371 lots

LOT 41

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

?Bone Watch? Mikhail Semyonovitch Bronnikov. Made circa 1865. Fine and extremely rare watch entirely made of bone. Accompanied by the original carved bone chain, hook and key.

C. Double-body, hinged back cover, polished, bezels with turned ribs at the edges, a small circle in the center. Chain: single and double links, carved from bone, 8 mm ring-links. D. Bone with Arabic numerals on circular cartouches, subsidiary seconds. Bone hands. M. Entirely made of bone with pinned bone bridges, excluding the main-spring, balance-spring and pivots, with going barrel, cylinder escapement with bone staff, plain bone three-arm balance, bone index regulator. Back cover signed in Cyrillic. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 42

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

?Ivory Watch? Russian or German. Made circa 1800. Very fine and extremely rare 18K gold ?souvenir? watch with ivory movement and visible cock.

C. Two-body, ?Directoire?, polished and with glazed back, the glazed bezels with engraved decoration, the band engraved with the inscription: Zum Kindlichen Andenken. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and gilt minute ring, outer Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued steel ?scotties? hands. M. 37 mm., hinged ivory full-plate, baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, large continental type foliate pierced balance cock with ruby endstone. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 43

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

?La Forge de Cupidon? Des Arts & Compagnie, Geneva. Made circa 1800. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel double-face pocket watch with automaton scene, quarter repeating on a bell incorporated within the movement.

C. Two-body, ?Directoire?, polished, glazed back. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic quarter hour numerals. Pierced gold hands. Automaton dial finely painted on enamel with a Swiss landscape, the vari-coloured chased gold automata comprising two Martin-Martine type jacks in 18th Century costume appearing to strike the hours and the quarters on two bells above, two cherubs between forging the weapons of Venus, grassy foreground with a sleeping dog, the automata driven by the repeating work. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance beneath he dial, flat balance spring, repeating on two bells situated between the plates activated by depressing the pendant, milled regulation wheel in the dial plate. Dial signed. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 38,000 - 48,000

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 65,550

LOT 44

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

?Indiscretion? Attributed to Chevalier & Cochet, Genève. Made circa 1790. Very fine and rare 18K gold watch with quarter repeating on a bell incorporated within the movement and a concealed painted erotic automaton scene with independent movement.

C. Three-body, ?Directoire?, polished, a secret push-piece beneath the bezel opening the back to reveal the painted automaton scene showing a couple in a fine interior being watched at the window by a peeping Tom. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and outer minute ring, Arabic quarter hour numerals. Polished ?spade? hands with blued steel tips. M. 44.5 mm., gilt brass, inverted, quarter plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, repeating on a bell activated by depressing the pendant. Automaton movement concealed in the back and with going barrel driving the automata by means of cams and levers. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 38,000 - 48,000

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

LOT 45

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

?Wolf?s Tooth? Lépine, Horloger du Roy, Paris, Invenit et Fecit, No. 5229, Paris hallmarks for 1789. Fine and extremely rare, large 18K gold, dumb quarter repeating watch with wolf?s tooth train and Lépine?s special opening mechanism.

C. Two-body, by Guillaume Mermillod (GM), polished, fixed bezel, concealed hinge. Gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer red Arabic minute ring. Gold ?Lépine type? pierced fleur-de-lys hands. M. 44 mm., gilt brass, Lépine calibre with free-standing barrel and wolf?s tooth train, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on the case with a single massive polished steel hammer activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 16,000 - 21,000

EUR 10,000 - 14,000

USD 13,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 20,700

LOT 46

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

"Poetry and Love" Lépine Horloger du Roy a Paris, "Invenit et Fecit", No. 5659. Paris hallmarks for 1789. Fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with wolf?s-toothed train.

C. Two-body, by Guillaume Mermillod (GM), split-pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, concealed hinge, hinged and sprung back cover overlaid with green translucent guilloche enamel and centered with a finely painted partly-grisaille miniature depicting Erato with a putto in a classical landscape, gold paillon border. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with mixed Roman and Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gold pierced "fleur-de-lys and arrow" hands. M. Gilt brass 17''', Lepine caliber, standing barrel and wolf's-tooth wheel train, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and cuvette signed, cuvette engraved with three fleur-de-lys. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 16,000 - 21,000

EUR 10,000 - 14,000

USD 13,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 18,975

LOT 47

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

Mugnier, Horloger de L?Empereur et Roi, No. 795, case No. 849. Paris hallmarks for 1798 ? 1809. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, two-train quarter repeating grande sonnerie clockwatch with Robin detent lever escapement.

C. Four body, ?Empire?, mastermark for Amy Gros (AG), polished. Gilt metal cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds with Arabic 60-second numeral. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 47 mm., gilt brass, half-plate, standing barrel, 10 jewels, Robin detent lever escapement with jewelled impulse pallet, the escape wheel and lever with jewelled pivots and polished steel endplates, three-arm gold balance wheel, the top pivot with pare-chute, blued steel flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb fixed to the index regulator, the striking and repeating train with fixed going barrel, striking the hours and quarters at each quarter and at will by depressing a button in the pendant, strike/non-strike lever in the band. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 33,000 - 43,000

EUR 20,000 - 28,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

LOT 48

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

?Musical-Stacked teeth? Geneva. Made circa 1810. Very fine and unusual 18K gold, quarter repeating musical watch with early stacked steel teeth.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, with reeded band and bezel, the engine turned back with small vacant cartouche. D. Gold, engine turned with polished radial Roman numerals, outer minute and engraved stylised lotus flower decoration. M. 48 mm., gilt brass highly unusual calibre, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on polished steel square-section gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Pin barrel musical train with two sets of 14 tuned stacked teeth. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 22,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 14,000 - 18,000

LOT 49

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

Boubon, Palais Royal a Paris, No. 123. Made circa 1815. Very fine 18K gold pocket watch of eight-day duration with ruby cylinder escapement.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, with Paris discharge marks and Master mark ABA, stepped curved bezel, reeded band, engineturned back cover with polished oval cartouche outlined with dark blue enamel. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel by Droz, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel pierced arrow hands. M. 48 mm., frosted gilt, large standing barrel, the wheel cocks with polished steel caps, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, ruby impulse pin, three-arm brass balance wheel, flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,700 - 7,300

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 50

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

Swiss. Made circa 1810. Fine 18K gold quarter repeating pocket watch.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, hinged polished bezel, reeded band, engine turned back with polished border. Hinged and sprung gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 46 mm., frosted gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental balance cock, silvered regulation dial, repeating activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 56.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

USD 1,600 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 51

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

"Chronos-Breguet" Breguet, Etablissement Mixte, circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold eight-day going ?wandering hour? pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned back cover, fluted band, gilt spring-loaded cuvette. D. White enamel segment with minute divisions and Arabic numerals set in the top of a gold mask engraved with the figure of Chronos, wandering Arabic blued-steel hour numerals passing through aperture, indicating the correct minute. M. 54.4 mm, gilt brass, unusual bridge calibre, 6 jewels, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gold balance, flat balance spring, balance and escape wheel jewelled, free-standing barrel, third and fourth wheels in skeletonised steel bridge. Case stamped inside back cover 'PHPI, 6237' and with later French gold marks, cuvette signed 'Etablissement mixte, Breguet', the dial engraved Breguet et Fils. Diam. 61 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 13,000 - 18,000

USD 16,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 52

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

?The Companions? Swiss, circa 1820. Very fine, rare and unusual 18K gold and painted on enamel, skeletonized watch with movement in the shape of a vase.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, reeded band and bezels, glazed on both sides. D. Small white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel pierced hands. M. Shaped, gilt brass, full-plate decorated on both sides with engraved flowers and fluting, back with applied painted on enamel plaque depicting two children with a hound, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, foliate pierced two-footed cock. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 53

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

Attributed to Dubois et Fils, Locle. Made for the Chinese market circa 1800. Fine and very rare 18K gold, diamond-set, dead center-seconds pocket watch with Pouzait escapement and calendar.

C. Two-body, ?Directoire?, polished, Master mark DFK. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic 15 minute/seconds numerals, winding aperture at 4 o?clock. Fancy gold hour and minute hands. M. 47 mm, gilt brass full plate with tapered pillars, fusee and chain, slow-beat Pouzait lever escapement with large diamond-set balance with five curved arms, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 16,000 - 21,000

EUR 10,000 - 14,000

USD 13,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 54

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

Guinand à Paris. Made circa 1800. Very fine and rare, 18K gold pocket watch with calendar and visible central verge escapement.

C. Double-body, Directoire, polished, the back centred with a glazed aperture revealing the balance wheel and escapement. D. White enamel, eccentric with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and small subsidiary dial for the date on each side of the central escapement observation aperture. Gold Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement fitted to the centre and visible through the dial and back plate, plain gold three-arm balance, small balance bridge with polished steel end-piece. Dial and movement signed, case stamped with Neuchâtel hallmark. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

LOT 55

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

"Abelard and Heloise" Ilbery, London, No.6664, the enamel attributed to Hess, Geneva. Made for the Oriental market, circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, pearl and painted on enamel pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, "Empire", the bezel, stem and bow set with split-pearls, hinged and sprung back cover with split-pearl border, dark blue guilloche enamel and engraved gold border, the shield-shaped central panel finely painted with a scene of Abelard and Heloise, he with a bow and hunting horn. Hinged and sprung gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minute track, fleur-de-lys quarter hour markers, large subsidiary seconds. Gold concave hands. M. Gilt "Chinese" caliber, foliate chased and engraved, hanging barrel, duplex escapement, polished steel five-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 33,000 - 43,000

EUR 20,000 - 28,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 41,400

LOT 56

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

"Rose Bouquet" Bovet, Fleurier. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, pale blue, red and white enameled band, back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of flowers including pink roses, pearl-set bezels, enameled pearl-set pendant,and bow. gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel ?ovoid? hands. M. 21''', mirror-polished steel, "Chinese" caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, 8 jewels, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel winged weights, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 57.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 57

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

Léo Juvet, Shanghai, No. 224875 & No. 224876. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1875. Very fine, pair of silver pocket watches with center seconds, and original morocco fitted case, keys and spare crystals.

C. Two-body, ?Consular?, polished, spring-loaded and glazed cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer Chinese numerals and minute track. Blued steel 'ovoid' hands. M. 47 mm (21??), gilded and entirely foliate engraved, ?Chinese? calibre, 16 jewels, free-standing barrel, counterpoised lateral lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, white metal flat balance spring, index regulator. Dials, cases and movements signed Juvet in Chinese characters. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,700 - 7,300

Sold: CHF 16,675

LOT 58

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

Swiss. Made circa 1820. Fine and very rare, 18K gold hour musical clockwatch with automaton and repeating.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, polished bezel, reeded band, the back engine-turned with a sunburst pattern and polished border. Hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. White enamel annular chapter ring with Breguet numerals, outer minute indexes, glazed engineturned silver centre with an applied varicoloured gold automaton scene: a lady playing the guitar, her arm driven by the musical train and a cupid driven by the repeating train, appearing to strike the hours on a bell. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 46 mm., gilt brass, full-plate, the going train with fixed barrel and revolving arbour, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with index regulator. Pinned disc musical train also driving the automaton lady playing the guitar, striking train with fixed barrel, striking and repeating the hours and half-hours on a gong, also activated at will by a button on the pendant, striking work on the backplate. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 26,000 - 31,000

EUR 17,000 - 20,000

USD 21,000 - 25,000

LOT 59

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

?The Story of Zeus? Cugnier Leschot, Geneve. Made circa 1820. Fine, rare and unusual 18K gold quarter repeating skeletonized pocket watch with multicoloured gold automaton.

C. Four-body, ?Directoire?, polished with reeded band, glazed gilt rimmed hinged cuvette with engraved laurel-leaf border. D. White enamel annular chapter ring, Breguet numerals, outer minute ring, the glazed centre skeletonized and with a very finely chased multicoloured gold scene of a crowned Zeus sitting astride an eagle and holding a sceptre and the world, flanked by Pan and Procyon appearing to strike with hammers, an Arcadian landscape with a sheep below. Blued steel ?snake? hands. M. 51 mm., frosted gilt skeletonized full-plate, cylinder escapement three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring, steel two-foot skeletonized cock with ruby endstone, index regulator, repeating work set on the back plate, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 10,580

LOT 60

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

Pere Bouhelier, Swiss, No. 756. Made circa 1830. Very fine and rare, quarter repeating 18K gold pocket watch with special escapement.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned, cast and chased flower and scroll borders, pendant and bow, rope-twist band. Hinged gold engine turned cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, the center acidetched with foliate scrolls. Gold ?arrow? hands. M. 48 mm., frosted gilt, 12 jewels, standing barrel, gold wheel train, special polished steel lateral lever escapement with elongated lever arm, the fork engaging a locking pin on the balance pivot, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two massive polished steel hammers on two gongs activated by a pull-and-twist button in the pendant, polished steel repeating work under the dial. Cuvette signed. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,500

USD 6,500 - 8,000