424 lots

LOT 161

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3045315, Ref. 3990. Produced in the 1990's. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, bezel set with diamonds, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystals. D. black with "bâton" and square diamond hour markers, auxiliary guilloché sunk dials for the seconds and the 24-hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th second scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold and luminous hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. With box. Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System:

USD 65,000 - 85,000

EUR 0 - 0

Sold: USD 63,000

LOT 162

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3046024, case No. 2956131, Ref. 5020. Produced in 2001. Extremely fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, water-resistant to 25 m, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe link bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by an extra 18K yellow gold solid case back.

C. two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. satiné silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, 24 hours and leap year indication, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Breguet" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. M.27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Bre-guet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. With box and certificate. Dim. 37 x 45 mm.

Grading System:

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 0 - 0

Sold: USD 63,000

LOT 163

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

International Watch Co., Schaffhau-sen, "Grande Complication", No. 18/ 50, Ref. 3770. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples in 1990. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, astronomic, minute-repeating, self-winding, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with 44 hours autonomy, square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. three-body, massive, polished, case back with screws, pyra-midal bezel, curved straight lugs, screwed-down crown, sap-phire crystal. D. white enamel with applied yellow gold in-dexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, the days of the month, the week and the months, apertures for the year and moon phases. Bâton yellow gold hands. M. Cal 79091, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" de-coration, 68 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repea-ting on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System:

USD 65,000 - 85,000

Sold: USD 68,500

LOT 164

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Breguet, Grand Complication "Tour-billon 1801 - 2001", No. 886, Ref. 1801BB. Produced expressely in 2001 in a special edition to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the invention of the tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Extremely fine, rare and important, large, hunter case-type, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Bre-guet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and tourbillon certificate.

C. four-body, solid, polished and brushed, hinged hand-"guil-loché" cover with porthole and engraved "Tourbillon" plaque, opened by a co-axial push-button in the winding crown, trans-parent case back to view the movement, reeded band, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. silvered gold, "guilloché" off-center dial with painted radial Roman numerals set within a silvered gold plate with "fausses-côtes" decoration, engraved "1801 - 2001". "Breguet" blued steel hands. At 6 o'clock, the visible tourbillon cage under a polished bridge, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. M. Cal. 557 entirely hand-engraved and signed "Tourbillon Breguet Nr. 1879. Brevet du 7 Messidor ans 9", 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant arms, mono-metallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System:

USD 0 - 0

Sold: USD 123,500

LOT 165

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

"Breguet à Versailles No. 27/28", Grand Complication "Tourbillon 1801 - 2001", Ref. 1801BR. Produced ex-pressely in a limited edition of 28 ex-amples in 2001 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the invention of the tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Extremely fine, very rare and important, large, hunter case-type, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K pink gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and tourbillon certificate.

C. four-body, solid, polished and brushed, hinged hand-"guil-loché" cover with porthole and engraved "Tourbillon" plaque, opened by a co-axial push-button in the winding crown, trans-parent case back to view the movement, reeded band, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. white enamel, off-center dial with painted radial Breguet numerals and marked "1801 - 2001". Secret "Breguet" signature, "Breguet" blued steel hands. At 6 o'clock, the visible tourbillon cage under a polished bridge, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. M. Cal. 557 entirely hand-engraved and signed "Tourbillon Breguet Nr. 1945. Brevet du 7 Messidor ans 9", 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System:

USD 0 - 0

Sold: USD 134,500

LOT 166

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Leonidas, "Chronografo a Ritorno", No. 159768, Reversing Stop Watch for Equal Distance Bomb Sight, Height graduated in meters. Produced in the 1940's. Fine , stainless steel, military watch with round single button, back and forth "retrograde" chronograph.

C. three-body, brushed, lobed revolving bezel, mobile lugs. The pusher on the 11 is for stopping the chronograph hand, the coaxial pusher on the winding-crown is for starting the chronograph function back and forth and return to zero. D. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals graduated in "hm" from 5 to 60, the trianglular index on the outer graduation in fifth of second can be set by turning the bezel. "Lozenge" blued steel and radium coated chronograph hand. M. Cal. 21''', gilt brass, 15 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Case numbered. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 300 - 600

Sold: USD 460

LOT 167

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Longines Watch Co., "Lindbergh", invented by Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh, US Pat. 1923305, launched on the market in 1932. Fine and rare, hour-angle, center-seconds, silver and stainless steel aviator's wristwatch.

C. four-body, polished, revolving bezel with blue and black enameled 15 degree graduations, graduated band, the ball-shaped crown also activates the revolving central dial, steel cuvette. D. white enamel with black enameled radial Roman numerals for the 12 hours indication, concentric, the 180 degrees in blue enameled Arabic numerals, at the center, revolving matte silver dial bearing painted black Arabic numerals for the 60 minutes and painted red Arabic numerals for the 15 degrees. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: AAA

USD 5,000 - 7,000

Sold: USD 9,775

LOT 168

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Slava, Slatoustovski, Russia, Ref. 1787. Produced in the 1960?s. Fine, over-sized, water-resistant, military diver's wristwatch with a wide rubber band and steel buckle.

C. two-body, polished, ribbed band, concave lugs, winding-crown protected by a large screwed-down cap attached with a chain. D. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes. "Skeleton" radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 18 ''', rhodium- plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Case numbered. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm. Height 21 mm. Weight: 280 grams.

Grading System: A

USD 400 - 600

Sold: USD 575

LOT 169

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Laco - Durowe, No. 65079, Ref. FL 23883. Produced in the 1940's. Large, indirect center-seconds, fount aluminum observation aviator's military stop-wristwatch with endless triple Box-calf leather strap and buckle.

C. matte gray stamped "Wempe". D. black laminated brass, with radium-coated indexes and Arabic numerals, outer graduation for 60 minutes, concentric graduation for 12 hours. "Lozenge" radium-coated hands . M. Cal. H 1522, signed Laco-Durowe, gilt brass, 22 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, gold screws, Breguet balance-spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

USD 1,800 - 2,500

Sold: USD 2,070

LOT 170

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Omega, Automatic Chronometer, "Constellation", Ref. 2852/2853. Produced in the 1950's. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. three-body, solid, polished, case back with embossed logo, concave lugs. D. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes. "Dauphine" pink gold hands. M. Cal. 505, copper-colored, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 800 - 1,000

Sold: USD 1,495

LOT 171

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Omega, "Speedmaster Professional - Moon Phases". Produced in the 1990's. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with 48 hours autonomy, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date, moon phases, and a stainless steel Omega deployant clasp.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the Speedmaster logo and dedication, tachometer graduation on the bezel, stylized lapidated lugs. D. matte solid silver with blued steel indexes, auxiliary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, the days of the month, aperture for the moon phases. Triangular and "Flèche" tritium-coated blued steel hands. M. Cal. 1866, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: USD 2,185

LOT 172

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Omega "Speedmaster Professional Mark II", Automatic, No. 32850809, case No. 145014. Produced circa 1970. Fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega buckle.

C. two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with logo, hooded lugs. D. black with tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer tachometer graduation on a ring under the crystal, outer 1/5th second scale. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 861, copper- colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 45 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 500 - 800

Sold: USD 690

LOT 173

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Omega "Seamaster". Produced circa 1960. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. three-body, polished, triangular faceted lugs. D. matte silver with applied steel indexes, auxiliary luxury "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Alpha" radium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 2 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 600 - 800

Sold: USD 1,093

LOT 174

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Bulgari, Automatic," Chrono Amplificator", Ref. CHW 40 AM. Pro- duced in 2000. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chrono-graph, registers and chronograph countdown display, blue leather strap and an 18K white gold Bulgari deploy-ant clasp. Accompanied by an extra Bulgari leather and rubber strap.

C. three-body, brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and protected crown, bezel with engraved signature, hooded lugs, sapphire crystal. D. white with ap-plied white gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minute and 12 hour re-gisters, decreasing croissant-shaped a-perture for the 5 minute chronograph countdown display in red and blue color. "Bâton" white gold hands. M. Cal. 2892-A2, rhodium-plated, 47 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensa-ting flat balance-spring, micrometer re-gulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.

Grading System: AA

USD 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: USD 11,500

LOT 175

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Sold: USD 575

LOT 176

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Alain Silberstein, Fran-ce, "Marine A", No.088 /100. Produced in a li-mited edition of 100 examples in the 1990?s. Fine, thick, self-winding, water-resis-tant, stainless steel gentleman?s wrist-watch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a steel buckle.

C. two-body, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, revolving sanded bezel with applied fancy indexes for the 5-minute divisions, 15 minutes portion with engraved red minute-indexes, trian-gular red winding-crown, yellow and blue chronograph buttons, sapphire crys-tals D. white with fancy indexes, auxi-liary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, aperture for the date. Fancy red hour and blue minute hand, "Serpentine" yellow hand for the chronograph, "Galba" blue hands for the registers, starfish-shaped for the small seconds. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, lever escapement, monome-tallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 1,500 - 2,000

Sold: USD 2,530

LOT 177

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Breitling "Chronomat", Ref. 81950. Produced in 1994. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant down to 50 meters, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tacho-meter, telemeter, date and a Breitling stainless steel bracelet ?à grosses mailles? and deployant clasp.

C. three-body, bicolored, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, crown and buttons, steel revolving and graduated bezel with 12 gold sup-port screws and 4 gold rider tabs fold-laminated at the quarter hours, gold pushbuttons and winding-crown, steel case, glare-proof sapphire crystal. D. off-white with applied tritium-coated gold indexes, auxiliary "guilloché" gold dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands. M. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monome-tallic balance, shock-absorber, self-com-pensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 800 - 1,000

Sold: USD 1,035

LOT 178

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Ebel, Automatic, Chro-nograph " Le Modulor", Ref. 8134901. Produced in the 1990's. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wrist-watch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Ebel "Discovery" link bracelet and clasp.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, ca-se back with screws, bezel fixed with 5 yellow gold screws, protected crown, sapphire crystal. D. black with applied gold Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer 1/5th second scale, aper-ture for the date between 4 and 5. "Bâ-ton" tritium-coated gold hands. M. Cal. "Le Modulor", rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic ba-lance, shock-absorber, self-compensa-ting flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 6,500 - 8,500

Sold: USD 7,475

LOT 179

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Omega Automatic, ?Constellation?. Produced in the 1970's. Fine, square, self-winding, stainless steel and yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and yellow gold Omega articu-lated bracelet and clasp.

C. two-body, bicolored, polished and brushed, case back with screws and em-bossed logo, yellow gold polished bezel and winding-crown, steel brushed case, hooded lugs. D. black with diamond-set indexes, aperture for the date. "Bâton" gold hands. M. mechanical with auto-matic winding. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 42 mm. Approx. overall length: 170 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 700 - 900

Sold: USD 920

LOT 180

Important Limited Edition & Modern Co... Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

Rolex "Precision", Ref. 887. Produced in the 1950's. Fine, rectangular, 18K pink gold lady's wristwatch with concealed dial and an integrated 18K pink gold link bracelet made of "bomb?" elements of 3 steps each.

C. two-body, solid, polished, cover repeating the bracelet decoration. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes. "Alpha" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 5 ''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, "Superbalance" balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Case numbered. Dim. 18 x 20 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.

Grading System: A

USD 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: USD 2,300