303 lots

LOT 301

Important Collector's Wristwatches, P... Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

Breguet,?Equation of Time, Perpetual Calendar?, Automatic, No. 1148, Ref 3477. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with equation of time, perpetual calendar, power-reserve and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, ridged band, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on an outer plain reserve, subsidiary sectors for the equation of time and the up-and-down indication, subsidiary ring dials for the days of the month, the months and the leap year, aperture for the days of the week at 12, secret Breguet signature. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 502 QPET, gilt, hand-engraved and skeletonized, 38 jewels, straiht line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, off-center gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System:

USD 55,000 - 75,000

EUR 46,000 - 63,000

Sold: USD 68,500

LOT 302

Important Collector's Wristwatches, P... Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

The ?Seabiscuit? Watch Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862779, case No. 625479. Produced in the early 1940s. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K pink gold Art Deco dress watch with square button split-seconds chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-piece,"variée", solid, polished, stepped bezel, case back engraved ?Best Wishes to Tom Smith from The Rices - Dec. 25,?48?. D. Pink gold with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds ring graduated to 1/5th of a second, outermost tachometer graduation to 1000, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 14''', stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line levr escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring,?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, balance with sapphire endstone, chronograph and split-seconds mechanism visible in the back.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System:

USD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 13,000 - 17,000

Sold: USD 27,600

LOT 303

Important Collector's Wristwatches, P... Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875004, case No. 2824111, Ref. 3970. Production of this reference started in 1986, sold on Jan. 31, 1987. 987. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, solid case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, outer 1/5th seconds chronograph scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes" deoratin, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System:

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 50,000 - 67,000

Sold: USD 76,200