554 lots

LOT 401

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

JAEGER LECOULTRE MASTER GEOGRAPHIQUE STEEL Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours - Géographique," No. 4768, Ref. 142.8.92. Sold in November 2001. Very fine, "World Time," center seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, day and night indication and a stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate, push-pin, original fitted box and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, case back secured by 4 screws and the applied Master Control 1000 hours logo, the crown at 10 is to rotate the city disc for the second time zone, sapphire crystal. Two-tone silver with applied steel dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the second time zone at 6, the days of the month at 2 and the up-and-down indication at 10, aperture for a bi- directional rotating disc with the names of the world's major cities. Luminous steel dauphine hands. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 22K gold rotor segment, hack mechanism.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 24,000 - 40,000

USD 3,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 3,750

LOT 402

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

JAEGER-LECOULTRE DUOMETRE REF. 600.2.24.S PINK GOLD Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Duomètre", case No.2649746, Ref 600.2.24.S. Sold in 2010. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, manual-winding, center-seconds, 18K pink gold wristwatch with foudroyante at 1/6 second, two independent power-reserve indication, moon phases and an 18K pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, loupe, guarantee certificate.

Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs, transparent back secured with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. Cream, off-center with applied pink gold Arabic quarter numerals and painted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for date and the age of the moon, and for the foudroyante at 6, sectors for the mean time power reserve at 7 and for the foudroyante power reserve at 5. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal.381, rhodium-plated, hand-decorated with sunray decoration, duo spring barrels, blued steel screws, 42 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self- compensating flat balance spring, shock absorbers.

Grading System:

CHF 18,000 - 28,000

HKD 144,000 - 224,000

USD 18,000 - 28,000

LOT 403

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

UNSIGNED, CHATELAINE PEARL AND ENAMEL. Made circa 1780. Very fine gold, enamel, pearl-set pocket watch with matching detachable gold chatelaine , enamel, and pearl chatelaine with key.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Two-body, solid, hinged, the bezel with split pearls set within gold chatons, the back decorated with gold paillons in a geometric pattern of ovals on a royal blue translucent ground, border with split pearl. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer dot minute divisions, Arabic 15-minute numerals. Gold Breguet hands. 30 mm. hinged,matte gilt,bar calibre,19 jewels,lever escapement,two-arm balance,Breguet balance spring,index regulator.

Grading System: A

CHF 8,000 - 14,000

HKD 64,000 - 112,000

USD 8,000 - 14,000

LOT 404

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

SHEPHERD & SHEPHERDESS Unsigned (Swiss), No. 5789. Made circa 1800. Fine, large and thin, 18K gold, painted on enamel pocket watch.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Two-body, the back set with a painted on enamel of a shepherd and shepherdess in a polychrome landscape background, gold paillon border, outer royal blue enamel border with gold leaf paillon and green enamel decoration,pendant and bow in enamel forming foliate and geometrical patterns. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost Arabic five minute numerals. Gold Louis XVI hands. 47 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, fusee and chain, cylindar escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, continental balance cock with diamond end-stone. Movement numbered.

Grading System: A

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 56,000 - 64,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 6,125

LOT 405

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

THE MUSICIANS, PAINTED ON ENAMEL GOLD POCKET WATCH Unsigned, Geneve, No. 15059. Made circa 1890. Fine and elegant, 18K gold and enamel, keyless lady's pendant watch with detachable gold, pearl and Limoges-style enamel brooch.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Four-body, "bassine", engraved bezels and band, the front cover decorated with a fine painted on enamel flowers, the back cover matching with a central painted on enamel scene of a teacher with her student practicing, on the reverse photo of a small girl. Hinged gold cuvette. Matching brooch. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and blue five-minute numerals. Gold spade hands. 10''', frosted gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Case numbered.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

HKD 32,000 - 48,000

USD 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 4,500

LOT 406

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

BARRY, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND CHATELAINE Genève, No. 39508, circa 1870. Fine, 18K gold and enamel, hunting cased, diamond set pendant watch with matching chatelaine in gold ,enamel, and ruby diamonds set.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Five body, 'Bassine', both covers in black enamel decorated with gold scrolling and vermicelli patterns, the front with diamond-set enamel decoration, the back with black enamel and gold decoration, gilt hinged cuvette. Chatelain: two panels with black enamel and diamonds set. Silver,enamel Roman numerals, outer minute ring. Blue steel spade hands. 31 mm. gilt brass bar calibre, cylinder escapement, gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, 10 jewels.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 24,000 - 40,000

USD 3,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 2,000

LOT 407

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

LEO JUVET & ANONYMOUS, CHINESE MARKET BEAUTIFUL LADYS, GILT AND ENAMEL Léo Juvet, Shanghai, No. 304143 & attributed to Léo Juvet, Shanghai. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1875. Very fine, matched pair of silver/silver gilt painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watches with center seconds. Accompanied by a box, spare mainspring and key.

Two-body, "Consular", back cover decorated with a finely painted portrait of a young lady with flowers and a pale pink dress, the portrait surrounded by dark blue translucent enamel over wavy-line engine-turning, the second watch decorated with a lady with long flowing hair with a bow and a blue-edged pink dress, the bezels set with split-pearls. Spring-loaded, gilded and glazed cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions and fifteen minute Arabic numerals. Blued steel 'ovoid' hands. 47 mm.(21''), gilded and entirely foliate engraved, "Chinese" caliber, 16 jewels, free-standing barrel, counterpoised lateral lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, monometallic balance, blued steel flat balance spring,

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

HKD 64,000 - 96,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 23,750

LOT 408

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

HEBDOMAS, 8 DAY GOING, ENAMEL AND PEARL Hebdomas, Swiss, No. 117855. Made for the Chinese market circa 1900. Rare, 14K gold and enamel, pearl-set, eight day going, keyless fob watch with Paul Perret special compensation balance.

Three body, "bassine et filets", band with enamel foliate decoration, the front and the back with painted on enamel scenes of a coutring couple, on the front a portrait of a lady, bezels pearl-set. White enamel eccentric with Roman numerals, outer gilt floral decoration and visible balance. Blued steel "spade" hands. 14''', giIt brass, inverted Hebdomas patented caliber with extra large barrel on the back, straight fine lever escapement, Paul Perret bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

HKD 32,000 - 48,000

USD 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 6,250

LOT 409

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

THE PEACOCK, LAPEL WATCH, ENAMEL AND YELLOW GOLD Swiss, circa 1894. Very fine, 18K yellow gold keyless lapel watch with an 18K yellow gold, diamond and enamel bow-shaped brooch.

Four body, solid, demi-bassine, polished, case back with blue guilloche background with a lighthouse, outer case with blue enamel floral motif, the front with similar motif with a peacock in a garden setting. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers. Blued steel hands. Gilt, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, plain three arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Case numbered.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

HKD 12,000 - 20,000

USD 1,500 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 2,500

LOT 410

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

ENAMEL AND PEARL BOULE WATCH Swiss, probably Geneva, No. 9720. Made circa 1900. Very fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold, guilloché enamel and pearl set lady's "boule de Genève" pendant watch with brooch fitting.

Three-body, the bezel overlaid with pink guilloché enamel and set with pearls, the band set with half-pearls, back cover with glazed aperture to view the balance wheel. Detachable gold and enamel brooch fitting en suite and set with half-pearls. White enamel with blue roman numerals and red 12, outer gilt dot minute markers. Gold "spade" hands. 15 mm.(6 1/2'''), frosted gilt full plate, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, wound and set by rotating the bezel.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

HKD 28,000 - 44,000

USD 3,500 - 5,500

LOT 411

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

LEGER A PARIS - GOLD & ENAMEL PENDANT WATCH. Leger à Paris,case number 165400,movement number 272866. Made circa 1890. Fine and attractive, gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set pendant watch.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Four-body, "bassine et filets", the front cover decorated with the portrait of a lady on a translucent red enamel over wavy engine-turned ground in a rural landscape,split pearl-set bezels. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers. Gold hands 25 mm. frosted gilt, 13 jewels, calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

HKD 8,000 - 16,000

USD 1,000 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,625

LOT 412

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

MUSICAL BOX, ENAMEL BY RICHTER Swiss, musical movement, No. 4448, enamel by Richter, Geneva, circa 1820. Spectacular and very fine 18K varicolored gold and painted on enamel, large musical box. Accompanied by a winding key.

Three-body, circular, top painted on enamel with Alpine scene; villagers going to the market with their animals, lady returning to her village, engine- turned side panels with applied varicolored leaf wreath at the top, canted corners with applied varicolored floral design, the base richly decorated with applied varicolored gold flowers and foliage, one gold bolt in the front for activation. 62 x 40 mm., sur-plateau with rectangular brass plates, going barrel wound with a male key, the musical disc pinned on both sides and playing with 26 tuned steel teeth, 13 on each side of the plate, four-arm governor, activated by a slide on the side of the case Box punched "GG".

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

HKD 96,000 - 144,000

USD 12,000 - 18,000

Sold: CHF 50,000

LOT 413

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

PENDANT WATCH, GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1800. Fine, flower-shaped, gold, enamel and pearl set pendant watch. Accompanied by a fitted key.

Flower shaped with gold engraved floral motif around royal blue guilloche enamel set with rosettes and pearl-surround, back with matching motif, centered by a diamond-set intials. White enamel, Arabic numerals. Gold cathedral hands. GiIt half plate, plain three arm balance, index regulator.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 48,000 - 64,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 11,250

LOT 414

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

MUSICAL WATCH KEY Musical Watch Key Swiss, Geneva. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, gold and painted on enamel keyless musical watch key.

Two-body, oval, wirework terminals, the winding key acts as the winding crown, decorated on one side with a painted on enamel scene of flowers, the reverse with an enamel basket and birds, hair locket. 27 x 19 mm., brass petit barillet with pinned cylinder, eight blued steel tuned teeth in a vertical stack, start/stop lever in the side of the case .

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

HKD 80,000 - 120,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 15,000

LOT 415

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

''BOUQUET OF FLOWERS'' ENAMEL AND YELLOW GOLD Probably Geneva, Swiss, No 14192,circa 1840. Made for the Chinese market Very fine 18K gold and enamel, watch with two-time zone and independent centre seconds with duplex escapement.

Two-body, "Chinese", back finely painted with a bouquet of flowers on green enamel background, half-pearl set bezels, the band and pendant decorated with light green champlevé enamel to match the back, pendant and bow, gold spring-loaded 18K gold ridged cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel hands. 45 mm. gilt "Chinese" caliber fully engraved and with blue champleve enamel, jewelled to the third wheel, standing barrel, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Movement signed.

Grading System:

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

HKD 240,000 - 320,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 60,000

LOT 416

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

PURSE WATCH GOLD AND ENAMEL Anonymous, Swiss. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare, lady's gold purse with blue guilloche enamel set with diamonds and concealed watch. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

. Two-body silk lined purse with foliate and floral engraving, hinged and sprung oval rectangular cover with diamond-set foliate and floral engraving on a blue guilloche enamel background concealing the dial. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Gold Breguet hands. 29 mm., matte gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Cover and dial signed.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 14,000

HKD 72,000 - 112,000

USD 9,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 12,500

LOT 417

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

BAUDIN FRERES, CARNET DE BAL, GOLD AND ENAMEL Baudin freres, Genève. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and rose diamond set silk-lined book-form purse and carnet de bal fitted with a watch and a gold propelling pencil.

. Three-body, hinged, both sides decorated with foliate and scroll engraving on engine turned background, the spring loaded cover concealing the watch with translucent dark blue enamel, rose cut diamond set flowers, the inside of the purse fitted with two creammoire silk compartments and a carnet de bal. Propelling pencil held in three rings. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel "spade" hands. 21 x 34.5 mm., rectangular with arched top, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain giltthree-arm balance, flat balance spring, regulator adjustable through a slot in the case on the dial side. Cover and dial signed.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

HKD 72,000 - 56,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 10,000

LOT 418

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

BRUGUIER, ENAMEL SILVER BIRD BOX, GILT SILVER . Charles Bruguier, Rue des Pâquis 5 à Genève, No. 295, circa 1850. Fine and rare gilt silver and enamel singing bird box. Accompanied by the original winding key and a fitted box.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Rectangular with molded corners, florally engraved over engine-turning, top with Imperial blue enamel painted with flowers, white enamel borders, bird lid finely painted with alpine scene. Rectangular, 85 x 45 mm. brass, turned pillars, fusee and chain, rectangular bellows, bird with moving head, flapping wings, opening beak and tail, eight cams controlling the piston and the bird's beak and tail, two additional for the other movements, long duration of song with natural bird song alternating with a melody, precision cam-controlled lifting mechanism, gold grill pierced and engraved with floral pattern.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

HKD 64,000 - 96,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 35,000

LOT 419

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOWENTHAL, SINGLE BUTTON OVERSIZE CHRONOGRAPH, STEEL Lowenthal (Bovet Freres), Swiss, chronograph, 4T. Produced in the 1940s. Very fine and unusual, large, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with single button chronograph, register and tachometer.

Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. Silver with painted Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, subsidiary sunk seconds and 45-minute register dials, outer minute track, at the center, spiral tachometric scale in blue Arabic numerals. Blued steel hands. Cal. 133, rhodium plated, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

HKD 32,000 - 48,000

USD 4,000 - 6,000

LOT 420

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva, May 14, 2017

ZENITH COMPAX REF. 12470 CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Zenith, Compax, Ref. 12470, case No. 826967. Made in the 1950s. Fine, manual-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with chronograph.

Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Champagne with applied circular dot indexes, painted arabic index, outer 1/5th seconds scale with tachymeter, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Pink gold baton hands and blued steel chronograph hands. CCal. 146, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating over-coiled balance spring, index regulator.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 32,000

USD 2,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,000