Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 5758, made in 1851, sold to Tiffany & Co, New York, on August 20, 1853.Fine and very rare 18K gold miniature watch, entire movement weighing 2.4 grams. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", spring-loaded back engraved with fine scrolling, gold hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 15.6 mm. (7'''), frosted gilt, bar caliber, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette, punched with the maker's trademark on the pillar plate under the dial.Diam. 18.5 mm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 117096, caseNo. 230841, circa 1901.Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless miniature watch, entire movement weighing 4.5 grams.

C. Four-body, "bassine" , polished, back engraved with small heraldic symbol, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18 mm. (8'''), cal 18o, nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement, cuvette with inscription dated 6 September 1904.Diam. 21.8 mm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 90832, case No. 210594, sold to Tiffany & Co. in 1895.Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless miniature watch, entire movement weighing 3.5 grams. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, "bassine" polished with elaborately engraved initials on the back with elaborately engraved symmetrical, stylized initials on the back, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 15.5 mm. (6 3/4'''), cal. 22M, nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement by the retailer.Diam. 19.5 mm.

L. Leroy & Cie, Gallerie Montpensier 13 & 15, Palais Royal, Paris, circa 1880.Very fine and extremely rare 18K gold diamond-set keyless miniature watch, entire movement weighing 2.4 grams. In original leather fitted box, with a noble provenance.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, back with applied diamond-set platinum nine-pronged coronet, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 13.3 mm. (6'''), frosted gilt, bridge caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm platinum balance with flat balance spring, long five-wheel train.Signed on the case and the box.Diam. 16.5 mm.

Henry Moser & Co., Swiss, No. 41376, made for the Russian market ,circa 1910.Very fine and rare 18K gold hunting cased keyless small pendant watch, entire movement weighing4 grams.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Gold "spade" hands. M. 18 mm. (8'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on dial and case, the movement punched with Moser's trademark.Diam. 23.6mm, movement weight 4 gram.

Blanc Laine, A Paris, circa 1790.Fine and very rare 18K gold duodecimal and decimal revolutionary watch.

C. Two-body, Louis XVI, polished. D. White enamel, 24-hour (2 x 12) Arabic duodecimal ring with outer minute divisions and fifteen-minute Arabic markers, inner 10-hour (2 x 5) Arabic decimal ring with inner 10 minute divisions and 25- minute decimal Arabic markers, winding aperture between 1 and 2 o'clock. Blued steel "arrow" hands. M. 44 mm., frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement.Diam. 52 mm.

James McCabe, Royal Exchange, Lon-don, No. 01204, hallmarked 1856-57.Fine 18K gold hunting-cased watch with painted on enamel portrait of a lady, with special esca-pement.

C. Four-body, massive, "consular", polished, the cover with an engraved coat of arms and motto "In Gott Allein", the back with a monogram, inside the front cover a very finely painted on enamel portrait of a lady, cuvette with engraved dedication, dated Sept. 22, 1880. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "fleur-de-lis" hands. M. 41 mm. (18 1/4'''), 3/4- plate, frosted gilt, cylindrical pillars, fusee with maintaining power and chain, ruby duplex escaement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, flat balance spring.Signed on the dial and the back plate, cuvette inscribed to "William Somer Leo Schuster" from his father on the attainment of his majority, 22nd Sept. 1880".Diam. 50 mm.

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1880.Very fine and important, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch bearing 5 miniatures painted on enamel .

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", back cover with polychrome enameled coat-of-arms and the motto "In Gott Allein", front with champlevé initials, inside three miniatures painted on enamel - inside back cover and on the gold hinged cuvette two girls, inside front cover portrait of a lady, all with engraved frames. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 41.5 mm. (18'''), frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line calibrated lver escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels.Diam. 54 mm.

L. Fernier & Frères, Besançon, circa 1890.Very fine and rare 18K pink gold keyless lever chronometer with special over-winding prevention in original wooden fitted box.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine turned back, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement, gold bolt at 11 o'clock to engage the winding. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2'''), frosted gilt, half-plate, 20 jewels, top ones in raised gold settings, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Brguet balance spring, mechanism disengaging the winding when fully wound.Signed on dial and case.Diam. 53 mm.

Haas Neveux, Genève, No. 57519, regulated for Geneva Observatory Contest by Wehrli Freres, circa 1910.Fine 18K gold keyless watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 43 mm. (19'''), 3/4 plate, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume-type Crausaz cut bimetallic compensation balance with large gold temperature screws and platinum quarter screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 53 mm.

Chronometer Movado, Swiss, No. 340034, made for Henri Blanc, Genève, circa 1925.Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless pocket lever chronometer, "1ère Classe" winner of the Timing Contest at the Neuchâtel Observatory, accompanied by original box.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 40 mm. (18'''), caliber 340, frosted gilt, 21 jewels, most in gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve, patented micrometric regulator.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 50 mm.

R. Genton, au château de Roche, Canton de Vaud, Swiss, No. 4415, circa 1870.Very fine 18K gold keyless pocket chronometer.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine turned back, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. M. 43 mm (19'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, pivoted detent escapement with straight tension spring acting upon jeweled, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws and platinum mean screws, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, wolf-teeth winding wheels.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 48 mm

Paul Ditisheim, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 46874, made circa 1916, sold circa 1930.Very fine silver keyless deck chronometer with 52-hour winding indicator in original fitted three-body mahogany box. Accompanied by a 1918 Bulletin de Marche from the Observatoire Astronomique et Chronométrique de Neuchâtel and another from 1920, with original bill of sale.

C. Three-body, massive, "bassine et filets carrure plate", polished, fluted band, the back stamped with maker's trademark, silver detachable cuvette. D. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals and outer minute ring, 52-hour up-and-down subsidiary dial, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. 56 mm. (25'''), matte gilded, straight line lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with gold temperature screws, Breguet balance spring with Phillips outer and inner terminal curves,going train jeweled to the center with endstones on the entire escapement.Signed on the dial, movement and the box, stamped with Ditisheim's trademark on the case.Diam. 65 mm.

August Von Loehr, Swiss made, No. 3395, circa 1880.Fine and unusual silveroid self-winding "perpetual" pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, silveroid hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 38.5 mm. (17'''), frosted gilt, jeweled cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance with flat balance spring, jeweled oscillating weight (of climbing axes shape) with steel banking pins, setting through milled disk set on the center arbor projected in the setting apertureof the cuvette.Signed on the dial "Loehr Patent", on cuvette "Patent perpetual No. 3395".Diam. 49 mm.

Isaac Grasset & Cie, Geneva, circa 1898.Interesting and rare silver keyless watch with special patented power source.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, glazed silver cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic figures, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel, "spade" hands. M. 43 mm. (19'''), Grasset bridge caliber, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, power source in the form of a narrow coiled spring wound around the winding stem which terminates with a gear meshing with the center wheel pinion.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 50 mm.

'Modernista', Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, circa 1910, made for the South American market, for "Cigarillos Excelsior".Interesting yellow gold-filled digital jumping hour dress watch with retrograde minute hand.

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", back cover engine-turned in barley corn pattern, gold hinged cuvette etched in Art Nouveau style. D. Gilt, engine-turned center, top with retrograde minute scale, aperture for the hours. M. 38.3 mm. (17'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator.Signed on the cuvette, stamped with the maker's mark inside back cover and on the dial.Diam. 50 mm.

Lot of two pieces, comprising :Hebdomas Watch Co, "8 Days", Swiss. Produced circa 1915.Interesting, polished metal wristwatch with 8-day power reserve and a wide brown leather fitted strap.

C. three-body, polished, hinged case back, rounded bezel, gilt winding-crown, wire lugs. D. bicolored, black and white, radium-coated Arabic numerals on an outer black reserve, white auxiliary seconds dial. "Skeleton" radium-coated hands. M. 12 ''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 8 day-going, visible levers, winding wheel covering the movement, mechanical with manual winding.Signed on the dial.Diam. 35 mm.SFr.: 1'300 - 2'200 t / US$: 900 - 1'500A similar wristwatch is published in "Wristwatches", by H. Kahler, R. Mühe and G.L. Brunner, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,1983, p. 13.Amusing stainless steel and gilt brass compass with a wide brown lizard strap.C. two-body, polished, screwed-down ridged bezel, rounded band, wire lugs, gilt brass slide on the band to stop the compass functions. D. matte silver with the points of compass in painted Arabic numerals and letters, the North indicated by C, the South by IO, the East by B and the West by 3, at the center, a wind rose, outer 360° graduation in four times 90. Blued steel hand with gold painted arrow.Diam. 38 mm.

Adolph Lange, Dresden, No. 8906, circa 1870.Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless A1 grade po-cket watch with special patented winding/setting system.

C. Four-body, "pommes", polished, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette, setting pin protruding through the case at the band ring at 1 o'clock. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 42.5 mm. (19'''), 3/4-plate, 20 jewels, top ones in screwed flush gold settings, straight line Glashütte lever escapement, gold fork and escape wheel, banking by a pin in a pin-hole, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and man time screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, rarely found winding and setting mechanism, in which setting is possible only when the back cover is open; then the stem is pushed in (not out as in most cases) and the watch can be set.Signed on dial and movement, case punched by the casemaker "C.W.".Diam. 54 mm.

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte b/Dres-den, No. 26573, circa 1888.Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased key-less 1st quality pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "Lucia", engine-turned, front with engraved ini-tials, gold hinged cuvette, gold dust protection ring. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track with five-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 43 mm. (19'''), 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 20 jewels, most in gold screwed settings, straight line Glashütte lever esca-pement, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, banking by a single pin in a pin hole, cut bimetallic compensation balance withold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 55 mm.

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte B/Dres-den, No. 49452, made in 1907.Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased key-less lever chronometer in original leather fitted Lange box. Accompanied by factory certificate.

C. Four-body, "Lucia", front engraved with coat-of-arms, back with engraved monogram surmounted by a viscount coronet, gold hinged cuvette over gold bezel glazed for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, double sunk, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), 3/4 plate, frosted gilt, 20 jewels, most in gold screwed settings, straight line Glashütte lever escapement, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, banking with single pin in a pin hole, lrge (19.6 mm.) cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring with outer Phillips' terminal curve, diamond endstone, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator.Diam. 55 mm.