, alarm on bronze bell, and 24 hours indication with three crowns, with fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, stepped bezel, fluted lugs. Alarm winding-crown on the 2, setting and winding on the 4, and on the 8, winding-crown for quick adjustment of the calendar. D. white enamel with applied gold and tritium indexes + auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the 24 hours, in red the hours during which the time adjustment is prohibited, apertures for the leap year and the lunations, outer fifth of second graduation. "Skeleton" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 919. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 18 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 115

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Dumas, Eleve du Gouvernement, No. 24, circa 1840. Very fine and one of the extremely rare examples of mahogany marine chronometer made under the control of Henri Motel.

C. Double body mahogany box with slide on the lid over the observation aperture. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension, locking bolt on the edge. D. Silvered with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, "fausses cotes" finished, Motel calibre the fusee with maintaining power and the barrel secured by a single bridge, the escapement mounted on a separated plate, Louis Berthoud type pivoted escapement, fourarm compensation balance with four weights, poising and timing screws, blued steel conical balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. Dial diam. 82 mm. Dim. 14 x 16 x 16 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 55,000 - 65,000

LOT 116

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Whined, France, No. 356, circa 1850. Fine small mahogany, 49 hour going, marine chronometer.

C. Three body mahogany deck watch type box, the brass bowl with screwed bezel. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, the back plate relieved for the barrel, mainspring by Bourquin dated 1849, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two armed bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and ti ming screws. Free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Dial diam. 75 mm. Dim. 8 x 14 x 16 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

LOT 117

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Auguste Berthoud, No. 178, circa 1840. Fine and probably unique mahogany experimental marine chronometer "en forme de tabatiere".

C. Double body mahogany box with slide on the lid over the observation aperture. Brass gimball with a ladded bowl. Brass case "en forme de tabatiere " , similar to that used by Louis Berthoud for his later chronometer. D. Silvered regulator type, similar to that used by Louis Berthoud, with small Roman chapter ring for hours, subsidiary seconds below, outer Arabic minute ring on the border of the bezel. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, full plate with steel conical pillars secured by nuts with washers. Fusee with chain, maintaining power, spring detent escapement, three-arm compensation balance, with three trapezoidal weights and timing screws, blued steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial. Dial diam. 80 mm. Dim. 14 x 16 x 16 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 35,000 - 40,000

LOT 118

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 037, Ref. 141-28, 1990's. Fine and unusual, double-face, skeletonized, selfwinding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with concealed dial.

C. massive, polished, straight lugs. D. transparent, concealed inside the back case, on the edge, engraved radial Roman numerals. "Feuille " blued steel hands. M. 12 1/2- skeletonized, engraved, gilt brass, 26 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring, engraved platinum rotor. Signed on the case. Diam. 33 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 8,625

LOT 119

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Franck Muller Geneve, Master of Complications No. 05, Ref. 7000 QP L, made in 1994. Very fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph and perpetual calendar and 42 hours power reserve.

C. massive, polished, engraved back, straight lugs, screwed bars. D. two-tone silver with applied black indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 13- rhodium plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" and "fausses cotes " decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustmentsantishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 20,000

LOT 120

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

Audemars Piquet, Geneve, No. 82859, made in 1962. Fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold skeletonized, gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, stepped bezel. D.transparent with painted Roman numerals on a white outer ring. "Feuille" blued steel hands. M. 10 "' gilt and engraved, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balancespring, 21K engraved gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000