408 lots

LOT 381

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 761300,case No. 685324, Ref. 2526, made in 1954, sold on May 9, 1955.Fine and very rare, water-resistant, self-winding,18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed case back.D. white enamel with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? pink gold hands. M. Cal. 12???-600 AT, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration,30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 62,100

LOT 382

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 761985,case No. 681520, Ref. 2526, circa 1955.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding,18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed case back.D. white enamel with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 12???-600 AT, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration,30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

LOT 383

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

Hughes, London, No. 2098, circa 1770.Fine and rare 18K gold, agate set oval musical box with built-in watch and automaton scene.

C. Three-body, oval, engraved with branches of foliage and further decoration, the band with four musical trophies. The hinged cover set with six plaques of dendritic agate, also fitted with the watch with hinged rose-cut diamond-set bezel. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold arrow hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Gilt brass pierced and engraved Eglish style cock. Automaton scene: Under-glass painted automaton scene concealed in the base, depicting a courting couple in a lounge, accompanied by a chaperon in the foreground, an automaton maiden, on the back, swinging on a seesaw in front of a mantelpiece. Musical movement. Gilt brass with pinned drum and five hammers playing two different tunes on five bells and driving the automaton by means of a cam and a crank.Dim. 75 x 55 x 45 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 130,000 - 150,000

LOT 384

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No 741933,case No 683048, Ref. 2549-1, made in 1954, sold on November 30, 1954.Fine and unusual 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by red leather fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, fluted bezel, overhanging horn shaped lugs. D. matte and ?guilloché? silver with applied yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 10???-200, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 28,750

LOT 385

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No 743724,case No 683071, Ref. 2550, made in 1955,sold on February 20, 1956.Fine and unusual 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by red leather fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, fluted bezel, overhanging stylized lugs. D. matte and ?guilloché? silver with applied yellow gold triangular indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 10???-200, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 26,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

LOT 386

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

Ilbery, London, No. 6059, enamel by Dupont, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815.Fine 18K gold and enamel, centre-seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champlevé enamelled decoration, the back with a fine painted scene by Dupont, depicting a young couple and a boy, playing with a dove (restored). Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a floral decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold ?spatula? hands. M. 21???, gilt brass, Chinese calibre, fully engraved with a floral decoration, free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, plain five-arm polished steel balance, flat balancespring and diamond end-stone.Signed on the movement.Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 54,913

LOT 387

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

Swiss, circa 1820.Very fine 18K gold and enamel turquoise and pearl-set, quarter repeating watch.

C. Four-body, Empire, the scarlet flinqué enamelled bezels with inlaid turquoise and split-pearl decoration, the back enamel panel featuring a shepherdess in a Swiss landscape. Hinged gold cuvette and border with azure champlevé enamelled foliage and floral decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. M. Gilt brass, Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Repeating on gongs by depessing the pendant.Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 25,070

LOT 388

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

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 185266,case No. 402573, made in 1916, sold on June 7, 1919.Very fine and rare, large, 18K gold keyless lever pocket chronometer, in original fitted box.

C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel ?spade? hands. M. 22???, nickel plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 20 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut brass-invar Guillaume balance, Adjusted Extra, Breguet balance spring with Patek Philippe micrometric index patented on 13 January 1891.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 55 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,075

LOT 389

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

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 930531,case No. 642700, Ref. 605, made in 1944, sold on February 24, 1948.Very fine and rare 18K gold, keyless World Timedress watch.

C. Three-piece ?variée? polished and satiné with bevelled bezels, the revolving front one with milled border. D. Small frosted silver with applied gold Roman numerals and indexes, outer Arabic dark and light revolving chapter ring for day and night hours and the world time chapter bearing the names of40 cities or places around the world, according to the Louis Cottier world time patent. Gold hands.M. Cal. 17???-170, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

LOT 390

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867522,case No. 653819, Ref. 1518, first series, made in 1948, sold on December 5, 1950.Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with 18K pink gold linked bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel.D. matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. ?Feuille? pink gold hands. M. Cal. 13??? -130 QP, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance,8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System:

CHF 250,000 - 300,000

Sold: CHF 311,500

LOT 391

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

Geneva, circa 1809.Fine and almost certainly unique 18K gold and enamel pearl-set telescope with built-in watch, music and vinaigrette, accompanied by original gold keys, in a later fitted box.

C. Designed as a powder flask, the telescope fitted within the butt, the watch with hinged split-pearl set bezel fitted at the opposite end, beneath the vinaigrette compartment, the hinged lid with azure champlevé enamelled decoration. Enamel side panels with split-pearl set borders, both painted with a composition of summer flowers over a pink flinqué ground, the band chased with lotus flowers against a matt ground, further black champlevé enamelled floral decoration on borders. D. Gold engine-urned with floral decoration, the Breguet numerals on apolished chapter ring. Blued steel ?spade? hands.M. Hinged quare gilt brass full plate with two cantedcorners and cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flatbalance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Musical movement: Gilt brass shaped with pinned drum and two sets of six stacked tuned teeth.Dim. 65 x 45 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 180,000 - 220,000

Sold: CHF 201,500

LOT 392

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867386,case No. 653810, Ref. 1518, first series, made in1948, sold on March 6, 1950.Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with leather strap and18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel.D. matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. ?Feuille? gold hands. M. Cal. 13??? -130 QP, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 130,000 - 150,000

Sold: CHF 135,500

LOT 393

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 967640,case No. 668348, Ref. 1526, second series, made in 1951, sold on December 13, 1952.Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, dedicated back. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial, concentric, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. ?Feuille? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 12???-120 QP, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and5 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

Sold: CHF 91,500

LOT 394

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

Attributable to François Nicole, Geneva, circa 1810.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set harp with music, in original red morocco fitted box.

C. Finely painted musical trophies on the back of the enamelled main sound chest, blue flinqué enamelled side panels with white enamel border and centred with finely chased quivers within navette frames, engraved and enamel main post, capped by pearl set decoration, with wire-wound gold strings and diamond set end caps. M. Brass tapered full plate with cylindrical pillars, concealed in the sound chest, playing at will with pinned barrel and seven stacked steel tuned teeth.Dim. 74 x 44 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 28,000 - 32,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 395

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

Geneva, circa 1815.Fine and rare 18K gold and enamel two-blade pearl-set pocket knife with built-in musical movement, in original fitted box.

C. Rectangular gold frame, painted with a fruit composition on one face, with flowers on the reverse, outer split-pearl inlaid, champlevé enamelled trophies, urn and foliage decoration over scarlet and green flinqué ground. Gold and steel blades.M. Rectangular brass pinned drum musical train with six stacked tuned teeth.Dim. 94 x 14 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 119,000

LOT 396

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 975951,case No. 681682, Ref. 1593, made in 1954, sold on September 29, 1954.Very fine rectangular ?bombé?, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by black leather fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, flared, solid, polished, concave sides, pillar shaped lugs, two-facet crystal. D. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Feuille? pink gold hands.M. Cal. 9???-90, tonneau, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 41 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AA

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 397

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 972636,case No. 660490, Ref. 2442, made in 1950, sold on November 21, 1950.Very fine and rare, rectangular ?bombé?, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, flared, polished, rounded lugs, dedicated back, ?bombé? crystal. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Feuille? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 9???-90, tonneau, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 27 x 43 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 51,750

LOT 398

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

Henry Capt à Genève, circa 1810.Fine 18K gold musical watch, with automaton scene.

C. Double body, Empire, polished with reeded band, the back engraved with a later monogram. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold small eccentric with Breguet numerals, the centre engraved with a rosette. Below the dial, an automaton lady in classical dress, seated in a park, plays the harp for Cupid. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel with revolving arbor, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cocwith polished steel end-piece. Pinned drum musical train with two sets of six tuned teeth.Signature engraved on the dust rim around the movement.Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 15,000 - 18,000

Sold: CHF 19,550

LOT 399

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

Swiss, circa 1825.Very fine 18K gold and enamel musical snuffbox with built-in watch.

C. Double body rectangular with rounded faces with hinged lid, engine-turned in a basketwork pattern, enhanced by two borders of black champlevé enamelled flowers and foliage over a matt ground, the watch at one end, the music at the other; hinged lid over the watch, the music winding hole protected by a shutter. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gold engine-turned dial plate with white enamel small sector for fast/slow regulation. M. Gilt brass ovalith going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Musical movement: brass oval full plate with cylindrical pillars, pinned drum train with two sets of 18 stacked tuned teeth.Dim. 85 x 47 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 400

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867532,case No. 657240, Ref. 1518, first series, made in 1948, sold on March 30, 1950.Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe tiled bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, back with monogram: M.U. - 31.3.1950, concave bezel. D. matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. ?Feuille? gold hands. M. Cal. 13???-130 QP, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguebalance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AA

CHF 110,000 - 130,000

Sold: CHF 135,500