371 lots

LOT 141

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

?Golden Clouds? Melly Frères & Ruegger, Geneva. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1800. Very fine and rare, oval, gold, enamel and pearl set pendant watch with calendar. Accompanied by the original leather covered fitted case.

C. Two-body, oval, stepped bezel, extended flat band decorated on both sides with filigree clouds and split pearls within a translucent blue enamel border decorated with multicoloured gold paillons. D. White enamel, oval, with Arabic chapter ring and outer minute track, Arabic quarter hour numerals, calendar dial above and regulation sector below. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 34 x 19 mm., gilt fullplate, fixed spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring. Movement signed. Dim. 53 x 38 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,200 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 142

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

?Royal Blue? Jaquet Droz, London. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1785. Very fine and extremely rare, gold, enamel and pearl-set pocket watch with centre seconds.

C. Three-body, sprung and hinged bezel set with half-pearls, extended flat band pierced with red and blue enamel oval panels with gold paillons, half-pearl border, the reverse decorated to match, the back with a panel of dark blue guilloché enamel with foliate gold paillon border, half-pearl surround and outer border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minutes / seconds, Arabic quarter hour numerals. Pierced gold ?Jaquet Droz? hands. M. 42 mm., gilt, full plate, foliate chased and engraved backplate furniture, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, pierced and chased single footed cock flush with the backplate, diamond endstone, silvered regulation dial, gilt brass dust ring. Signed on the gold dust ring. Diam. 64 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 143

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

?Souscription? Breguet, No. 2738. Sold to Leriche on November 8, 1815, for 845 Francs. Fine, 18K gold Montre de Souscription, pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, with glazed back. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals and outer five-minute track with 2 1/2 minute divisions, signed on the reverse ?Borel, 250?, secret signature below 12. Blued-steel Breguet hand. M. 57 mm (25???), frosted gilt, souscription calibre, central barrel wound from the front or back, overhanging Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, threearm brass balance, the top pivot with pare-chute, blued steel flat balance spring, temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000

USD 6,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 9,430

LOT 144

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

?Monsieur Dragly? Breguet, No. 1865, case No. 2696, Répétition de Première Classe, sold to Monsieur Moreau for Monsieur Dragly on June 12th, 1809, for 2400 Francs. Very fine, 18K gold dumb quarter-repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Accompanied by a 1991 Breguet Certificate.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, by Tavernier, polished bezel, reeded band, engine turned back. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold, engine turned with polished chapter ring, radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers, eccentric subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49 mm (22??)., frosted gilt, standing barrel, 13 jewels, Breguet overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm flat rim balance, top pivot with pare-chute, flat blued steel balance spring, bimetallic compensation curb on the index regulator, repeating the hours and quarters with a massive polished steel hammer activated by a pulland- twist action plunger in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed, case with Tavernier?s Mastermark, movement numbered. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 23,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

USD 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

LOT 145

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

?Le Prince de Wurtemberg? Breguet, No.355, case No. 318/355. Sold to a Spanish gentleman for Monsieur Gibernac, on 28 Fructidor an 6, (September 16, 1799), for 960 Francs, bought back and then sold to the Prince de Wurtemberg par Guthaës, on November 21, 1842, for 1600 Francs. Very fine and rare, Montre de Moyenne Grandeur, 18K gold quarter repeating hunting-cased pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Accompanied by a 1987 Breguet certificate.

C. Four body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, Mastermark LS, engine turned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Frosted silver with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute indexes. Gold Breguet hands. M. 42 mm. (18 1/2???), frosted gilt, standing barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute suspension, temperature compensation curb, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,000

USD 7,500 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 28,750

LOT 146

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

?Monsieur Bastreche? Breguet, No. 608. Sold to Monsieur Bastreche, Germinal an 8 (21 March 1800 - 19 April 1801) for 3000 Francs. Very fine and rare 18K rose gold, enamel and diamond-set médaillon montre à tact. Accompanied by a 1953 Breguet certificate and later fitted box and key.

C. Three-body 'forme collier' the front cover with translucent dark blue enamel over sunburst effect engine-turning (eccentric ellipse pattern). Revolving back cover with arrow tact hand set with rose-cut diamonds and with finely reeded edge. The reeded band set with 11 rose diamond touch pieces, the diamond-set pendant with loose bow forming the 12th. Gold cuvette engraved Breguet N. 608, with apertures for the dial and the winding holes. D. Small eccentric silvered with Arabic numerals and outer minute track, mounted on the barrel bridge. Blued-steel Breguet hands, one missing. M. 34 mm (15???), fire-gilded ?souscription? caliber with center barrel wound only from the front, five-wheel, 45-hour going train controlled by ruby cylinder escapement with brass three-arm balance with flat blued-steel balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. 38.5 mm. without diamonds.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 42,550

LOT 147

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

Breguet, No. 600. Made in Switzerland during the French Revolutionary period, circa 1795. Fine and extremely rare, quarter repeating, 18K gold pedometer-type self-winding pocket watch with virgule escapement.

C. Four-body, ?Directoire?, polished, stepped bezel and border. Gold-rimmed glazed cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, 3/4 plate, going barrel wound by an crescent-shaped gold weight with limiting device to prevent winding when fully wound, virgule escapement, threearm gold balance, flat blued steel balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two square-section gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed ?Breguet?, case with maker?s mark JAB, numbered on the pendant. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 18,000 - 23,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

USD 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 24,150

LOT 148

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

Attributed to Pierre Simon Gounouilhou, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold octagonal pearl-set ring watch with visible rose diamond-set balance.

C. Rectangular with canted corners, the top housing the watch, screwed pearl-set bezel, polished sliding panel at the bottom to reveal the winding, setting, and regulating holes, hinged shank with solid extended triangular ends. D. Rectangular with canted corners, translucent dark blue enamel plate decorated with gold scrolls, upper white enamel subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the balance spinning against a polished blued steel plate, in the lower part small white unusually positioned enamel dial with Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 27 x 14 mm., brass, rectangular with canted corners, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, plain diamond-set balance with five arms, flat balance spring. Dim. 31 x 18 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000

USD 6,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 149

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

?The Girl on a Swing? Attributed to Piguet and Capt, Geneva. Made circa 1810. Very fine and extremely rare 18K. varicoloured gold and painted on enamel, rose-diamond set ring watch with two automata.

C. Oval top housing the watch and the automata, rose-cut diamond set bezel, the head is fitted to the hinged shank with runners and on its underside a shutter gives access to the winding and setting squares. D. Eccentric, white enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. A varicoloured gold couple, she on a swing, he standing pushing the swing, a dolphin fountain curves around the visible, rose diamond-set balance. The whole mounted on an oval painted on enamel background with a garden. M. 16.5 x 30.6 mm, oval, plain brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel, three curved arm rose diamond-set balance, flat balance spring. The automaton is driven by an independent five-wheel train and activated by a small lever on the side. Dim. Length 38 mm, width 24 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

USD 40,000 - 57,000

Sold: CHF 259,250

LOT 150

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

?Dieu Toujours Avec Vous? Louis Duchène et Fils, Geneve, No.73330. Made circa 1790. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, enamel and hardstone rococo style egg-form pendant watch.

C. Two-body, egg-form, pierced rococo flower and scroll goldwork over a green hardstone base, hinged lid with the inscription ?Dieu Toujours Avec Vous? in white enamel, ring suspension loop. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 21 mm. (9 1/2???), frosted gilt full-plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental type balance cock, gilt regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 32 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 10,925

LOT 151

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

?The Beetle? Geneva. Made circa 1870. Very fine, 18K gold and enamel, diamond and pearl-set lady?s pendant form watch with concealed dial and photograph compartment, in the shape of a beetle.

C. Four-body, spring-loaded wings, translucent red enamel over engine-turning and set with seed pearls, opening to reveal the dial, the neck set with seed pearls, rose-cut diamond eyes, hinged realistically cast and chased underside, ring suspension loop. Gold cuvette inscribed ?Geneve?. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. ?Louis? hands. M. 25 x 21, heart-shaped, gilt, bar calibre, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed Genève. Dim. 51 x 27 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 152

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

?J?ai Juré Par L?Amour? Jaques Patron, Genève, No. 1345. Made circa 1790. Fine and charming, spherical, 18K gold and painted on enamel lady?s pendant watch.

C. Two-body, spherical, the front cover with a painted on enamel scene of a boy and his pet dog in a landscape, black enamel and foliate edge, the border with the inscription: De Vous Aimer Toujour in white enamel, the back with a painted on enamel scene of a young girl and her pet rabbit in a landscape, black enamel and foliate edge, the border with the inscription: Jai Jure Par L? Amour. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, Arabic quarter hour numerals. M. 17 mm., frosted gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental type balance cock, silvered regulation dial. Dial signed. Diam. 23.5 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,600

USD 1,600 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 153

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

?The Shooting Star? Swiss. Made for the Indian market, circa 1890. Very fine, rare and unusual, 18K gold, rose-diamond, pearl and lapis lazuli brooch with automaton rotating stars. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Two-body, circular, each side with a chased bird?s wing set with rose-cut diamonds, bezel set with half-pearls, the centre with two opposing rotating silver and rose-cut diamond set 8-arm stars above a lapis lazuli ground. M. 27 mm., brass, going barrel driving a six-wheel train for the rotating stars activated by a slide in the side of the case. Dim. 76 x 30 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,200 - 5,000

LOT 154

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève., No. 174202, case No. 402945. Made circa 1915. Very fine and rare, very small and slim, 18K yellow gold minuterepeating keyless lady?s pendant watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted wooden box, spare crystal, mainspring and remontoire spring and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, "bassine", polished, concealed hinge, the back cover with inlaid platinum monogram ?DEJ?. D. Gilt with painted black Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned center. Blued steel "spade? hands. M. 12''', rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 29 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, calibrated and counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating the hours, quarter hours and minutes with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 23,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

USD 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

LOT 155

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

?Belle Epoque? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 162555, case No. 263213. Made circa 1910. Very fine and elegant, platinum, rose diamond, gold and enamel lady?s pendant watch.

C. Three-body, aquamarine guilloche enamel bezel, the band mounted within a platinum latticework frame with rose diamond-set leaf and flower border, the back overlaid with aquamarine guilloche enamel with painted white enamel flower border, mounted with a platinum and rose diamond-set ornament, rose diamond-set suspension loop, the winding crown set with a cabochon sapphire. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic gold painted five minute numerals. Gold ?Louis? hands. M. 9???, rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 18,000

USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 156

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

?Apollo XI - Moon Watch? Omega "Speedmaster Professional", No. 238. Made from 1969-1972 to commemorate the Apollo Xl mission to the moon. Very fine and rare limited production, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, tachometer graduation on the bronzed bezel to 500 units per hour. D. Brushed gilt with applied yellow gold with black enamel indexes, outer minutes and fifths of seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Black enameled "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 861, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

EUR 8,000 - 9,000

USD 10,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,075

LOT 157

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

?Constellation Chronometer? Omega, "Constellation?, Automatic Chronometer Officially Certified. Made in the 1960s. Fine 18K pink gold self-winding waterresistant "Chronometre" gentleman's wristwatch with date, centre seconds and an 18K pink gold Omega bracelet.

C. Two-body, flat bezel, angled lapidated lugs, screwed down back, with the Constellation logo. D. Gilt, sloping reserve with applied gold baton and black line hour indexes, date aperture at three, applied gold star above six. Pink gold and black line ?dauphine? hands. M. 13''', Calibre 561, copper-coloured, self-winding, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic four-arm balance, adjusted to five positions and temperature, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer adjustment to the regulator, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness.10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 5,980

LOT 158

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

?Melbourne Olympics 1956? Omega, Seamaster XVI, Ref. 2850 SC, made in 1956. Very fine and rare, centre second, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and yellow gold plated Omega buckle.

C. Two-body, massive, polished, screwed case back with logo, faceted lugs, flat bezel. D. Ivory China lacquer (made by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet) with applied 18K pink gold faceted indexes repeating the lugs decoration, on the 6, the Cross of Olympic Excellency (the Maltese Cross). Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 471, copper coloured, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,600

USD 2,800 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 159

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

?Two-Tone Dial? Omega, ?Chronomètre?, No. 10662751, case No. 10838841, Ref. 2367. Made circa 1950. Very fine, large, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with indirect center seconds and gold-platedOmegabuckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, tapered lugs. D. Two-tone brushed silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic quarter hour numerals, outer minute track. Pink gold ?feuille? hands. M. 13???, Cal. 30-T2-SC, copper coloured, 16 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulation. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,600

USD 2,800 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 5,060

LOT 160

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

?Limited Edition? Audemars Piguet Genève, "Royal Oak, Quantième Perpétuel Automatique, N° 084", case No. C 77651. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 2 atm., octagonal, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, 18K yellow gold Royal Oak bracelet and white gold deployant clasp.

C. Three body, solid, polished and brushed, lapidated octagonal bezel, with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, sapphire crystal back with screws. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2120/2852, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, 21K engraved white gold rotor with yellow gold rim. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 14,000 - 17,000

EUR 9,000 - 11,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 22,425