323 lots

LOT 181

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

W. & E. Schmidt, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. pink gold, hunting cased, moon phase astronomical keyless minute repeating watch with triple calendar.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, the cover engraved with the monogram "W.M.F.". Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, aperture for the months, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the dates and the subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Chronograph with visible work and push piece in the band. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.

HKD 45,000 - 55,000

USD 6,000 - 7,300

LOT 182

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Lattes Frères & Co., Genève, No. 7477, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. pink gold, keyless moon phase astronomical, quarter repeating watch with triple calendar.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, the back with the applied gold monogram "A.M.". Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border and floral engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, Sunk subsidiary dials for the day of the week, the date, the month (hair lines) and the subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 51 mm.

HKD 16,000 - 19,000

USD 2,200 - 2,500

LOT 183

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Not signed, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. pink gold hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with automaton Jacks.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished, the gold monogram "S.K." applied on the cover. Gold cuvette. D. Small white enamel with Roman numerals, outer gilt Arabic minute ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Applied on the blued steel dial plate, automaton Jacks on each side of the dial, strike hours and quarters on belle above. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18"', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

HKD 50,000 - 56,000

USD 6,500 - 7,500

LOT 184

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Aux Fabriques de Genève, Maison à Paris, Swiss, circa 1900. Fine 18 ct. gold, hunting cased, moon phase astronomical keyless minute repeating watch with triple calendar.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished with later back and cover. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the dates and the months, moon phase aperture. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, " fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.

HKD 60,000 - 68,000

USD 8,000 - 9,000

LOT 185

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Not signed, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. pink gold hunting cased, keyless minute repeating moon phase astronomical triple calendar watch.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets carrure ronde", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Romant numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, subsidiary dials for days of the week, dates, months and subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold paste-set hands. M. Glazed, 19"', gilt brass, 35 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.

HKD 55,000 - 60,000

USD 7,300 - 8,000

LOT 186

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

LeCoultre & Cie., circa 1910. Fine 14 ct. pink gold hunting cased, keyless quarter repeating watch with automatons Jacks.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Small translucent red enamel over engine-turning with gilt Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. Blued steel dial plate with on either sicle of the dial applied gold figures of warriors striking hours and quarters on two bells. M. 19"' gilt brass, three quarter plate, 15 jewels, straight fine lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs with fly regulator (Swiss patent No. 15833) and slide in the band. Signed on the movement beneath the hammer. h1 very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

HKD 55,000 - 60,000

USD 7,300 - 8,000

LOT 187

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

L.A. Favre Brand, Geneva, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. gold, keyless quarter repeating double calendar watch.

C. Four body, massive, "pomme et gouge", the engine-turned back centred with a very small engraved deer. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, subsidiary dials for days of the week, dates and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight fine lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. In very good condition. Diam. 51 mm.

HKD 23,000 - 26,000

USD 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 188

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Not signed, Swiss, No. 33529, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. pink gold hunting cased, keyless quarter repeating watch with concealed erotic automaton scene.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details, disclosing a scene in an engraved boudoir where a painted enamell automaton couple demonstrate the best way to promote fraternity between races. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 19" ', nickel plated, "à vagues" decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight fine lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. In very good condition. Diam. 53 mm.

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

USD 11,000 - 13,000

LOT 189

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Corum, No. 48/100, made especially for the 700th Anniversary of Switzerland in 1991 and produced in 100 examples only. Very fine and rare, 18 ct. gold gentleman's wristwatch, inserted in a 22 ct. gold commemorative medal stroken especially for Corum, figuring on one face the Oath of 1291, and on the other face an allegory of Switzerland, on the band, the latin inscription. In Memoriam Helveticae Confoederationis DCC Annos with fitted box, guarantee and a sealed parchment.

C. massive, "Vendôme" type cylindrical lugs with a small red and white enamel escutcheon representing the Swiss flag, diamondset windingcrown. D. engraved with the Oath of 1291. "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. 9"' rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. In excellent condition. Diam. 35 mm.

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

USD 11,000 - 13,000

LOT 190

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "Astrolabium" Galileo Galilei, No. 008, Ref. 901-22, made in 1985. Very fine and rare astronomie, self-winding, waterproof, 18 ct. gold gentleman's wristwatch with fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, screwed back, bezel graduated with the Roman hour numerals, hooded lugs bearing the signatures. D. bi-colour blue and mat silver bearing the following indications : the Equinoctial time, the local time, the months, the zodiacal signs, the elevation and azimuth of the sun and the moon on the planisphere, the diurnal and nocturnal hours, the phases of the moon, the aspects in which the sun and the moon stand to each other. "Bâton" steel, gold and blued steel hands. M. 13"' gilt brass, "fausses côtes" decoration, 33 jewels, lever escapement, annular balance with three arms, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring. Case and movement signed. In excellent condition. Diam. 40 mm.

HKD 75,000 - 90,000

USD 10,000 - 12,000

LOT 191

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 02, present series. Very fine and rare minute repeating, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with Jaquemarts.

C. massive, polished, fluted lugs, transparent back. D. dark blue with two platinum Jaquemarts striking hours, quarters and minutes on a bell, with applied gold indexes and Roman numerals. "Bâton" platinum hands. M. 11 rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 40 mm.

HKD 530,000 - 600,000

USD 70,000 - 80,000

LOT 192

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci", No. 2450115,1990 's. Very fine astronomie, self-winding, 18 ct. gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with 18 ct. gold integrated bracelet, fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, waterproof at 30 meters, stepped sides, hooded mobile lugs, sapphire crystal. D. white with applied gold indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, the days of the month, of the week, aperture for the lunations and for the year display with four numbers until 2499. "Bâton" radiumed gold hands. M. 13"' gilt brass, 36 jewels, lever escapement, glucidur balance, Nivarox balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. h1 excellent condition. Diam. 39 mm.

HKD 110,000 - 135,000

USD 15,000 - 18,000

LOT 193

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, " Grande Complication" No 33, produced in 50 examples only, made in 1992. Very fine and rare astronomie, minute repeating, waterproof, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with a large wooden fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, screwed back and crown, lapidated lugs. D. white with applied gold indexes + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, for the days of the month, of the week, the months, apertures for the years programmed until December 1999 and the lunations. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 15"' gilt brass, 75 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Nivarox balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In excellent condition. Diam. 42 mm.

HKD 530,000 - 600,000

USD 70,000 - 80,000

LOT 194

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

194 Gerald Genta No. G.31637.70-43595. "La Boîte à Surprise". Exceptional, 18 ct. two coloured gold, mother-ofpearl and diamond-set erotic box, the cover with a built-in moon phase astronomical watch, in original fitted box.

C. Octagonal double body, entirely chased in a basket work pattern, the watch set in the lid, moon stone set shutter. When the locker is depressed, the lid opens automatically, lift by the two coloured gold, diamond paved, spring loaded "instrument" fixed on a mother-of-pearl panel. D. Mother-ofpearl, octagonal with white dot indexes, red subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the dates and the months with inner leap-year indication, orange moon phase aperture. M. Battery powered quartz movement. Signed on the dial and the reverse of the watch. In mint condition. Diam. 66 mm.

HKD 1,350,000 - 1,500,000

USD 180,000 - 200,000

LOT 195

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Gerald Genta No. G.3223.70-46601. "La Boîte à Malice". Exceptional,18 ct. gold, mother-of-pearl, diamond and ruby set erotic automaton box, the cover with a built-in watch, in original fitted box.

C. Triple body, massive rectangular, entirely decorated with polished and satiné interlaced ribbons against aurai ground. Diamond paved locking spring loaded bar, the watch on the lid border with diamond set bezel. The manually operated erotic scene with gem-set attributes rises automatically. D. Engine-turned Pink gold dial and faceted crystal. M. Battery powered quartz movement. Signed on the dia] and the reverse of the watch. In mint condition. Dim. 148 x 118 x 35 mm.

HKD 1,900,000 - 2,250,000

USD 250,000 - 300,000

LOT 196

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Henry Capt à Genève, No. 244, circa 1810. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold musical watch with a concealed enamelled erotic automaton scene.

C. Three body, Empire, polished with faceted band. Disclosed by the opening back and applied to a gold, enamelled, panel painted to represent a boudoir (slightly restored), an automaton couple executed in multi-coloured gold and driven by the musical train, are devoting themselves to basic reality. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals ( slightly restored). Gold Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate double train with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance and flat balance spring. Pin barrel musical train with six stacked steel blades. Signature scratched on the gilt brass dust rim. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.

HKD 380,000 - 450,000

USD 50,000 - 60,000

LOT 197

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Bartholony à Paris, Swiss, circa 1775. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with two concealed painted erotic scenes.

C. Three body, Louis XV, the bezel engraved with decoration and four small enamel panels painted with roses, the back enamelled with a painted pastoral scene of a young couple gazing loves in a cage. The opening back reveals two enamel scenes, depicting différent ways to begin a love storie, painted inside the cover and on the fixed cuvette ( slightly restored). D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 46 mm.

HKD 165,000 - 190,000

USD 22,000 - 25,000

LOT 198

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Not signed, Viennese, circa 1840. Fine and unusual, silver and enamel watch with concealed erotic scene.

C. Double body, the enamelled cover and back with painted mythological scenes, a third one on the cover enamel backing, interesting scene inside the back, depicting a young man admiring for the last time the hymen of his bride. D. Enamel with Breguet numerals, painted with a scene depicting " Venus and Cupid" (slightly restored). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endstone. In good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

HKD 26,000 - 30,000

USD 3,500 - 4,000

LOT 199

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer, Ref. 5031, 1950 's. Fine tonneau shaped, waterproof, centre second, self-winding, yellow gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. polished, satined, screwed back and crown, gold graduated bezel. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes, aperture for the date. "Flèche" gold hands. M. 10 '/2"' rhodiumed, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 36 mm.

HKD 19,000 - 23,000

USD 2,500 - 3,000

LOT 200

Important Collector's Wristwatches an... Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer, Ref. 5018, 1950 's. Fine waterproof, centre second, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch.

C. polished, satined, screwed back and crown, lapidated lugs. D. mat silver with radiumed gold indexes. "Dauphine" radiumed steel hands. M. 9 3 /4"' rhodiumed, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 33 mm.

HKD 13,000 - 15,000

USD 1,700 - 2,000