287 lots

LOT 121

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Gerard père à Metz, France, bearing the hallmarks for 1778. 122 q 122 Ls. Bergmiller fecit, No. 203, circa 1805. Fine and rare 18 ct. three coloured gold calendar watch with special escapement.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, the bezels chased with laurel garlands, the engine-turned back chased to the center with trophies of love. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and inner calendar ring. Gold fleurs de lys hands. M. GiIt brass full plate with conical pillars, going barrel, rare early steel overhanging cylinder escapement with a large brass 'scape whee, plain brass three armed balance, gilt brass continental cock, polished steel end-piece, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 39 mm.

HKD 40,000 - 50,000

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 55,200

LOT 122

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Ls. Bergmiller fecit, No. 203, circa 1805. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating watch constructed on the principals of the Garde-Temps, with date and month, thermometer and barometer.

C. Four body Empire, with reeded band and engine-turned back. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with small eccentric chapter ring with Roman numerals, symmetrical subsidiary seconds with inner month indication, small date aperture, sectors above for the thermometer and the barometer. Gold Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass full plate, with the barrel passing through the back plate, lateral lever escapement, two armed bimetallic compensation balance (later?), Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, with visible repeating work set on the back plate. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.

HKD 50,000 - 60,000

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: HKD 80,500

LOT 123

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Allegre, Toulon, circa 1830. Rare 18ct. gold and enamel quarter-repeating watch with special escapement and erotic decoration.

C. Four body, massive, with cast floral bezels, back panel enamelled with a soldier making love, not war, in a thoroughly exhibitionist manner. D. Engine-turned gold with Roman numerals. Blued-steel "moon" hands. M. 20 ? frosted and giIt bridge caliber, 8 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement with plain gilt balance, flat balance spring parachute and Breguet type compensation curb. Repeating on gongs by means of the push pendant. With stone set tipsy key and short chain. In good condition. Diam. 50 mm.

HKD 100,000 - 120,000

CHF 20,000 - 24,000

Sold: HKD 115,000

LOT 124

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Courvoisier & Comp., Swiss, circa 1810. Very fine 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating, skeletonized automaton watch.

C. Three body Directoire, polished with invisible hinges and fixed bezel. Glazed gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Applied on the skeletonized front plate, fine three coloured gold scene after Lafontaine, depicting Fox and the Crow, on each side, a monkey and a boy strike the hours and quarters. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Skeletonized, gilt brass full plate, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, with visible repeating work set on the back plate. Signed on the dial and the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 62 mm.

HKD 50,000 - 75,000

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

Sold: HKD 80,500

LOT 125

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Leroy, Elève de Breguet, Swiss, No. 5026, made for the Islamic market, circa 1830. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, quarter repeating watch.

C. Four body, massive bassine pincée, engraved with scrolls and flowers over a pink champleve enamelled ground, the back centered with a very fine painted fluvial landscape with two sailing boats. Gold cuvette. D. white enamel with Turkish numerals (hair lines). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass, bar caliber, with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain gold three armed balance, parachute suspension to the top pivot, bimetallic Breguet compensation curb. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 49 mm.

HKD 50,000 - 60,000

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

LOT 126

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Robert Brandt & Cie, La Chaux-de-fonds, circa 1840. Rare and elegant 18 ct. gold watch with a regulator dial and a thermometer, in the manner of Sylvain Mairet.

C. Three body, massive forme quatre baguettes,with reeded band and engine-turned back. Gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with small eccentric Roman hour chapter ring, symmetrical small Arabic minute ring, a sector above for the Reaumur thermometer and small subsidiary seconds below (slightly restored). Gold arrow and spade hands. M. 17,5?, gilt brass, bar caliber, 10 jewels, the going barrel with a female winding hole, Sylvain Mairet type lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 43 mm.

HKD 75,000 - 90,000

CHF 15,000 - 18,000

LOT 127

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous, Swiss, attributable to Jacquet Droz, circa 1785. An historically interesting and very fine 18ct. gold and enamel centre-seconds watch, taken from the Royal Collection at the Peking Palace of the Emperor of China, Yuen-Ming Yuen, in 1860, by Aurelli Pereira De Paiva

C. Three-body, ribbon engraved band, the bezels decorated with rope-twist patterns in white enamel centred with floral motifs, the back panel with an elaborate pattern of leaves and pellets in silver and gold paillons. Hinged gold cuvette with inscription. D. White enamel, Roman numerals with outer minute and seconds marks. Pierced gold 'cathedrales' hands with blued-steel centre-seconds. M. GiIt full plate, partly engraved with raised barrel cover, counter-sunk cylinder escapement, plain brass balance and flat spring. Pierced continental style cock. In excellent condition. Diam. 57 mm.

HKD 150,000 - 200,000

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

Sold: HKD 126,500

LOT 128

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Guillouf, Horloger au Havre, Swiss, circa 1903. Very fine 18 ct. three coloured gold, gem-set hunting cased, minute repeating, keyless moon phase astronomical watch with t double calendar, chronograph and instantaneous 30 minute recorder.

C. Four body, massive, bassine et filets, frosted, with vary coloured gold cast decoration of flowers and ribbon, set with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, a gem-set monogram on the cover. Gold cuvette engraved with the signature of Charles Guillouf, dated 1 er. January 1904. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph ring, subsidiary dials for week days, minute register, date and seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold spade hands. M. 19-, gilt brass, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band, chronograph with visible work, push piece in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: HKD 92,000

LOT 129

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Tiffany & Co., New York, No. 72723, Swiss, circa 1898. Fine 18 ct. gold, ruby paved keyless fob watch with matching clip.

C. Four body bassine et filets, entirely paved with calibrated rubies. Gold cuvette engraved with a dedication, dated October 20, 1898. Matching clip with à monogram. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel pear hands. M. 6,5?, nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, counter poised, adjustable straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 22 mm.

HKD 30,000 - 35,000

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: HKD 41,400

LOT 130

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

H. A. Favre, Locle, Swiss, circa 1840. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, diamond set watch, set in a gold purse, with matching gold and enamel short chatelaine, decorated with flowers and a monogram inlaid with rose-diamonds.

C. The movement is set in the cover of a gold purse, engine-turned and engraved with flowers and foliage, the cover of blue enamel decorated with a bunch of flowers inlaid with rose-diamonds. D. Small white enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel spade hands. M. Oval, gilt brass, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the purse. In good condition, with a gold key. Dim. 72x50 mm.

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

LOT 131

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1880. Fine and unusual 18 ct. gold, keyless "cabriolet" fob watch.

C. Four body, demi-bassine et filets, the cover and the back, polished with engraved monograms, the bezel engraved with a ribbon decoration. The watch revolving in the case, can be used as an open-face or a hunter. D. Light gray enamel with Roman numerals, the frosted center decorated with a rosette. Gold spade hands. M. Glazed, 11?, nickel plated, fausses côtes decoration, 12 jewels, gold train of wheels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. In very good condition. Diam. 36 mm.

HKD 12,500 - 15,000

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

LOT 132

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, keyless, rectangular pendant watch with a matching clip.

C. Four body, the glazed back revealing the cuvette enamelled with painted cupids and further floral decoration. D. Enamel, the blue chapter with Roman numerals and gilt scallop edge, outer painted flowers and cupids on a light blue ground. GiIt Louis XV hands. M. 10?, nickel plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. In very good condition. Dim. 90x30 mm.

HKD 20,000 - 25,000

CHF 4,000 - 5,000

LOT 133

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Leopold Huguenin, Locle, circa 1880. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, hunting cased keyless watch with independent split-second chronograph and diablotine.

C. Four body, massive, bassine et filets, engine-turned with reeded band. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary 1/4 second foudroyante. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Fine 21-, nickel, double train with differential winding, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Independent split second chronograph train, the heart-shaped cam visible, push piece in the band. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.

HKD 40,000 - 50,000

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 63,250

LOT 134

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1860. Fine silver pocket chronometer with one minute tourbillon regulator.

C. English three body deck watch type, polished, contemporary, specially made for this movement. Silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gilt and blued steel fleur de lys hands. M. 21-, gilt brass, bar caliber, 15 jewels, part in gold screwed settings, the reversed key-wind fusee with maintaining power. Lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve. One minute tourbillon polished steel carriage with three equidistant arms, driven by the minute wheel. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.

HKD 150,000 - 200,000

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

LOT 135

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Haas Neveux & Co., Genève No. 20136 , circa 1920. Fine and elegantl8 ct. gold, keyless minute repeating extra slim watch.

C. Three body, massive, bassine pincée, polished. D. Mat silver with Breguet numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 16-, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, bearing the Geneva quality mark, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Haas Neveux Master mark inside the back. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.

HKD 75,000 - 100,000

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: HKD 115,000

LOT 136

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No.166721, 168885, 179220 cases No.270294, 276010, 280446 made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Relojoeiros, Rio-de-Janeiro, between 1910 and 1915. Fine collection of threel8 ct. gold, keyless Chronometro Gondolo.

C. Four body massive demi-bassine, engine-turned. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 20-, 19-, 17" gilt brass, gold train of wheels, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement à moustaches, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with Patek Philippe patent index. Signed on the chiai, case and movement. In good condition, in a specially made fitted box. Diam. 54 mm. 52 mm. 47 mm.

HKD 65,000 - 80,000

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

Sold: HKD 86,250

LOT 137

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous, Swiss, 1980's. Fine, oval, 18ct white gold and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch .

C. massive, polished, bezel set with 80 diamonds, hooded Iugs . D. mat silver, with painted Roman numerals. "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. 7? signed Ebel, rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring . In very good condition. Dim. 25x42 mm.

HKD 60,000 - 70,000

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

LOT 138

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Anonymous Swiss, 1980's. Fine hexagonal, 18 ct gold, diamonds and sapphires, skeletonised purse watch.

C. massive, polished, bezel and pendant set with diamonds and sapphires. D. skeletonised Bâton blued steel hands.M. 8 3/4? skeletonised, engraved, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. In very good condition. Dim. 35x38 mm.

HKD 75,000 - 90,000

CHF 15,000 - 18,000

LOT 139

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

acheron & Constantin, Genève, 1940's. 137 138 Fine and unusual, 18ct gold, sapphire and diamonds lady's wristwatch, with concealed dial and 18 ct gold snake bracelet.

C. massive, polished, cover set with 32 diarnonds, 14 cabochon and 25 baguette sapphires. D. mat silver, with applied gold indexes. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 5 1/4? tonneau, rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In good condition. Dim. 18x14 mm. Total length: 190 mm.

HKD 24,000 - 28,000

Sold: HKD 195,500

LOT 140

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks Hotel Furama Kempinski, May 24, 1992

Concord, for Tiffany & Cie., New York, 1950's. Fine, "carré galbé", platinum and diamonds lady's wristwatch, bracelet set with 35 diamonds

C. massive, polished, bezel and lugs set with 64 diamonds . D. mat silver, with painted Arabic numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 5 1/4"' rhodiumed, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring . Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Dim. 14x14 mm.

HKD 5,500 - 6,500

Sold: HKD 36,800