459 lots

LOT 1

Important Watches, Collectors’ Wristw... Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

Ellicott, London, No. 4327, hallmarked 1756-57. Very fine and very rare silver, pair-cased half quarter-repeating pocket watch with alarm.

C. Outer: two-body, pierced and repoussé with rocailles. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, band pierced and engraved with floral motifs, mask at 6, a village scene at 12. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divi-sions with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, aperture above 6 for alarm setting silver disc. Blued steel ?fleur-de-lis and poker? hands. M. 35 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock, jeweled balance, diamond endstone, Stogden repeating mechanism, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, alarm by its own two hammers on bell, gilt brass dust cap. Dial, back plate and dust cap signed. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 5,000 - 6,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

LOT 2

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Jessop, Southampton Street, Strand, London, No. 2503, hallmarked 1787-88. Fine and unusual 18K gold pair-cased, center-seconds quarter-repeating pocket watch with stop feature.

C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, band engraved and pierced for sound, center engraved with rosette. D. Eccentric, set at the top, white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 43 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and chain, cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, diamond endstone, single-footed cock, balance and escape wheel jeweled, stop lever at 8 o'clock, gilt brass dust cap, repeating on bell by depressing the pendant.Dial, back plate and dust cap signed.Diam. 64 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

USD 6,500 - 8,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 3

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Morris Tobias, London, No. 1017, hallmarked 1813-14. Fine and rare silver pair-cased pocket watch beating dead-seconds, with rack lever escapement.

C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner, two-body, ?bassine?, polished. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, jeweled to the third, fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and chain, three-wheel train, rack lever escapement with large brass escape wheel, steel balance with flat balance spring, diamond endstone, single-footed cock, gilt brass dust cap.Dial, dust cap and movement signed.Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,500 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 4

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Fatton, Elève de Breguet, London, No. 12, hallmarked 1822-23. Highly important silver pocket watch with early inking chronograph.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, by ?LC?, engine-turned back, silver, hinged cuvette, bolt at 10 o'clock to stop the watch, pushbutton in the pendant to activate the inking chronograph. D. White enamel with small eccentric radial Roman chapter and outer minute divisions. Gold ?spade? hands. At 12 inking chronograph dial divided into 60 minutes. M. 52 mm (23'''), frosted gilt half-plate, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 5

Important Watches, Collectors’ Wristw... Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

Lemaire, Paris, circa 1810. Very fine and very rare gold and silver, dead center-seconds pocket watch with virgule escapement and stop feature.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned back, gold bezels, hinges and bow balls, reeded band, gilt hinged cuvette.D. White enamel, by master dialmaker Lucard, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 52 mm (23'''), frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and chain, virgule escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, dead seconds driven via small ratchet pinion set on the escape wheel pinion and driving dead-seconds ratchet wheel.Signed on the dial, case punched with French guarantee marks used between 1809 and 1819.Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,500 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 6

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Swiss, circa 1835. Extremely rare and fine 18K gold jump-hour independent dead-seconds Compteur Militaire watch with provision for jumping with different speed.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, back with engraved initials, reeded band, gilt hinged cuvette, bolt at 4 o clock for start/stop of the dead seconds, pin at 6 for change of the jumping speed. D. Silver, engine-turned, aperture for the jump hours at the top, eccentric minute and dead-seconds chapter below, aperture at 7 for indications of the number of jumps per minute. Gold ?lozenge? hand. M. 44 mm (20'''), frosted gilt, brass caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring.Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 7

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?Lépine a Paris?, Swiss, circa 1820. Fine and rare 18K gold triple train quarter-repeating pocket watch with independent dead-seconds.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, polished, reeded band, gilt, hinged cuvette, bolt at 1 o'clock for blocking the repeater, lever at 3 to start/stop dead seconds. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 50 mm (22'''), gilt brass, standing barrels, cylinder escapement, jeweled three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Dial and cuvette signed.Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,500 - 8,500

USD 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 8

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Ate. Boussard, Toulouse, circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold, triple-train, independent dead-seconds pocket watch with quarter-repeating.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned, gilt hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 52 mm (23'''), frosted gilt, double standing barrels with continuous stop works, cylinder escapement, three-arm white alloy balance with flat balance spring, balance and escape wheel jeweled, temperature compensation curb, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on dial and cuvette.Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,500 - 8,500

USD 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 9

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Gaultier Père & Oltramare a la Rochelle (France), circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, double-train independent dead-seconds pocket watch with minute and hour registers and virgule escapement.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, polished with reeded band, gilt hinged cuvette D. White enamel, eccentric Breguet chapter set to the right, outer minute divisions, to the left radial Roman chapter with outer minute divisions for the register, center dead-seconds with divisions on the outermost. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 52 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate jeweled to the first, cylindrical pillars, going barrels, virgule escapement, 3-arm brass balance, continental pierced and engraved cock, pin at 5 for start/stop.Dial, cuvette, and movement signed.Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 10

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So-called ?Chinese Duplex? Attributed to Bovet, Swiss, circa 1870. Fine 18K gold two time-zone pocket watch with Jacot duplex escapement beating dead seconds.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned back, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, two time-zone subdials, one with radial Roman numerals at the left, one with Breguet numerals to the right, center dead seconds with track at the outermost, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel and gilt ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), gilt engraved brass, jeweled to the center, T-shaped center bridge, standing barrel, Jacot duplex escapement, three-arm steel balance with blued steel axe-shaped weights.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

USD 2,000 - 2,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 11

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Saint Pierre Basilica Courvoisier & Comp., La Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 1840, circa 1840. Fine 18K gold, double-train independent dead-seconds pocket watch, made for the Italian market.

C. Four-body, ?bassine? with coin-edge band, chased and engraved bezels, back engraved with St. Peter?s Basilica in Rome, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 41 mm (18'''), frosted gilt, 24 jewels, bridge caliber, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring and pare-chute on the top pivot, temperature compensation curb.Cuvette signed.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

USD 2,000 - 2,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,150

LOT 12

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F. Ls. Favre, Locle, 1840. Exceptional and highly important 18K gold early lever pocket chronometer with stop feature, foudroyante, dead-seconds, and Réaumur thermometer.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, No. 21662, engine-turned, gold hinged cuvette, bolt at 4 for start/stop. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, three subsidiary seconds dials, above for continuous seconds, at 4 o?clock for fifth-seconds jump, and dead-seconds at 8. M. 50 mm (22'''), frosted gilt, jeweled to the third, skeletonized circular plate of a smaller diameter than the pillar plate, going barrel, lateral counterpoised lever escapement with exposed ruby pallets, fast beat (21,600) cut-bimetallic compensation chronometer-type balance with sliding temperature weights and gold timing screws, device to protect the free ends of each sector fromaccidental distortion, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring, ingeniously simple diablotine driven from a goldwheel mounted on the escape wheel pinion with stop leverat 5 o?clock, dead-seconds also ingeniously driven via an advance lever connecting the 60-tooth gold ratchet wheel set above the 4th wheel with the dead-seconds wheel, bimetallic thermometer.Signed on the dial.Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 17,000 - 20,000

USD 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 11,000 - 13,000

Sold: CHF 48,300

LOT 13

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Pierre Benoit, Paris, circa 1808, finshed by A. Benoit à Versailles, No. 216, circa 1840. Very fine and very rare 20K gold pocket watch with double chronograph, with central dead-seconds and early lever escapement built on Breguet?s principles. Accompanied by a short gold chain and ratchet key.

C. Four-body, No. 836, by master casemaker Ami Gros, ?Empire?, engine-turned back with central enameled initials, reeded band, gold cuvette. D. White enamel, by Droz, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 48 mm (21''') frosted gilt, half-plate, jeweled to the center, fusee with Harrison?s maintaining power and chain, lateral calibrated lever escapement with draw, gold escape wheel with oil retention holes, 3-arm cut-bimetallic compensation balance with sliding gold temperature weights, Breguet balance spring, double roller, experimental balance staff, pare-chute on the top pivot, setting through the band, Breguet type central dead-seconds and chronograph on the subsidiary seconds.Dial and movement signed, case with casemaker?s marks and French guarantee marks used from 1798 to 1809. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 28,000 - 33,000

USD 22,000 - 26,000

EUR 18,000 - 21,000

Sold: CHF 35,650

LOT 14

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Webster, Queen Victoria St., London, No. 18960, hallmarked 1883-84. Fine, 18K gold pocket watch with double-train independent dead-seconds.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished with engraved initials on the back, gold hinged cuvette, bolt on the band at 2 o?clock for activating and stopping dead seconds. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. M. 42 mm, frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, 27 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone.Movement signed.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 15

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?Universal Seconds? William Langford, Bristol, No. 17837, hallmarked 1867-68. Fine and very rare 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph of unusual construction.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold hinged cuvette, push-button in the pendant for the chronograph. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outer minute/seconds divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. M. 42 mm, frosted gilt, jeweled to the center, 3/4-plate, fusee with Harrison?s maintaining power and chain, train arranged in such a way that the 4th wheel is in the center, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, free-sprung cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, unusual chronograph mechanism utilizing two prong spring for engagement.Movement signed.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 2,500

USD 1,600 - 2,000

EUR 1,300 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 16

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Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 9522, circa 1860. Very fine and rare 18K gold hunting-cased pocket watchwith double-train independent seconds and 1/5 second diablotine.

C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette, stop mechanism controlled by a pushbutton at 12. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary sunk fifth-second jump diablotine. Blued-steel "Breguet" hands. M. 40 mm (18'''), nickel, 29 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance-spring, Mairet tandem winding.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

LOT 17

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Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 12075, circa 1870. Very fine and rare 18K gold, keyless subsidiary split-seconds pocket watch with Jürgensen?s bow setting .

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, back engraved with initials, reeded band, gold hinged glazed cuvette.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, sunk subsidiary split-seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), frosted gilt, 20 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, Jules Jürgensen patented bow setting, split-seconds mechanism set on the small subsidiary seconds with activated pushbutton on the band at 8 o?clock.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

USD 9,000 - 10,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 18

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Arnold, Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 8623, A

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned back, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette, pushbutton at 6 for split-seconds activation. D. White enamel, eccentric radial Roman chapter ring to the right with outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?spade? hands. Up-and-down indicator to the left, central seconds with divisions on the outermost with five-minute Arabic markers. M. 45 mm, frosted gilt, half-plate, fusee with Harrison?s maintaining power and chain, 16 jewels, Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws and platinum mean time ones, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring, diamond endstone, split-seconds set on the chronograph arbor in the manner of Winnerl..Dial and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

USD 9,000 - 10,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 19

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John Poole, 57 Fenchurch St, London, No. 4769, hallmarked 1873-74. Fine 18K gold keyless chronograph pocket watch with regulator dial.

C. Three-piece, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned back, reeded band. Blued steel ?bâton? hands. D. White enamel, eccentric radial Roman hour chapter at 12, central minutes with outer minute divisions and outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, subsidiary sunk seconds. M. 42 mm (19'''), frosted gilt 3/4-plate, going barrel, 19 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, Nicole Nielsen winding system.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 20

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Louis Audemars, Brassus, No. 11343, produced in 1870. Retailed by Le Roy & Fils, Horlogers de la Marine, Palais-Royal, 13 & 15 Galerie Montpensier, Paris, 211 Regent St, London, as No. 50561. Very fine and exceptionally rare 18K gold, hunting-cased, triple-train, astronomical perpetual calendar pocket watch with phases and age of the moon, minute-repeating, and independent dead seconds.

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold hinged cuvette, gold lever for start/stop dead seconds at 12 under the front cover. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four year leap cycle and phases and the age of the moon aperture. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), frosted gilt, bridged and skeletonized, Mairet tandem winding, 43 jewels, gold train, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Movement signed on the pillar plate, case and movement numbered, cuvette signed by the retailer.Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 49,450