LIODET, GRANDE ET PETITE SONNERIE J. Liodet, Geneva, No. 631, circa 1860. Extremely fine and very rare 18K gold, triple-train quarter-repeating, Grande & Petite Sonnerie clockwatch with visible works.

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Four-body, "bassine et filets"; florally chased and engraved band and bezels; guilloché engine-turned à grains d'orge covers borders; case-back with a taille-douce engraved rococo floral and foliate boarder frame, with inside a lakeside painted on enamel partly in grisaille showing the Mont-Blanc view from Bellerive, near Geneva, a stone bridge in the foreground and a tree to the right, boat and ships on the Léman (Geneva lake) and mountains in the background, the sky with translucent guilloché engine-turned background imitating the rays of rising sun; hinged gold cuvette (back-dome) with guilloché engine-turned and engraved decoration, with two winding and one setting apertures; Grande / Petite Sonnerie lever, strike / silent lever under the bezel. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, taille-douce engraved foliate decoration. Gold Breguet hands. Blued steel central seconds hand. 45 mm., full plate, matte gilt brass, turned pillars, two barrels for the going and striking trains, ruby duplex escapement, polished steel three-arm balance, blued steel balance-spring, polished steel escape wheel; lever for change from Petite to Grande Sonnerie extending into the case at 1 o'clock, striking / silence lever at 10 o'clock; repeating train from the same barrel as striking, striking and repeating works mounted on the back plate allowing viewing the action; striking and repeating on two gongs; repeating activated by turning the button in the pendant

THE NEAPOLITAN RED SCARLET MANDOLIN Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, No. 7 083, circa 1820. Magnificent and extremely rare 18K gold and enamel pearl- set quarter-repeating musical automaton watch, in the form of a Neapolitan mandolin, playing every hour or at will, made for the Chinese market.

Two-body, covered with translucent red scarlet enamel over flinqué; rose-cut diamonds sound-hole fitted with the watch dial and automaton scene (originally this bezel was probably pearl-set); the back formed of six ribs in en suite red scarlet enamel over a geometrical pattern; the front of the neck decorated with light blue enamel frets; gold knurled pegs; the front set with finely graduated split pearls on an applied gold frame; the edge decorated with graduated half-turquoises; gold twisted-rope strings; push-button at the edge of the soundboard to activate the quarter-repeating; once the lid is opened, we discovered a light blue gold and enamel hinging cuvette (back-dome) decorated with a champlevé column and foliages with translucent multicoloured flowers; on its side, the Music / Silence lever; the gold fausse-plaques (plates) surrounding the cuvette (back-dome), with inside the movement, engraved with ribbon flowers enamelled in royal blue champlevé. Painted on enamel over a background with a park, roses in the foreground, a varicoloured gold Cupid and butterfly, symbol of fragility of Love, on an animated seesaw, over a radial Roman chapter set eccentrically at the lower part with outer minute and second rings. Blued steel ''spade'' hands; blued steel equilibrated central hand. 43 mm. ,frosted gilt brass, two-train, with free standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three- arm balance, blued-steel flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator ; repeating on two gongs activated by depressing the pendant. "Sur plateau" musical movement with 19 individual tuned blued steel vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc; the Music / Silence lever at the edge of the cuvette (back-dome), beneath the cover of the object. Movement punched "P M" inside a horizontal lozenge on the dial plate and numbered on several places.

THE NEAPOLITAN GREEN MANDOLIN Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, No. 4 666, circa 1820. Magnificent and extremely rare 18K gold and enamel pearl- set quarter-repeating musical automaton watch, in the form of a Neapolitan mandolin, playing every hour or at will, made for the oriental market.

Two-body, covered with translucent green enamel over flinqué with gold foliage on the soundboard; pearl-set sound- hole fitted with the watch dial and automaton scene; the back formed of six ribs in en suite green enamel over a geometrical pattern; the front of the neck decorated with light blue enamel frets; gold knurled pegs; the front set with finely graduated split pearls on an applied gold frame; the edge decorated en suite with graduated half-pearls; gold twisted-rope strings; push- button at the edge of the soundboard to activate the quarter- repeating; once the lid is opened, we discovered a polished gold and enamel hinging cuvette (back-dome) decorated with translucent imperial blue flowers; on its side, the music / silence lever; the fausse-plaques (plates) surrounding the gold cuvette (back-dome), with inside the movement, engraved with ribbon flowers enamelled in royal blue champlevé. Painted on enamel over a background with a park, roses in the foreground, two varicoloured gold children on an animated seesaw, over a radial Roman chapter set eccentrically at the lower part. Blued steel Breguet hands; blued steel equilibrated central hand. 43 mm. ,frosted gilt brass, two-train, with free standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three- arm balance, blued-steel flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator ; repeating on two gongs activated by depressing the pendant. "Sur plateau" musical movement with 21 individual tuned steel vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc; the Music / Silence lever at the edge of the cuvette (back-dome), beneath the cover of the object. Movement punched "P M" inside a horizontal lozenge on the dial plate and numbered on several places.

ILBERY, ''EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA'' Gold and enamel '' Road to Santiago de Compostella''. London, No. 6838, the enamel attributed to Hess, Geneva.circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel pocket watch with duplex escapement.

Two-body, "Empire", the hinged back cover decorated with a very finely painted on enamel scene in the manner of Hess depicting a priest wearing two scallop shells on his cassock helping a young lady on the road. The bezel decorated with engraved gold, red,black and blue enamel, the stem and bow decorated with white, red and turquoise enamel, hinged and sprung back gold cover. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track, center seconds. Gold "heart" hands. 49 mm. (22```), gilt brass fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, diamond endstone..

"COUNTRY SERENADE" Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 42350, the enamel probably Geneva. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with duplex escapement and centre seconds.

Three-body, "Empire", the bezel decorated with red, black, blue and white enamel, sprung and hinged back cover with similar decorated border and finely painted on enamel scene of a seated shepherd playing a flute with a shepherdess and her female companion listening, in a wooded landscape with blue sky. Sprung and hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minutes/seconds track, Arabic quarter hour numerals. "Ovoid" hands. Gilt "Chinese" caliber, foliate chased and engraved, hanging barrel, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with wedge-shaped polished steel weights, index regulator. Movement signed.

"ALLEGORY OF WINTER" Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 5974, the case by Frères Oltramare ,made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, center seconds,quarter repeating pocket watch,the enamel by Jean Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819).

Four-body, "Empire", the back with a very finely painted on enamel portrait of a young lady in a red dress, pink scarf, blue headdress,split pearl-set border, the outer border decorated with translucent guilloche red enamel ,the band, pendant and bow decorated to match, the bezels set with split pearls Hinged gold cuvette decorated with light blue and dack blue champlevé enamel foliage, apertures for hand-setting and winding going train. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued-steel 'serpent' hands. 46 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, profusely chased and engraved with flowers and foliage in the Chinese taste, going barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Case punched with the casemaker's mark "FO", movement punched with Piguet & Meylan's mark "PM" on the dial plate.

THE PISTOL Duel Attributed to Moulinié, Bautte & Cie, Geneva, circa 1806, made for the Chinese market. Exceptional and extremely rare pair of 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set, combined watch and perfume sprinkler, in form of flintlock pistols.

The grips of translucent scarlet enamel over flinqué grounds decorated with small gold rosettes on black champlevé enamel with gold flowers, the borders set with half pearls. Gold plates, finely chased with a dog on one side and a rabbit on the other, framed with half pearls. The barrels of cobalt blue translucent champlevé enamel over flinqué grounds, with a raised gold scroll design simulating damascene work. The perfume is released through the pistils of gold lotus flowers with enamelled petls, which are shot out of the barrel. The act of cocking the hammer winds the mechanism, also lowering the trigger. The watch is concealed in the end of the butt, the spring-loaded front and back covers with half pearl-set borders, decorated with flinqué rosettes and centeredwith half pearls. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold "spearhead" hands. 15 mm. ø, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, continental cock pierced and engraved. In a Chinese fitted box with original keys decorated with matching scarlet enamel over flinqué engraving and white enamel borders.

THE SEASONS Piguet & Capt, Geneva, the box by Rémond & Cie, the painting on enamel attributed to Jean-Louis Richter, circa 1810. Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and enamel snuff-box with automaton scene and a built-in watch, made for the Chinese market.

Rectangular-shaped with rounded corners; the hinged enamelled panels of the lids respectively painted in colours with an allegory of the Seasons; on the top panel (two-thirds of the object hiding the tobacco compartment), the figure of the Spring with its new fruits and flowers (left side) and the figure of the Summer with its sheaves of freshly cut wheat (right side), on the low left side panel disclosing the automaton scene, the figure of the Autumn with its grapes emerging from a cornucopia, and, on the low right side panel disclosing the dials of the watch, the figure of the Winter under the image of an old man wearing a brazier; on the lower part of the top panel - so in the centre of the object once all the lids are closed -, an allegory of the Sun represented by a mask surrounded by a garland of flowers in chiselled gold on a royal blue enamel background with flinqué and champlevé decoration; the automaton scene is made of chased varicoloured gold elements on a painted enamel landscape background with two cupids (amorini) at a forge and a windmill with rotating sails beyond; the base of the box consists of a translucent enamelled panel of royal blue colour on a guilloché background of geometric patterns, in a frame of white, blue and black champlevé enamel of a frieze with palmettes; the sides of the box is made of panels decorated en suite, with alternating small panels accented with paillons and at the corners of four panels, each with an urn. White enamel with black painting Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds at noon; on the dial-plate, the two separate dials are entwined with champlevé decoration of foliage on a blue enamelled background. Blued steel ''spade'' hands. 27 x 12,- mm. rectangular-shaped, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and steel end- piece. Automata driven by independent trains, by means of cams and levers, 28x 13,- mm. rectangular-shaped, gilt brass, fixed barrel, six- wheel train, last pinion on eccentric bushing to regulate the speed. Jean-Georges Rémond & Cie (active between 1783 and 1815-1820).

"SETTING OUT OF THE FAIR" Unsigned, the enamel attributed to Jean-Louis Richter, Geneva, circa 1800. Magnificent and extremely rare, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set, centre-seconds watch, designed as a urn, made for the Chinese Market.

Three-body, in the shape of an scalloped flask; the band, rim of the back and shaped foot with blue, black and white champlevé enamelled decoration; the back with a very fine painted scene featuring a couple of lovers with an old lady giving advice in the background, after the painting "Setting out of the Fair" of Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), RA, engraved by Francis Egington (1737-1805) and published in 1792, against a blue translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning; the front cover with split-pearl set border and bezel, painted enamel scene above the dial, depicting a young child playing with a dog; the base fitted with a seal; gold canted corners rectangular hinged cuvette (back-dome) with blue and gilt champlevé enamelled decoration; rose gold fausse-plaque engraved in taille-douce with foliage. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic quarter-minute and seconds ring. Gold skeleton "urn" hands; equilibrated centre- seconds hand. 63 x 37 mm. Canted corners rectangular-shaped, frosted gilt brass, the plates engraved in taille-douce with foliage, large going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, polished steel endplate with index regulator.

BOUQUET OF FLOWERS Attributed to Piguet & Meylan, the box by Jean-Georges Rémond, the musical movement attributed to François Nicole, Geneva, circa 1815-1820. Extremely fine and equally rare, 18K gold and enamel snuff-box with concealed watch and independent musical movement.

Three-body scallop-shaped, the hinged cover hiding the tobacco compartment with a polychrome painting on enamel showing a magnificent bouquet of flowers framed with a row of half-pearls; the base decorated with a translucent red enamel escutcheon over a guilloché (engine-turned) sunrise design, within a border of champlevé (chased) gold foliage highlighted with blue and turquoise ground; the one-third hinged panel of the back- lid hiding the watch compartment; the sides of the box is made of nine panels decorated en suite. White enamel with black painting radial Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds at three; on the gold dial-plate, the two separate dials are entwined with champlevé (chased) decoration of foliage on a blue enamelled background. Blued steel ''spade'' hands. 58 x 19 mm., one-third of a circle-shaped, gilt brass plate with cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and steel end-piece. Music driven by independent movement, 67 x 48 mm., partly scallop-shaped, brass, fixed barrel with croix-de-Malte, pinned cylinder type with a comb of 14 triple tuned vibrating steel blades (in all, 42 blades), four-arm fly worm-gear governor. Unsigned and unnumbered. The box stamped ''G R'' for Jean-Georges Rémond & Cie (active between 1783 and 1815-1820).

UNSIGNED,SWISS, GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMONDS Case number 464407. Made circa 1920. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold ,green enamel and diamonds hunting cased pocket watch with Islamic dial.

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Five-body, polished, the front cover with translucent green enamel over guilloché with diamond-set representing Twelve star and Turkish crescent,back cover with translucent green enamel over guilloche. White enamel with radial Islamic numerals, outer minute track White enamel with "Islamic" numerals, outer line minute track with five-minute "Islamic" markers, sunk sub-seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 40 mm., frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance- spring.

ULLMANN, DOUBLE FACE CHINESE MARKET QUARTER REPEAT J. Ullmann & Co., Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Swiss, No. 74015, made for the Chinese market, circa 1910. Fine gold filled hunting-cased quarter-repeating double-face keyless pocket watch with phases of the moon and full calendar with Chinese characters.

Three-body, massive, "bassine", sprung and hinged engine turned front cover with vacant cartouche, reededband, engine turned hinged and sprung back cover. White enamel meantime dial, radial Roman numerals,outer minute indicators and Arabic five minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Gold hands. White enamel calendar dial with Chinese characters for outer date ring, subsidiary days of the week and months, aperture for phases of the moon, setting levers in the bezel. M. 42 mm. (18.5'''), frosted gilt, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band.

A) AMERICAN WALTHAM POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD American Waltham Watch Co., movement No. 16194764, case No. 4963731. Made circa 1890. Fine, large, 14K yellow gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. B) AMERICAN ELGIN POCKET WATCH 14K GOLD Elgin, movement No. 15395614, case No. 820054. Made circa 1890. Made circa 1890. Fine, large, 14K gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.

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BREVET NO 171,FRENCH 18k gold two time zone Number 51291. Made circa 1840. Interesting two time zone pocket watch with Two dials : Turkish numeral and Roman numeral.

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A) AMERICAN HAMILTON POCKET WATCH MULTICOLORED 14K GOLD American Hamilton Watch Co., movement No. 636666, case No. 283695. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, multicolored gold and diamond, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. B) AMERICAN ELGIN POCKET WATCH MULTICOLORED 14K GOLD American Hamilton Watch Co., movement No. 6677921, case No. 78317. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, multicolored gold and diamond, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.

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A) AMERICAN HAMILTON POCKET WATCH MULTICOLORED GOLD American Hamilton Watch Co., movement No. 1405449, case No. 45308. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, multicolored gold and diamond, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. B) AMERICAN WALTHAM POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD American Waltham Watch Co., movement No. 2547871, case No. 5607. Made circa 1890. Fine, large, 14K pink gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. Dial signed.

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A) ELGIN 14K GOLD, No.2377648, case No. 77690. Made circa 1910. Fine and interesting, keyless, 14K gold pocket watch with ornamented hunting-case. B) AMERICAN POCKET WATCH,COLOMBUS WATCH&CO 18K GOLD,movement No. 217992, case No. 163916. Made circa 1890. Fine, large, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. C) AMERICAN WALTHAM POCKET WATCH MULTICOLORED GOLD American Waltam Watch Co., movement No. 20155471, case No. 273888. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, multicolored gold and diamond, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.

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FIVE PENDANT WATCHES Lot of five form pendant watches: 1) Large silver and enamel form watch designed as a double bass with vinaigrette compartment. Circa 1900. 2) Silver,diamonds-set and green enamel form watch "Boule de Genève".Circa 1900 3) Siver and green enamel form watch designed as a pear. Circa 1900 4) Very fine 18 ct. gold,pearls and enamel pearl set form watch designed as a flacon à sels made for the Turkish market. 5) Silver and bleu enamel form watch designed as a fane. Circa 1900

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3RD ARTEL, ENAMEL AND GOLD VANITY CASE 3rd Artel, Saint-Petersburg. Made circa 1910. Fine and rare, gold and enamel vanity case.

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Rectangular shape with blue guilloche enamel; the central piece with small diamonds, the interior with fitted mirror, lipstick holder, and powder compartment. Punched 3A and 88. DIMENSIONS 118 x 54 x 16 mm.

GOLD ENAMEL AND PEARL POCKET WATCH Attributed to Bautte & Moynier à Genève. Made circa 1800 for the Chinese market. Number 806. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, split pearl-set pocket watch.

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Two-body, sprung and hinged bezel set with split-pearls and seed pearls, the back set entirely with graduated split-pearls, pendant and bow decorated to match. Small offset gold with black enamel radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Gold hands. 6 mm., rhodium plated threequarter plate, spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance recessed within the movement, flat balance spring, index regulator.