408 lots

LOT 401

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, N° 863128,case N° 632147, Ref. 130, made in 1943,sold on September 6, 1943.Very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 13???-130, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance,8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System: AA

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 33,925

LOT 402

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

Attributable to John Rich, Swiss, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1790. The enamel attributable to Jean-Louis Richter.Magnificent 18K gold and enamel, musical snuffbox accompanied by a gold and enamel matching key, ina silk lined Chinese box.

C. Three body, the lid with an enamel painting depicting a riverside landscape, a young couple and cows on the foreground, borders with black and white champlevé decoration, the band with blue flinqué enamel panels with white champlevé enamelled line borders intersected with pierced and engraved sectors decorated with caduceus and laurel branches. Hinged blue flinqué bottom panel. M. Carillon gilt brass, shaped, fully engraved and skeltonized, fusee with chain, pin-drum with six hammer playing osix bells.Dim. 89 x 60 x 30 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 130,000 - 150,000

Sold: CHF 89,850

LOT 403

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867934,case No. 657126, Ref. 1463, made in 1950, delivered to Serpico Y Laino, Caracas (Venezuela), on April 12, 1952.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by original fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed case back, dust protecting cap. D. matte silver with applied round yellow gold indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13???-130, 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 60,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 113,500

LOT 404

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867933,case No. 657139, Ref. 1463, made in 1950, delivered to Serpico Y Laino, Caracas (Venezuela), on April 12, 1952.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed case back, dust protecting cap. D. pink with applied bâton pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. ?Feuille? pink gold hands.M. Cal. 13???-130, 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 80,000 - 100,000

Sold: CHF 157,500

LOT 405

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

Swiss, circa 1810.Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and enamel pearl-set musical mandoline with automaton scene of a tightrope dancer, in a later morocco fitted box by Desoutter.

C. Two-body, the ribbed back decorated with alternated panels of scarlet flinqué enamel and blue champlevé enamelled sector with vine branch decoration, scarlet flinqué enamelled sound board with leaf decoration, pearl-set on the border and to the sound hole, black and white enamelled key board and scarlet enamel head with pear-set pegs and wire strings, chain suspension. The back discloses the automaton scene depicting a tightrope dancer applied over a finely painted enamel lakeside landscape.. Oval gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, pin drum musical train with six tuned stacked teeth, driving the automaton by means of cams and levers.Dim. 66 x 26 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 90,000 - 110,000

Sold: CHF 454,500

LOT 406

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862279,case No. 622665, Ref. 1436, made in 1939, delivered to Beyer, Zürich (Switzerland), on April 2, 1941.Very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, register and tachometer, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals numerals and indexes, auxiliary seconds and30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation ?Feuille? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 13???-130, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance,8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the winding-crown is for stop and reunite of the split-seconda hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System:

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

Sold: CHF 179,500

LOT 407

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

Swiss, certainly produced in Geneva for the Chinese Market, circa 1820.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set musical snuffbox with automaton scene and built-in centre-seconds watch.

C. Three-body, decorated overall with blue flinqué enamel, the borders with engraved foliage decoration over a green champlevé ground, hinged cover with split-pearl set bezel, disclosing the automaton scene, featuring a couple of four coloured gold musicians, playing the lyre and the harp, applied on each side of the dial over a finely painted enamel palace interior. Hinged base panel. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minute and seconds ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass rectngular, the going train with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Pin disc musical train with 21 tuned teeth, driving the automaton movements by means of cams and levers.Dim. 80 x 45 x 20 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 120,000 - 140,000

Sold: CHF 168,500

LOT 408

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No 722709,case No 306211, Ref. 2523 HU (Heures Universelles), made in 1953, sold on February 28, 1958.Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, World Time gentleman?s wristwatch with two crowns and polychrome cloisonné enamel dial representing the map of North America.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, lapidated lugs.D. matte silver revolving ring dial bearing the names of 40 cities in the world, at the center, a polychrome cloisonné enamel medallion representing the map of North America with applied yellow gold indexes, concentric, revolving dial in 24 hours forthe nocturnal and diurnal hours. The winding-crown on the 3 adjusts the hours and the 24 hours ring;the winding-crown on the 9 turns the ring with the names of the cities. Yellow gold fancy hands.M. Cal. 12???-400 HU, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration,18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Grading System:

CHF 750,000 - 900,000

Sold: CHF 993,500