Breguet - Pocket watch with quarter-repeater; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication: • Quarter-repeater on two steel square gongs (activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant). Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial; blued steel “Breguet” hands. Case-back guilloché (engine-turned). Movement, 21’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring, index regulator with temperature compensating double bimetallic curb (compensateur double) and pare-chute.
Grading System: A
HKD 19,500 - 23,400
USD 2,500 - 3,000
EUR 2,300 - 2,800
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Brand Breguet, probably Geneva
Model (apocryphal signature)
Year circa 1820-1830
Movement No. 1 764
Case No. 7 958 (by “G G / C”, probably Geneva)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 53.3 mm.
Caliber 21’’’, cylinder escapement
Signature cuvette (dome)
Edw. Darwin - Masonic pocket watch, pair-cased with Masonic emblems; gilded brass
Gilded brass, pair-cased, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch; white enamel dial. Pair cased with Masonic emblems (working tools of the various degrees of Freemasonry), clockwise: Eye of Providence, Stars, Hive, Square and Compass, the Mosaic Pavement, Level and Rule Level, Noah’s Ark surmounted by a Dove (representing the Holy Spirit), and, in the centre, the Temple of Solomon and the Sun.
Grading System: AA
HKD 15,600 - 19,500
USD 2,000 - 2,500
EUR 1,850 - 2,300
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Brand Edw. Darwin, London
Year circa 1790
Movement No. 9 763
Case No. unnumbered (by “I•B / A”, probably London)
Material gilded brass
Diameter 46.9 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, verge escapement, pierced and engraved gilded English cock
Dimensions Ø 54.5 mm. (outer-case)
Signature movement
Sold: HKD 18,750
Non-Magnetic Watch Co. - Pocket watch, non-magnetic, minute-repeater, moon phases; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and two horological complications: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock) • Phases of the moon (aperture at 12 o’clock) Cover and case-back guilloché (engine-turned). Movement 20’’’, rhodium-plated, going barrel, gold non-magnetic straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, Paillard patented compensated balance with gold and platinum poising screws and Palladium hairspring with terminal curve.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 39,000 - 46,800
USD 5,000 - 6,000
EUR 4,600 - 5,500
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Brand Non-Magnetic Watch Co., Geneva
Year circa 1886-1887
Movement No. No. 46 214 (ebauche No. 1 093)
Case No. 117 318 (by “E.M & Co.”, an American case-maker)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 55.8 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, gold non-magnetic lever escapement, Paillard balance and Palladium hairspring
Signature dial, case and movement
Unsigned - Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock). Silvered dial with Breguet numerals.
Grading System: A
HKD 20,000 - 25,000
USD 2,600 - 3,300
EUR 2,400 - 3,000
CHF 2,600 - 3,300
Brand Unsigned, Switzerland
Year circa 1910
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 219 408
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 49 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement
Ph. Dubois & Fils - Pocket watch, dead independent seconds; 14K pink gold
14K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with two horological complications: • Dead independent seconds (exterior graduation with central hand; activated by the single push-piece located on the winding-crown) • Two barrels with differential gears and bidirectional-winding inspired by Sylvain Mairet’s (1805-1890) works (1850 / 1855) Case-back polished. Movement 19’’’, gilded brass, with two going barrels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 39,000 - 46,800
USD 5,000 - 6,000
EUR 4,600 - 5,500
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Brand Dubois & Fils, Le Locle
Year circa 1900
Movement No. 25 970
Case No. 25 970
Material 14K pink gold
Diameter 52 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, lever escapement
Signature case
ATTRIBUTED TO LECOULTRE, CHRONOGRAPH WITH MINUTE-COUNTER, YELLOW GOLD
A fine, manual wind, 18k yellow gold open face pocket watch with chronograph
Grading System: AA
HKD 11,700 - 19,500
USD 1,500 - 2,500
EUR 1,400 - 2,300
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
Brand LeCoultre, Swiss
Year circa 1910
Case No. 35118
Material 18k yellow gold
Diameter 51 mm.
Caliber 18'''
Signature Case numbered
Sold: HKD 13,750
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, presentation heavy pocket watch, with two horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single round push-piece located on the winding-crown) • Instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock). Case-back polished and engraved in taille-douce with the cypher “G K”. Cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce with the mentionr “Zum Andenken / an / Herr Sulzer Steiner / 1837-1906” (In memory of Mr. Sulzer Steiner, 1837-1906). Movement 19.73, 19’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, monometallic screw-balance and self-compensating Breguet hairspring, index regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail.
HKD 17,200 - 20,300
USD 2,200 - 2,600
EUR 2,100 - 2,400
CHF 2,200 - 2,600
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier
Year circa 1906
Movement No. 1 566 974
Case No. 1 566 974
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 54 mm.
Weight 115 gr. (gross)
Caliber 19.73, 19’’’, lever escapement
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives
Longines - Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 9 o’clock). 24-hour white enamel dial with Breguet numerals (1-12) and red Arabic outer numerals (13-0). Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “J C”. Inside case-back engraved with the date “1932”.
Grading System: AA
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
USD 3,900 - 5,200
EUR 3,600 - 4,800
CHF 3,900 - 5,200
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier
Year circa 1914
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 2 437 724
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 52.8 mm.
Caliber 19/20, gold screwed-chaton (setting) on the central wheel, lever escapement
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives
Sold: HKD 40,000
Vacheron Constantin - Pocket watch, patented micrometric regulator; 18K pink gold
18K pink gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented index regulator with micrometric screw.
Grading System: AA
HKD 23,400 - 27,300
USD 3,000 - 3,500
EUR 2,800 - 3,200
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva
Year circa 1900
Movement No. 322 548
Case No. 195 659
Material 18K pink gold
Diameter 49 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement, patented index regulator
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories contemporary 18K yellow gold chain (length 380 mm. approx.)
Sold: HKD 15,000
Courvoisier Frères - Pocket watch with tourbillon; “Mobilis”; silver
Silver (0.900), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with patented one-minute tourbillon regulator. Movement, 19’’’, inverted calibre, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring set on the revolving carriage.
Grading System: AA
HKD 7,800 - 9,400
USD 1,000 - 1,200
EUR 950 - 1,100
CHF 1,000 - 1,200
Brand Courvoisier Freres, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Model “Mobilis”
Year circa 1910
Movement No. 10 405
Case No. 817
Material silver
Diameter 52.8 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, straight-line lever escapement set on the revolving carriage
Signature movement
Accessories copy of the invention patent
Sold: HKD 12,500
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Stainless steel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with two horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single round push-piece located on the winding-crown) with patented multiple multicolour Archimedean spiral telemetric scales graduated for 140 kilometres • Half-instantaneous 15-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock). Case-back polished. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals. 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, monometallic screw-balance and self-compensating Breguet hairspring, index regulator; chronograph work on the top plate.Grading System: A
HKD 3,500 - 4,000
USD 450 - 550
EUR 450 - 500
CHF 450 - 550
Brand Omega, Bienne / Biel
Year circa 1907-1910
Case No. 3 586 833
Material stainless steel
Diameter 59 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement
Signature dial and case
Sold: HKD 10,250
LE PHARE, QUARTER REPEATER, TIR CANTONAL GENEVE 1914, SILVER NIELLO
A fine, manual wind, silver, quarter-repeating pocket watch with enamel dial made for the Geneva shooting contest in 1914
Grading System: A
HKD 7,800 - 11,700
USD 1,000 - 1,500
EUR 950 - 1,400
CHF 1,000 - 1,500
Brand Le Phare, Swiss
Year circa 1914
Case No. 81246
Material silver niello
Diameter 54 mm.
Caliber 19'''
Signature Dial and movement signed
Sold: HKD 8,750
Angelus - Minute-repeater; silver niello
Silver (0.800) niello, open face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 6 o’clock). Cover and case-back decorated with niello pattern.
Grading System: A
HKD 15,600 - 19,500
USD 2,000 - 2,500
EUR 1,850 - 2,300
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Brand Angelus, Le Locle
Model made by Fabrique Angélus, Stolz Frères
Year circa 1910
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 34 975 (by “A D”)
Material Silver niello
Diameter 52.3 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, lever escapement
Signature cuvette (dome) and movement (patent number)
Accessories contemporary silver niello chain with gold motifs (Length 250 mm. approx.); copies of invention patents
Silver (0.900), hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large and heavy pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Case polished; cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce with a coat-of-arms and the name “Paul Kratzert.”. Movement 18’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, with going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), Lange gold straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 39,000 - 46,800
USD 5,000 - 6,000
EUR 4,600 - 5,500
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Brand A. Lange & Sohne, Glashütte b/Dresden
Year circa 1900
Movement No. 30 266
Case No. 30 266
Material silver
Diameter 61.3 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, ¾ plate, Lange gold straight-line lever escapement (quality “1B”)
Signature dial, case and movement
Le Roy & Fils - Small pocket watch, quarter-repeater; 18K pink gold
18K pink gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, small pocket watch, with one horological complication: • Quarter-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 3 o’clock). Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the cypher “L B”. Inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the name “Mlle L. Barre”. White enamel dial with radial Arabic numerals. 14’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator.
Grading System: AA
HKD 15,000 - 18,000
USD 1,950 - 2,400
EUR 1,800 - 2,200
CHF 1,950 - 2,400
Brand Le Roy & Fils, Paris (13 & 15 Palais Royal) and London (57 New Bond Street)
Model “Horlogers de la Marine”
Year circa 1890
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 55 886
Material 18K pink gold
Diameter 39 mm.
Weight 53 gr.
Caliber 14’’’, lever escapement
Signature dial and cuvette (dome)
Sold: HKD 18,750
Audemars Frères, J. Lippetz & Co., Succrs - Pocket watch; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, hinged case-back, with subsidiary seconds at 6. White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals.
Grading System: AA
HKD 9,400 - 11,700
USD 1,200 - 1,500
EUR 1,100 - 1,400
CHF 1,200 - 1,500
Brand Audemars Frères, Geneva
Year circa 1915-1920
Movement No. 199 277
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 49 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box
Sold: HKD 11,875
Longines - Historical Art Nouveau pocket watch, double numbering guilloché dial; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Nouveau, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Gold guilloché (engine-turned) dial with radial Roman numerals, with, in the centre, double numbering with radial Arabic numerals (13-24). Case-back amati with a chiselled pattern at the top forming the cypher "G G". 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 15,600 - 19,500
USD 2,000 - 2,500
EUR 1,850 - 2,300
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier
Year circa 1909
Movement No. 1 441 919
Case No. 1 441 919
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 48.7 mm.
Caliber 18.89, 18’’’, lever escapement
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box; Extract from the Archives
Sold: HKD 27,500
18K white gold, 18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco, dress-watch, snap-on case-back, silver colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock). Silver colour dial with suspended applied yellow gold “Breguet” numerals. Case-back and bezel black enamelled in champlevé with friezes.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 31,200 - 39,000
USD 4,000 - 5,000
EUR 3,700 - 4,600
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Brand Le Phare, Le Locle
Year circa 1930
Movement No. 26
Case No. 64 439 (Neuchâtel mountains)
Material 18K white gold, 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 46.9 mm.
Caliber 17’’’ ½, rhodium-plated, lever escapement
Signature dial
Jaeger-LeCoultre - Ref. 5902, “Atmos VIII” clock; gilded brass and plexiglass
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Gilded brass and plexiglass, self-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, mantel clock wound by barometric pressure changes.Grading System: A
HKD 7,000 - 9,000
USD 900 - 1,200
EUR 850 - 1,100
CHF 900 - 1,200
Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux)
Model “Atmos VIII”
Reference 5902
Year circa 1967-1984
Movement No. 64 624
Case No. unnumbered
Material gilded brass and plexiglass
Height 24 cm.
Width 17 cm.
Thickness 11 cm.
Caliber 528-1, with vacuum chamber winding the going barrel and lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum
Signature dial, case and movement
Sold: HKD 11,875
Jaeger-LeCoultre - Ref. 5901, “Atmos VII” clock; gilded brass and plexiglass
Gilded brass and plexiglass, self-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, mantel clock wound by barometric pressure changes; red lacquered sides.
Grading System: AA
HKD 10,000 - 12,000
USD 1,300 - 1,550
EUR 1,200 - 1,450
CHF 1,300 - 1,550
Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux)
Model “Atmos VII”
Reference 5901
Year circa 1967-1970
Movement No. 255 462
Case No. unnumbered
Material gilded brass and plexiglass
Height 22 cm.
Width 17.8 cm.
Thickness 11 cm.
Caliber 528-1, with vacuum chamber winding the going barrel and lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum
Signature dial, case and movement
Sold: HKD 16,250