408 lots

LOT 41

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

Trincano-Caraz, Fabricants à Besançon, No. 11861, circa 1880.Very fine, large, silver keyless watch.

C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished; hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?pear? hands. M. 22???, gilt brass, 18 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 2,400

LOT 42

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

Swiss, circa 1880.Fine silver keyless pocket chronometer.

C. Four-body, massive, ?demi-bassine?, polished; hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?fleurs-de-lys? hands. M. 19???, frosted and gilt, bar calibre with going barrel, 15 jewels, pivoted detent escapement, two-arm compensation balance, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve and regulator.Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,500 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 43

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

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, Chronometer,No. 18663, case No. 372181, completed in 1929.Very fine 18K gold hunting cased, keyless lever pocket chronometer.

C. Four-body, massive, ?demi-bassine? polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 19???, Rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 21 jewels in screwed settings, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Accompanied by original certificate and Bulletin de marche.Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 44

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

Paul Buhré, made for the Russian Market, circa 1905.Very fine and rare, large, 14K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, wire mobile lugs, two crowns, top winder. D. white enamel with Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial at 12 o?clock. ?Spade? blued steel hands. M. 18???, gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. The coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph.Signed on the dial, numbered on the case.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 45

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

L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, 7, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris, No. 15658, circa 1910.Very fine and elegant 18K gold, keyless pocket lever chronometer, Bulletin de Première classe de l?Observatoire National de Besançon, No. 14732.

C. Three-body, massive, ?Empire?, polished, the back centred with a white gold roundel. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold engine turned with Breguet numerals on a matt chapter ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18???, gilt brass with punch-mark in form of a viper?s head set by the Observatory of Besançon, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve.Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement.Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

LOT 46

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

L. Leroy & Cie. No. 1001, circa 1910.Fine and rare mahogany, Decimal Time Tropomètre with power reserve indicator.

C. Three-body mahogany deck watch box, the brass bowl with screwed bezel. D. Silvered with Arabic ring for the 40 decimal hours and outer ring for the decimal minutes, subsidiary dial for 25 decimal seconds and half-moon sector for 63 decimal hours, power reserve indication. Gilt brass hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with slightly tapered turned pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm compensation balance with cylindrical poising weights ad timing screws, free sprung helical paladium balance spring with terminal curve, diamond end-stone.Signed on the box, dial and back plate.Dial diam. 70 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

LOT 47

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

Paul Ditisheim No. 28138, made for Louis Lortscher, Bruxelles, circa 1901.Fine mahogany 56-hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indication.

C. Three-body mahogany box with sunk brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold ?pear? hands. M. Spotted brass full plate, relieved for the barrel, with cylindrical pillars, inverted fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, Guillaume integral balance, diamond end-stone, free sprung palladium helical balance spring with terminal curvs Signed on the dial and movement. Dial diam. 102 mm. Dim. 19 x 18 x 18 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

LOT 48

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

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Chronomètre, No. 127596,case No. 711845, from a series of 402 pieces, completed on April 11, 1956.Fine and large stainless steel, keyless pocket chronometer with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute recorder.

C. Three-piece, massive, ?bassine et filets?, polished with screwed back. Detachable stainless steel cuvette. D. Silvered with bolt Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 24???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance springwith special micrometric index. Split-seconds chronograph with visible work, button on the winding crown and push piece in the band.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity by Ulysse Nardin.Diam. 64 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 4,830

LOT 49

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

Ulysse Nardin, Locle (Swiss), No. 29586,case No. 601996, completed in March 1940, sold to the British Royal Navy.Fine silver keyless deck watch with centre-seconds, in the original mahogany box.

C. Three-piece, massive, ?bassine et filets?, polished, the bezel without glass, the screwed back with milled border engraved with the Navy Registration Number. Double body mahogany deck box, the brass bowl with glazed screwed bezel. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute and seconds ring. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 22???, frosted and gilt,21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve and micrometric index.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Accompanied by Extrait des Registres.Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,800 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 50

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

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, No. 17489,case No. 370055, 1930?s.Very fine, cushion shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown, register and pulsometer.

C. two-body, solid, polished, hinged back. D. white enamel with painted Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations. ?Spade? blued steel hands. M. 13???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 31 x 40 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 51

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

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 450486,case No. 282677, circa 1943.Very fine silver-cased keyless pocket chronometer with power reserve indication.

C. Three-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged silver cuvette. D. Satiné silver with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale for 32 hours. Blued steel ?pear? hands. M. 21??? rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometric index.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

LOT 52

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

A. Lange & Söhne, No. 212594, 1940?s.Fine large, indirect center-seconds, stainless steel aviator?s wristwatch.

C. Three-body, brushed, large winding-crown. D. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes. ?Lozenge? radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 47 I., 19 1/2???, gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Case and movement signed.Diam. 55 mm.Accompanied by an original cardboard box of Lacher & Co. Pforzheim.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,290

LOT 53

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

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, i. Sa., No. 200026,circa 1940.Fine silver keyless pocket lever chronometer with32-hour power reserve indication, made for the German Navy, Service Number M. 13247/206483.

C. Three-piece, massive, ?bassine?, polished, the back engraved with the Service Number. Hinged silver cuvette. D. Silvered with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 22???, frosted and gilt, three-quarter plate, calibre 48, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 54

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

Hamilton, Lancaster, PA. USA, No. 2F6816,case No. 44042, sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942.Fine keyless deck watch, model 22, No. 3256, with8-hour power reserve indication, in original mahogany fitted box and outer fitted travelling box.

C. Three-piece with screwed milled bezel and back. Antimagnetic inner protecting cap. D. Silvered with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down, half moon sector. Blued steel spade hands.M. 25???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance spring with terminal curve and special micrometric index.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 70 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,200 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 4,140

LOT 55

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

Breitling, Genève, Chronomat, Ref. 808, circa 1966.Fine, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, telemeter and slide rule.

C. Three-body, polished, revolving reeded bezel, lapidated lugs. D. black and ?guilloché? silver with applied steel and tritium indexes, auxiliary seconds and 45 minutes register dials, outer graduation for the telemeter, the slide-rule and the decimal scale. ?Dauphine? tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13??? with switching wheel, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,200 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 56

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

Breitling, Genève, Ref. 1160, circa 1975.Fine, tonneau shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel military wristwatch with round button chronograph and register.

C. Two-body, brushed, screw down case back. D. black with radium-coated and painted Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, on the 6, the ?Broad Arrow?. ?Bâton? radium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 7733, rhodium plated,17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 57

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

Jaeger LeCoultre, Memovox Automatic, 1950?s.Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with date, alarm and two crowns.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed down case back, the crown at 2 o?clock activates the central revolving alarm dial, lapidated lugs. D. two-tone silver with applied steel indexes, aperture for the date. ?Dauphine? radium-coated steel hands. M. 13???, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor à ?butoirs?.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 58

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

Omega, Automatic, Chronomètre, Officially Certified, 1950?s.Fine center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant,18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and yellow gold plated Omega buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screw down case back, wide bezel and lugs. D. ?guilloché? and two-tone silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and indexes. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 352, copper colored, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor à butoirs.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,500 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 1,725

LOT 59

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

Omega, Seamaster, Automatic, Chronomètre, Officially Certified, 1960?s.Fine center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and pink gold plated Omega buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screw down case back.D. ?guilloché? champagne with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals. ?Dauphine? tritium-coated pink gold hands. M. Cal. 352 copper coloured, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor à butoirs.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 60

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

Omega Automatic Chronometer, Officially Certified, ?Constellation?, 1950?s.Fine center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant,18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back bearing an engraved medallion representing an Observatory and the constellations, concave lugs. D. two-tone silver with applied gold fancy indexes. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. 13??? copper colored, 17 jewels, leverescapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, rotor à butoirs.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 2,700 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 3,680