244 lots

LOT 188

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Pink Ref. 4072? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431336, case No. 270501, Ref. 4072. Made in the1940s. Very fine 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs. D. Two-tone champagne gilt, with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 12???-434, rhodium plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line leverescapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 40,000

EUR 23,000 - 26,000

USD 28,000 - 32,000

LOT 189

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Tiffany & Co.? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 808340, case No. 410757. Made for Tiffany & Co., Switzerland, circa 1925. Fine, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the original Tiffany & Co., gold tooled leather covered box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four body, ?baguette?, polished. Hinged gold dedicated cuvette. D. Frosted silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. !7???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed for the retailer, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,400 - 3,200

LOT 190

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Two?Tone Dial? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 870445, case No. 418175. Made circa 1937. Very fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch. Accompanied the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished. D. Two-tone brushed silver with applied gold dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?feuille? hands. M. !7???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,200 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 191

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 818091, case No. 292404, retailed by Tiffany & Co., New York. Made circa 1929. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, 18K white gold gentleman's Art Deco wristwatch with an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, brushed and polished, hinged case back, bezel and lugs engraved with laurel leaves. D. Brushed silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "feuille" hands. M. 10''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement à moustache, cut bimetallic balance with 8 adjustments, flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 40 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 18,000

USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 192

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Pink Ref. 1579? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, retailed by Freccero, No. 867498, case No. 654213, Ref. 1579. Produced in 1948, sold on December 15, 1949. Very fine and rare, oversized, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and pulsometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, faceted teardrop lugs. D. Bronze with applied pink gold Arabic numerals at 6 and 12, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 15 pulsations. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Height 12 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000

USD 32,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 101,200

LOT 193

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 811028, case No. 603718. Made circa 1928. Very fine and rare, large, curved rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s Art Deco wristwatch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, "bombé" crystal, hinged back. D. Matte silver with painted radium-coated radial Arabic numerals. Radium-coated "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 10 1/2''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement à moustache, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 25 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 194

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?To Marshal Foch? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 191653, case No. 286762. Made for Tiffany & Co., Switzerland, circa 1920. Very fine and rare, historically important 18K yellow gold cushion-shaped wristwatch with 18K yellow gold buckle. Presented to Marshal Foch by Alton T. Roberts and Franklin D?Olier, December 12, 192, for his 70th birthday.

C. Three-body, cushion-shaped, polished, straight down-turned lugs, the back inscribed ?Presented to Marshal Foch by Alton T. Roberts and Franklin D?Olier, December 12, 1921?. D. White enamel, radium coated Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Radium coated blued steel ?skeleton? hands. M. 12???, rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed by Tiffany & Co., movement and case by Patek Philippe. Dim. 31 x 31 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 195

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Pink Gold Screwed Back 2438-1? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 888174, case No. 2619213, Ref. 2438-1. Sold in July 1971. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, center-seconds, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold bracelet. Accompanied by the Certificat d?Origine et de Garantie.

C. Two-body, solid, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, recessed crown with Calatrava cross. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary dial for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. 27-SC Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 400,000 - 500,000

EUR 260,000 - 325,000

USD 325,000 - 400,000

Sold: CHF 655,250

LOT 196

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

?Yellow Gold Screwed Back 2438 ? 1? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 888100, case No. 687965, Ref. 2438-1. Produced circa 1958. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, center-seconds, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, recessed crown with Calatrava cross. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary dial for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. 27-SC Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 350,000 - 450,000

EUR 230,000 - 300,000

USD 285,000 - 325,000

LOT 197

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Attributed to Niklaus Brun, Basel. Made circa 1580. Very fine and important gilt brass and champlevé enamel Renaissance tabernacle clock with quarter- striking, striking indication dial, and alarm.

C. Two-tier bell rotunda with pierced arcading and eight finials, within a balustraded gallery with four strapwork engraved finials at each corner, pierced and engraved domed top supported by four winged griffon monopodiae, tapered finial, the casing with four out-set Corinthian pillars, the panels between engraved with a vase of flowers and strapwork, removable sides, the interior with foliate and flower engraving, molded and stepped base further engraved with strapwork and flowers, raised on four lioncouchant feet. D. 7 cm., silver meantime dial with radial Roman hour numerals, concentric inner Roman quarter-hour numerals, polychrome champlevé enamel bird and foliage decoration, inner gilt brass alarm disc with Arabic numerals, alarm silence lever above. Pierced brass hands. 7 cm. silver strike indication dial on the reverse with outer German style Arabic ring showing the last hour struck, concentric inner ring showing the last quarter struck, polychrome champleve enamel bird and foliage decoration. Pierced brass hands. M. Gilt brass with four posts, latches to the base, two trains mounted back-to-back with a central dividing plate, going barrels with engraved foliate decoration, brass wheels with blued steel pinions, verge escapement without spring, large steel foliot balance with hog's bristle limiting pins, small separate alarm train mounted to the side, striking on two bells in the rotunda. Movement punched NB on one post and on the base-plate. Dim. 37 x 18 x 17.5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000

USD 32,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

LOT 198

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Isaac Lowndes, Pall Mall Court, London. Made circa 1695. Fine, William III ebonised and gilt brass hour striking bracket clock with pull quarter repeat and calendar.

C. Ebonised, with caddy-top with hinged foliate gilt brass handle and pierced flower, vase and swag mount, ogee top molding, glazed side panels and back door, the front door with pierced foliate sound fret and cast gilt brass mounts, ogee base and raised on gilt brass bun feet. D. 17.5 cm., square, gilt brass with silvered chapter ring, radial Roman numerals and half-hour markers, inner quarter-hour chapter ring, outer minute chapter with Arabic five minute numerals, matted center with ringed winding holes, date aperture below 12 with foliate engraved surround, winged cherub mask spandrels, strike/silent lever above 12. Blued steel ?scroll? hour and minute hands. M. 17.7 x 14 cm., rectangular with later securing brackets, foliate engraved backplate with stiff-leaf border, four ringturned pillars, two spring barrels with fusees and gut lines, verge ecapement with bob pendulum and pierced and engraved backcock, cord-pull quarter repeating on two bells mounted above the movement. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 25 x 16.5 cm overall.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 199

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Gio(vanni) Treffler, Augusta. Made for the Italian market, circa 1660. Very fine, rare and early, walnut day and night table clock with single hand.

C. Rectangular, walnut, the interior lined with sheet metal, ring for supporting the light source, concave cresting, the ?chimney? in the top, hinged front door with glazed shaped pendulum aperture, the side with inverted corbels, raised on bun feet, the back with small hinged door to access the light. D. Brass chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and half-hour markers, rectangular iron dial plate painted with cherubs flying amongst the night sky above a landscape, cut-out sector for the night hours revealing a disc pierced with the Arabic hour numeral, the quarters pierced with Roman numerals above. Pierced and engraved brass hand. M. 95 mm., circular, gilt brass with ring-turned pillars, fusee with chain, lipped barrel, verge escapement with cow-tail pendulum and screwed brass ball regulation bob, brass dust cover. Movement signed. Dim. 49 x 39.5 x 16 cm. overall.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 16,000 - 23,000

USD 20,000 - 28,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 200

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Austria, probably Vienna. Made circa 1820. Fine, very rare and unusual, ebonized wood, tin-plate, alabaster and gilt bronze day and night clock with retrograde dial and fly-back hands.

C. Domed tin-plate top with ?chimney? opening, above a molded cornice, stepped rectangular base with inset alabaster pillars with ormolu bases and capitals, a swan and leaf-scroll mount to the center, hinged tin-plate door at the back to access the light source. D. Semi-circular, frosted glass within an ormolu frame cast and chased with stiff-leaf decoration, painted radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Steel Breguet hands. M. 90 x 75 mm., gilt brass with canted corners, going barrel, tic-tac escapement with integral cow-tail pendulum. Dim. 33 x 28.5 x 12 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 4,000

USD 3,200 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 201

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

De Beu a Paris. Made circa 1745. Fine and rare, Louis XV gilt bronze night clock with cord-pull wound alarm.

C. Finely cast and chased rococo scroll and rocaille stand with three legs and ?U? shaped support, foliate scroll cresting above the dial with aperture for the hour pointer in the form of a pierced fleur-de-lys. D. Rotating silvered chapter ring pierced with radial Roman numerals and outer star markers, the numerals illuminated as they pass the ?12? position, inner silvered alarm disc with Arabic numerals and inner half-hour ring, pointer on the arm of the chapter ring. M. 100 x 93 mm, brass with four turned baluster pillars, going barrel, tic-tac anchor escapement with silk suspension and brass-bob pendulum, underslung alarm bell, hinged brass doors and shaped top-plate on which to place the light source. Movement signed. Dim. 30.5 x 20 x 17.5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,500

USD 9,000 - 11,000

LOT 202

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Jolin a Orleans. Made circa 1745. Fine and rare, Louis XV gilt bronze night clock with cord-pull wound alarm.

C. Finely cast and chased rococo scroll and rocaille stand with three legs extending into flower and leaf mounts flanking the dial, foliate scroll and flower cresting above the dial with aperture for the hour pointer in the form of an arrow. D. Rotating brass chapter ring pierced with radial Roman numerals and outer star markers, the numerals illuminated as they pass the ?12? position, inner brass alarm disc with Arabic numerals and inner half-hour ring. M. 100 x 93 mm, brass with four turned baluster pillars, going barrel, tic-tac anchor escapement with silk suspension and brass-bob pendulum, underslung alarm bell, hinged brass doors and shaped top-plate on which to place the light source. Movement signed. Dim. 29 x 22 x 15 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,500

USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 203

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Jerome Martinot, Paris. Made circa 1700. Very fine, Louis XIV, ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell and brass Boulle marquetry hour and half-hour striking, pull-wound quarter-repeating bracket clock with matching bracket.

C. Regence form with arched cornice surmounted by ormolu figure of a child in classical drapery holding aloft a bird, ormolu border and four urn finials, four further flambeau finials above a lambrequin and fleur-de-lys cornice, the body of the case glazed on three sides, the canted corners with female caryatid mounts, raised on a scroll base with a mask of Hercules draped in the lion's pelt above a lambrequin in the center, on ormolu toupie feet; the whole finely veneered in marquetry in brass on grounds of red tortoiseshell forming strapwork and foliate scrolls, masks and cornucopiae, matching bracket composed of three struts mounted with gilt female-mask and flower mounts, leaf and fruit terminal. D. Ormolu with white enamelled cartouches with radial blue Roman numerals, outer minutes with every minute numbered, chased and engraved foliate scroll center, gilt bronze mask below decorated with two sphinxes and foliate scrolls. Well-pierced blued steel hands. M. Rectangular, 140 x 130 mm, brass, verge escapement, steel rod pendulum with silk suspension, count wheel on the back plate, pullrepeat mechanism, striking and repeating on three bells with four hammers. Dial, mask and movement signed. Dim. Height 65 cm (with bracket 91cm), bracket width 36 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000

USD 6,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 9,430

LOT 204

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Gallois a Paris. Made circa 1740. Very fine, small, Louis XV eight-day going, pull-cord winding-quarter repeating, brass inlaid veneered Boulle bracket clock with pull-cord-winding alarm and matching bracket.

C. Waisted case with oak carcass, glazed on three sides and veneered with gilt brass inlaid tortoiseshell foliate marquetry. Gilt bronze winged dragon bottom corner pieces extending into feet. Gilt metal framed glazed door with centre bottom applique of a phoenix flanked by foliate rocaille decoration, matching pediment and bracket, pediment surmounted by the figure of a winged cherub. The bracket with gilt corner mounts in the form of chased leaves and fruit tail-piece descending from the base. D. Gilt bronze with blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches, outer Arabic minute ring, inner alarm disc with Arabic numerals and pierced foliate centre on white enamel centre disc. Blued steel Louis XIV hands. M. Rectangular with shaped lower edge and turned baluster pillars, going barrel for the going train, knifeedge verge escapement, pendulum with silk suspension, pull cord winding repeating train, striking on two bells, pull-cord winding alarm train. Movement signed. Dim. 74 x 28 x 17 cm. overall including bracket.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000

USD 6,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 205

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Giuseppe Fiore, Rome. Made in 1779. Very fine and very rare, quarter and hour striking up to six, and repeating walnut and olivewood marquetry veneered ormolu mounted bracket clock with glass dial, triple date calendar and alarm.

C. Waisted, shaped cresting with flat-top, walnut carcass veneered with olivewood and panels of outlined marquetry, gilt bronze door with scroll detail, finely chased foliate corner mounts terminating in large lion's paw feet. D. Glass, reverse painted with blue radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring and Arabic five minute markers, calendar dial below with outer date dial, concentric months and days of the week indications. Pierced gilt hour and minute hands, steel alarm hand, serpentine arrow-tipped calendar hands. M. 15 x 13 cm, brass with cylindrical pillars, going barrels, verge escapement with silk suspension, steel rod pendulum with brass bob, striking and repeating on two bells by ?organ cam? mounted above the movement, strike/silent lever on the back of the case. The calendar mechanism mounted on the front of an ?L? shaped plate extending down from the movement and geared via the hour wheel in a linear arrangement, some wheels with six or eight spokes. Movement signed. Dim. 67 x 42 x 21 overall.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 206

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 2918, circa 1850. Very fine and rare "giant" gilt brass 8 day-going double-train carriage clock striking and repeating the hours.

C. Glazed on three sides and on top, molded on top and bottom, massive fluted handle, the gilt brass back with shuttered holes for winding and hand setting, levers for strike/silent and regulation. D. Brushed silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds below XII o'clock. Blued steel ?fleur-de-lys? hands. M. Rectangular brass, both trains with fusees and chains, maintaining power on the going side, platform with underslung lateral lever escapement, frosted gilt three-arm monometallic balance, blued steel flat balance spring, escape wheels and balance pivots jewelled, index regulator, strike/silent lever on the back plate, striking the hours on a coiled gong and repeating activated by depressing a button in the top. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Dim. Height 24.7 cm, width 13.6 cm, depth 10.6

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 207

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

Charles Frodsham & Co, By Appointment to H.M. The King, 27, South Molton Street, London, No. 2286. Made circa 1915. Very fine and rare, flame mahogany library timepiece.

C. Flat top with glazed panel, molded entablature, glazed sides and front and back doors, step molded base and block feet, the whole veneered with well figured mahogany. D. Rectangular silvered with silvered inclined border, foliate engraved spandrels, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Rectangular brass plates with securing brackets, four turned pillars, fusee with chain, maintaining power, anchor escapement, large steel rod brass-bob pendulum with regulation nut, pendulum holdfast on the backplate. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 24.5 x 16.5 x 13.5 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,500

USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 11,500