445 lots

LOT 421

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Farewell to the Beloved? Geneva, No. 1830. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1820, the case attributed to Frères Oltramare, No. 5220. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds, musical, quarter-repeating pocket watch playing music on the hour or at will.

C. Four-body, "Empire", the back with a very finely painted on enamel scene of two ladies in despair as a young man goes off to serve his country, split pearl-set bezels, engine-turned band. Hinged gold cuvette, bolt at 6 o'clock to activate the music, lever at 4 o'clock protruding from under the cuvette for music/silent. D. Gold, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, acanthus engraved decoration between the numerals, engine-turned center and outermost border. Blued steel "serpentine" hands. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2'''), gilt brass, going barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance with flat balance spring, sur plateau musical movement with 21 vibrating teeth, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Case punched with casemaker's mark AP. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 230,000 - 300,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000

Sold: HKD 495,600

LOT 422

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

"Spring and Summer Bouquet" Bovet, Fleurier, No. 697. Made for the Chinese market circa 1850. Very fine gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center seconds pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, blue, red and white foliate enameled band, the back finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of spring and summer flowers, pearl-set bezels, pendant, and bow, glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel ?spoon? hands. M. 48 mm (21???), mirror polished steel, "Chinese" caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, 6 jewels, ruby duplex escapement with ruby rest insert and steel impulse pallet, steel three-arm balance with blued-steel wings, blued steel balance-spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 150,000 - 200,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: HKD 177,000

LOT 423

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Red Bouquet? Barrauds, Cornhill, London, No. 9829. Made for the Chinese market, the case with London hallmarks for 1819. Very rare and fine, large, 18K gold painted on enamel, pearlset pocket watch.

C. Three-body, "Empire" with fixed cuvette, flat reeded band, split pearlset bezels pendant and bow, the spring-loaded back opened by a push-piece in the pendant and painted on enamel with a fine bouquet of flowers and foliage against a translucent red enamel background over wavy-line engine-turning, the scalloped border decorated in champlevé enamel. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade? hands. M. 48 mm, hinged, full-plate, gilt, going barrel, ringed cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, brass four-arm balance, flat balance spring with Joseph Bosley patented regulator, gilded cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage. Gilded dust-cap with finely engraved foliate border. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 150,000 - 200,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: HKD 271,400

LOT 424

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Titus and Berenice? Ilbery, London, No. 7078. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Two-body, the spring-loaded back cover very finely painted with a scene depicting Titus and Berenice in a classical wooded landscape and a dark green guilloché enamel background, the bezels and pendant with green, white, blue and black champlevé enamel geometrical patterns. Hinged gilt metal cuvette mounted to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?heart? hands. M. 49 mm, gilt brass, fully engraved ?Chinese? caliber, free-standing barrel, duplex escapement, plain five-arm flat-rim steel balance, flat blued steel balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 230,000 - 300,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000

Sold: HKD 424,800

LOT 425

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Titus and Berenice? Edouard Juvet, Fleurier. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1835. Very fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds pocket watch.

C. Three-body, "Chinese", spring-loaded back finely painted on enamel depicting Titus and Berenice, a rose garlanded plinth to the left, red guilloché background, the bezels with a repeated champlevé enamel pattern of white flowers and translucent scarlet and blue, the pendant and bow decorated to match. Gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Blued steel ?ovoid? hands. M. 47 mm. (21'''), gilt brass, fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, 11 jewels, free-standing barrel, counterpoised lateral lever escapement, three arm steel balance with shaped blued-steel weights, flat steel balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed in Chinese characters. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 230,000 - 300,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000

Sold: HKD 295,000

LOT 426

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Pastoral Romance? Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, Nos. 42321 and 42322, the enamel probably Geneva. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1835. Very fine and very rare, pair of 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds pocket watches with duplex escapements.

C. Three-body, "Empire", the bezel decorated with red, blue and white enamel, sprung and hinged back cover with similarly 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. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minutes/seconds track, Arabic quarter hour numerals. Gold "heart" hands. M. Gilt "Chinese" caliber, foliate chased and engraved, hanging barrel, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with polished steel weights, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 400,000 - 550,000

USD 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 43,000 - 60,000

Sold: HKD 637,200

LOT 427

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Le Cerf-Volant? Piguet & Meylan and Frédéric Rochat, Genève, No. 581, music attributed to Nicole Frères, No. 634, completed circa 1828, retailed by Honoré Pons, Paris, as No. 1089. Very fine and extremely rare, bronze and ormolu, hour and half-hour striking musical clock with singing bird automaton. With a glass dome.

C. Designed as a Medici vase, the movement set in the bronzed body, with foliate gilt bronze bezel, applied ribbons and acanthus decoration, ?eggs and dots? on the collar border, musical movement in the oval mahogany veneered base with glass dome protection. Automaton scene with multicolored feathered bird with moving body, wings, tail, opening beak and turning head, perched on the fountain and flanked by realistic compositions of potted flowers and foliage. In the foreground, a boy and a girl on a gilt seesaw are flying a paper kite. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, circular, ?mouvement de Paris? type by Honoré Pons (Paris), No. 1089, with going barrel for both the going and striking trains, anchor escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a bell with count wheel on the back plate. Brass full plate singing bird and automaton movement with fusee and chain, stacked cams, fly regulator and shaped bellows for the bird, the three twisted glass rods of the fountain driven by means of a cam and levers. Musical movement playing three tunes in the base with going barrel, fly regulator, 23.5 cm pinned cylinder with comb of 32 groups of four teeth and one of five. Signed Meylan and Frédéric Rochat, Genève, No. 581, on the singing bird and the automaton movement, Pons? mark on the clock movement back plate, with the No. 1089. Dim. 64 x 40 x 19 cm, excluding the glass dome.

Grading System:

HKD 1,000,000 - 1,250,000

USD 130,000 - 160,000

Sold: HKD 1,110,500

LOT 428

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Romantic Ladies? Swiss, No. 157719, & No. 157720. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1875. Very fine, mirror-image pair of silver gilt, painted on enamel and pearl-set fob watches with center-seconds, and original morocco fitted case and keys.

C. Two-body, ?Consular?, back covers decorated with a finely painted portrait of a young lady, the portrait is surrounded by dark blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, the bezels set with half pearls, spring-loaded, gilded and glazed cuvette. D. Opaline enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute markers and fifteen-minute Arabic numerals, gilt pyramidal half hours and gilt central decoration. Blued steel 'ovoid' hands. M. 14.5???, gilded and entirely foliate engraved, ?Chinese? calibre, 16 jewels, standing barrel, counterpoised lateral lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance, flat balance spring. The cases with English-style prestige marks. Diam. 41 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 60,000 - 75,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

Sold: HKD 88,500

LOT 429

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

"Spring Bouquet" Fleurier, No. 12601. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Very fine and very rare, eight-day going two-barrel gilt metal and painted on enamel, pearl-set center-seconds pocket watch with unusual lateral lever escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, reeded band, finely painted on enamel with a bouquet of flowers on a pale yellow ground, pearl-set bezels, pearl-set pendant, and bow. Silver gilt and glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals and outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel ?ovoid? hands. M. 23''', gilt, fully engraved with two standing barrels, 8 jewels, unusual lateral-lever escapement with counterpoise at a 45 degree angle, monometallic paste-set balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Cuvette numbered. Diam. 63 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 90,000 - 110,000

USD 12,000 - 14,000

EUR 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: HKD 247,800

LOT 430

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Gold and Diamond Skeletonized? Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, made in the 1990s. Very fine and unusual, self-winding, diamond-set 18K yellow gold gentleman's skeletonized wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle.

C. Three- body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, bezel set with 60 diamonds, transparent case back secured by screws, flat sapphire crystals. D. Black oxidized ?feuille? hands. M. Engraved and skeletonized gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, and self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 5 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 60,000 - 75,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

Sold: HKD 44,840

LOT 431

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

Ref. 1120/1 ?Skeletonized? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 718672, case No. 563720, Ref. 1120/1. Made in 1983. Very fine and flat, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s skeletonized wristwatch with an integral 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin plaited bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, transparent case back, winding crown with sapphire cabochon. D. Black ?Bâton? hands. M. Cal. 1120SQ, hand-engraved, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 55,000 - 70,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,500

Sold: HKD 70,800

LOT 432

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

Ref. 43502 ?Skeletonized? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 564905, Ref. 43502. Made in 1988. Very fine, flat, self-winding, water-resistant, diamond-set 18K yellow gold gentleman's skeletonized wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, hexadecagonal shape, bezel set with 64 diamonds, transparent case back, straight and curved lugs, flat sapphire crystals. D. Blued steel "Feuille" hands. M. 12 1/4''', gilt brass, skeletonized, hand engraved, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K engraved gold rotor with ruby roller bearings. Signed twice on the movement, numbered on the case. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 5 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 42,000 - 52,000

USD 5,500 - 6,700

EUR 4,500 - 5,500

Sold: HKD 76,700

LOT 433

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Constant Force? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 628908. Ebauche made in 1929, finished and cased in the 1990s. Exceptional, macassar wood, gold, black onyx-set, 30 day going, double-barrel, ?remontoire d?égalité?, skeletonized clock in original leather fitted box and traveling case. Recently serviced by Vacheron & Constantin.

C. Rectangular with canted top corners, glazed on all sides, the glass on the back fitted with 3 gold onyx-set shuttered winding and setting apertures, wooded frames with gold borders, molded base with gold border fitted with a small drawer for gold setting and winding keys. D. Painted on the inside of the front glass, Arabic numerals in rectangular black-painted frame with canted corners. Black ?lozenge? hands. M. Magnificently finished, skeletonized and engraved, double-barrel, entire train and the escapement jeweled, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, ?remontoire d?égalité? with constant force applied to the escape wheel via a spiral spring which is wound by the going train. Signed on case and movement. Dim: Height 25 cm, width 20 cm.

Grading System:

HKD 400,000 - 500,000

USD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 43,000 - 55,000

Sold: HKD 531,000

LOT 434

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

"Ruby Tourbillon No. 1" Blancpain, "Tourbillon No. 1", Ref. 0023. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and ruby gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, 8-day power reserve indication, date and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel set with 60 baguette-cut rubies, case back with aperture for the tourbillon cage, sapphire crystals. D. Off white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the up-and-down indication and the days of the months, aperture for the visible tourbillon cage. Yellow gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 23, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement with flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 270,000 - 350,000

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 30,000 - 38,000

Sold: HKD 342,200

LOT 435

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

"Diamond Tourbillon No. 1" Blancpain, "Tourbillon No. 1", Ref. 0023. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, 8-day power reserve indication, date and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel set with 60 baguette-cut diamonds, case back with aperture for the tourbillon cage, sapphire crystals. D. Off-white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the up-and-down indication and the days of the months, aperture for the visible tourbillon cage. Yellow gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 23, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement with flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 270,000 - 350,000

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 30,000 - 38,000

Sold: HKD 283,200

LOT 436

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

"Sapphire Tourbillon No. 1" Blancpain, "Tourbillon No. 1", Ref. 0023. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and blue sapphire gentleman's wristwatch with visible oneminute flying tourbillon regulator, 8-day power reserve indication, date and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel set with 60 baguette-cut blue sapphires, case back with aperture for the tourbillon cage, sapphire crystals. D. Off white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the up-and-down indication and the days of the months, aperture for the visible tourbillon cage. Yellow gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 23, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement with flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 270,000 - 350,000

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 30,000 - 38,000

Sold: HKD 306,800

LOT 437

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Sapphire and Diamond? Piaget, Swiss, No. 6901571. Made in the 1970s. Fine, 18K white gold, sapphire and diamond- set keyless dress watch suspended from a matching diamond and sapphire-set fob.

C. Two-body, the bezel with a row of round diamonds between two rows of calibre-set sapphires, the back with bark effect decoration and secured by four screws, diamond pave-set fob with calibre-set sapphire border. D. Black with applied white gold indexes. White gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 9P-9'", rhodium plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 100,000 - 130,000

USD 13,000 - 17,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: HKD 165,200

LOT 438

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Kalla Ravello? Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Kalla Ravello?, No. 802055, case No. 685758, Ref. 36810. Made in 1997. Very fine and unusual, water resistant, hexagonal, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch set with 64 trapezoidal-cut sapphires and 82 trapezoidal-cut diamonds and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle set with 13 brilliant-cut diamonds. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back secured with 8 screws, bezel and hinged lugs set with calibrated diamonds and sapphires. D. Yellow gold with alternating rows of diamonds and sapphires. Red ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 1016, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 7 jewels, quartz standardization. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 40 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 450,000 - 600,000

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 50,000 - 65,000

LOT 439

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?Sapphire Chronograph? Breguet, No. 1023, made for a Southeast Asian Royal Family, circa 1980. Unique and extremely fine, 18K gold sapphire and diamond-set, self-winding chronograph dress watch with chonograph, 12-hour register and instantaneous 30-minute register.

C. Three-piece, glazed back, band, bezels, and bow set with sapphires, winding crown and chronograph pushbuttons with diamonds. D. Mother of pearl, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, engine-turned center with three subsidiary dials, 30-minute register at 12, 12-hour register at 6, subsidiary seconds at 3. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Caliber 576, rhodium-plated, ?oeil-de-perdrix?, 37 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance-spring studded to friction-fit bracket for easy beat adjustment, gold bi-directional rotor. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 47 mm. To be sold without reserve

Grading System:

HKD 450,000 - 550,000

USD 55,000 - 70,000

EUR 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: HKD 506,220

LOT 440

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

?The Spirit of Fire? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 866527, case No. 2948863, Ref. 979/1. Made in 1994 and sold on July 25, 1994. Extremely fine, rare and exceptional, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch set with 735 diamonds (13,30 ct.) and 112 rubies (7,28 ct.) with perpetual calendar, 24-hour indication and moon phases. Accompanied by a specially made Patek Philippe 18K gold display stand set with 515 diamonds (6,37 ct.) and 39 rubies (2,68 ct.) and Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, curved bezel pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and 20 calibre-set baguette-cut diamonds forming the quarter hour markers, calibre-set rubies surrounding the dial for the hours, bow decorated en suite, the back cover pavé-set with diamonds around the border, foliate engraved inner border and polished center, brushed band, the repeat slide set with 12 brilliant-cut diamonds, cabochon ruby-set winding crown. D. Gold mask very finely engraved with foliate scrolls, pave diamond-bordered matte silvered subsidiary dials for seconds and date, days of the week and 24-hours, months and leap-year, aperture for the moon phase. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. 17???, rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? and ?oeil de perdrix? decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Display Stand: Circular, 18K gold, with rope-twist and polished panels, pave set with diamonds and with cabochon, pear-shaped and calibre-set rubies, oval guilloché and polished base applied with scroll ornament Dial, case, movement and stand signed. Diam. 57 mm. Height of stand 16.5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm. To be sold without reserve

Grading System:

HKD 3,000,000 - 4,600,000

USD 400,000 - 600,000

EUR 320,000 - 500,000

Sold: HKD 3,479,000