408 lots

LOT 21

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

JOURNAL SUISSE D?HORLOGERIE, publié sous les auspices de la Classe d?Industrie et de Commerce (Société des Arts de Genève.

The 10th year (1885-86), 11th (1886-87) and the 13th year (1888-89).H. Georg, Libraire Editeur, Genève - Bâle - Lyon.

CHF 200 - 250

Sold: CHF 518

LOT 22

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Lomazzi, jeweller and case maker, 33, rue Saint Augustin, Paris - 1940 to 1953.

Three very fine, important and comprehensive workshop registers.Dim. 28 x 24 cm.

CHF 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 23

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

PERREGAUX (Charles) & PERROT (F. Louis).Les Jaquet-Droz et LeschotNeuchâtel, 1916.

In 8°, 270 pp., 6 pl.Rebound in velum and marbled boards.

CHF 500 - 600

Sold: CHF 1,265

Sold: CHF 518

LOT 25

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Sold: CHF 518

LOT 26

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 27

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 28

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Lot of 7 watches and 3 watch cases, the back with varied decoration.

- Doxa - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an automobile, lever escapement. Diam. 70 mm.- Theurillat & Boettcher - Genève. Silvered, the back decorated with an automobile, lever escapement. Diam. 52 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an automobile, cylinder escapement. Diam. 55 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an automobile, cylinder escapement. Diam. 52 mm.- Mirador - Swiss. Silver, the back with a gold engraved automobile inlaid on a foliate engraved ground, lever escapement. Diam. 49 mm.- Honestus - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a motorbike, lever escapement with visible balance. Diam. 52 mm.- Swiss. Niello silver, the back decorated with a cyclist, lever escapement. Diam. 50 mm.- Swiss. Niello silver, the back decorated with an automobile, the case only. Diam. 52 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an automobile, the case only. Diam. 52 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back engraved with a vessel and a sailing boat, the case only. Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 29

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Lot of 9 watches and one watch case, the back decorated with trains.

- Henry Granjean & Co. - Genève. Gold filled keyless watch, the back engraved with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 50 mm.- American Waltham Watch Co. Silvered, the back engraved and inlaid with a gold steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 58 mm.- Swiss. Silver, the back engraved with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 66 mm.- Swiss. Silver, the back engraved with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 67 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, Roskopf pin-pallet lever escapement. Diam. 55 mm.- American. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 54 mm.- Elwyra. Silver, the back decorated with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 51 mm.- Zenith. Silvered, the back decorated with an electric engine, cylinder escapement. Diam. 49 mm.- Zenith. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, cylinder escapement. Diam. 49 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, the case only. Diam. 53 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 30

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Lot of 8 watches and 2 watch cases, the back with varied decoration.

- Chronomètre du travailleur - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with three workers and the motto: Travailleurs de tous les pays unissez vous pour défendre vos droits; lever escapement. Diam. 51 mm.- L. Bleriot - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an aeroplane, lever escapement. Diam. 52 mm.- I.W.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with harvesters, lever escapement. Diam. 53 mm.- Véritable montre Chemin de Fer - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, Roskopf pin-pallet lever escapement. Diam. 54 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an aeroplane, lever escapement. Diam. 55 mm.- Audemars Frères - Genève. Silver hunting case, cover decorated with a steam engine, the back with a stagecoach, lever escapement. Diam. 53 mm.- Post und Eisenbahn Chronometer - Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a steam engine, lever escapement. Diam. 53 mm.- Swiss. Silver hunting cased, the cover engraved with a hunting scene, the back with foliage, cylinder escapement. Diam. 50 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with a hot-air balloon, the case only. Diam. 54 mm.- Swiss. Silvered, the back decorated with an airship, the case only. Diam. 50 mm.

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,025

LOT 31

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

A. S. & F. (Armand Schwob & Frères, Chaux-de-Fonds), Swiss, Mystérieuse, Breveté S.G.D.G., circa 1890.Fine and rare silver, early, keyless mystery watch.

C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, glazed on the back. D. Eccentric glass with Roman numerals and outer minute ring. Polished steel ?spade? hands. Engine-turned dial plate with foliage decorationM. Gilt brass, croissant shaped, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the dial plate.Accompanied by photocopies of Swiss patent No. 151, Classe 123, published on 24 January 1889.Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 32

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Patent A. Kaiser, Swis, circa 1890.Fine silver, keyless watch with digital jumping hours and minutes, A. Kaiser system, patented on24 February 1885.

C. Four-body, massive, ?pomme et filets? with engine-turned back. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with foliage decoration, apertures for hours and minutes, subsidiary seconds. M. 18???, gilt brass,15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 2,200 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 33

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Le Globe, Swiss Patent No. 17190 and Breveté S.G.D.G., circa 1890.Fine gun metal, world time, keyless watch.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, gun metal. Hinged gun metal cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring and inner red world time minute ring ring. Inner revolving disk inscribed with the name of 38 countries and cities around the world. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18???, gilt brass,15 jewels, lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. The revolving inter-city disc is adjusted with the hands by means of the winding crown.Signed on the dial.Diam. 51 mm.Accompanied by photocopies of the Swiss Patent.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 2,875

LOT 34

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Isaac Grasset & Cie., Genève, circa 1910.Rare silver keyless watch without mainspring barrel, Swiss patent No. 5019 and 14528.

C. Three-body, ?bassine? polished. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minutes ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Gilt brass, the mainspring rolled around the winding shaft. Straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,830

LOT 35

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Tildy, Swiss Patent, circa 1920.Fine and very unusual silver keyless watch à cercles tournants.

C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished with engine-turned back. Hinged silver cuvette decorated with medals awarded in various exhibitions. D. Frosted silver with eccentric revolving Arabic hour chapter ring and concentric inner revolving minute ring, gilt sunburst above with central beam pointer. M. 18???, frosted and gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial.Diam. 51 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 800 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,150

LOT 36

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

A. & L., Swiss, circa 1890.Fine silver and silver gilt, keyless watch with digital jumping hours and minutes, A. Kaiser system, patented on 24 February 1885.

C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine et filets?, the band with Greek decoration, bezel and back with cast gilt foliage decoration in a Renaissance pattern, gold blank escutcheon applied to the centre of the back. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with light azure border and silvered foliage decoration apertures for hours and minutes, subsidiary seconds. M. 18???, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial.Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 37

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Mobilis, No. 10109 (Paul Loichot, Charquemont), Brevet No. 30754, France, circa 1910.Fine silver keyless watch with Mobilis tourbillon regulator, patented in 1905.

C. Double body massive, demi-bassine, the engine-turned back centred with a blank escutcheon.D. Eccentric silvered with Arabic numerals, engraved with foliage decoration, the revolving tourbillon carriage visible in an aperture. M. 19???, gilt brass inverted, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. The escapement is set on a one minute revolving carriage visible below the dial. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,520

LOT 38

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Swiss, circa 1900.?Triple inconstance?Fine gun metal keyless watch with concealed erotic automaton scene.

C. Three-body, massive ?bassine et filets?. Hinged gun metal cuvette disclosing the automaton scene, activated by the winding crown, depicting a three way love party. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, sunk centre and subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass ?Louis XV? hands. M. 18???, brass, three-quarter plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 2,400

Sold: CHF 4,140

LOT 39

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

Meyrat & Perdrizet, Breveté S.G.D.G., Alse. Beaudroit Fabricant, Seloncourt (Doubs), France,No. 507, circa 1900.Unusual, nickel, large, keyless watch with centre-seconds and calculator.

C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and seconds ring and silvered revolving calculator scale. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 18???, gilt brass, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 40

Important Watches Wristwatches, and C... Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

English, retailed in Vienna (Austria) with London hallmarks for 1891.Fine and highly unusual silver egg shaped pendant compendium, including a compass, an aneroid barometer and a keyless watch, in original fitted box.

C. Designed as a large silver egg, polished, the removable watch fitted in compartment with hinged bezel, screwed subsidiary compartments for the barometer and the compass. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel ?modern? hands. Frosted silver barometer dial and silver disc for the compass. M. 10 1/2 gilt brass, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signature of an Austrian retailer in the fitted box.Dim. 60 x 45 mm excluding the pendant.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 4,140