617 lots

LOT 41

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Souvenir d'AmitiéChevalier & Compagnie, Geneva, No. 3313, enamel attributable to Jean-Louis Richter, circa 1790.Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel pearl- and dia-mond-set watch.

C. Two-body, forme "Collier", back very finely painted with three children, a boy holding a dove, another looking into its nest, a meadow in the background and a fountain to the right with diamond-set water flowing, paillon flowers and foliage, the whole against dark blue sky, signed "SOUVENIR" below the fountain, pearl-set bezels. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. 42 mm., hingd, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved "CHEVALIER".Signed on dial, movement and cock.Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 13,000

EUR 6,800 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 42

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

The Great Battle of Vienna.Probably Augsburg, circa 1690.Exceptional, probably unique 22K gold "fermée" type watch case in high relief, commemorating the 1683 Battle of Vienna, today mounted as a pair of watches, signed Goldney, St. James's Street, London, circa 1833.

The watch case, "bassine" type, finely sculpted in very high relief, with center figures extending to 7 mm. above the surface, depicts the Battle of Vienna with great dynamic effect. On the back: two horsemen wage battle in the foreground, a Turk flees on horseback at the left. The front cover depicts the victorious European army and defeated Turks. The wide band chased with battle scenes, two Imperial eagles on each side of the pendant, Austrian double eagle flag, the victorious army, marchingorward with King Sobieski overseeing the troops, two captured Turks, flanking an allegory of Justice. Chased pendant with fleur-de-lis motif, loose ring.The two present watches, one originating from the case, the second from the front cover, as follows: C. Gilt engine-turned metal, glazed. D. Gold, applied radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring. Gold "spade" hands. M. Hinged, gilt metal, full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapements, plain steel balances with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on the movements.Diam. 47 mm.

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Sold: CHF 74,750

LOT 43

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Saint Louis at DamiettaGolay Fils & Stahl, Genève, 2 Rue de la Paix, Paris, No. 26331, enamel by Edouard Lossier, circa 1914.Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine", the very finely painted on enamel back depicting Louis IX on a white horse in battle at the gates of Damietta, chased bezels, band, and bow, gold detached cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 41 mm. (18'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-teeth winding whels.Signed on dial, case and movement, enamel signed by Lossier.Diam. 51 mm.

CHF 3,700 - 5,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 10,580

LOT 44

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

The Arrival of LohengrinUnsigned, Swiss, No. 30514, made for the German market, circa 1890.Very fine 14K two-tone gold and painted on enamel keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", the front painted in opalescent enamel and gold paillon accents, depicting Lohengrin's descent from his boat pulled by a swan, as Elsa in a white gown looks toward the sky, with Telramund and his knights behind, the back painted with the ride of Apollo with Muses through the sky proceeded by Aurora, accompanied by the Muses, bezels chased with repeated pattern, red-gold band with oak leaves, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, five-minue Arabic markers. Gold "fancy" hands with inset paste stone. M. 49 mm. (22'''), half plate, frosted gilt, 18 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring.Stamped with unidentified maker's mark on the movement.Diam. 61 mm.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 45

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, No. 23/647, entered into the register on March 10, 1788, sold to an unknown person, bought back from Madame Sanzé, refinished and sold on June 3, 1850 to Monsieur Brocot, horloger, on behalf of His Imperial Highness, Grand Duc Constantin Nicolaevitch of Russia.Very important and rare, 18K gold, quarter-repeating à tact self-winding small perpetuelle with 60-hour power reserve.

C. Two-body, "forme collier", the whole engine-turned in à grains d'orge pattern with polished circle on the back cover. D. Enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds, up-and-down sector at 10 o'clock. Mounted to gilt brass à bate levée ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 41.20 mm., gilt brass 3/4 plate, two going barrels, tandem winding with brass wolf-tooth winding gears, four-wheel train, straight-line lever escapement, four-arm steel and platinum jeweled and capped cmpensation balance with two screwed quarter-turn lamina segments terminated with a threaded pin at the free end for platinum temperature nuts, two platinum mean time screws, blued steel helical balance spring with both terminal curves, lift on the pallets, convex entry pallet, concave the exit one to equalize both lifts, draw, oil retention slots on the escape wheel, single trapezoidal roller table with inserted trapezoidal jewel working between two upright steel pins mounted at the end of the frk, long fork with banking over the escape wheel arbor with U-shaped end, parachute on top pivot, micrometric screw regulator. Half-ogival platinum weight swinging between two spring-loaded ruby rollers mounted to the case with a stop mechanism triggered when fully wound, Breguet-type repeating mechanism with lifted gathering pallet, all-or-nothing and fixed star wheel, fusee-chain winding, repeating with a single hammer on a short gold in fixed to the case by pull-and-twist piston in the pendan, tone adjustment screw in the bate levée ring.Signed "Breguet" with the serial number on the dial ring and on the dial.Diam. 47 mm.

CHF 150,000 - 200,000

EUR 100,000 - 140,000

Sold: CHF 168,500

LOT 46

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, No. 1348, sold to Messieurs Meyer et Tues for 2160 francs on 3 fructidor an 13 (Aug 21, 1805).Exceptionally fine and highly important large 20K gold watch with annual Gregorian calendar and additional gold index for the Julian calendar, signs of the Zodiac, special disengaging equation of time and days of the week. In original Breguet Morocco fitted box, with original gold Breguet key on short gold chain, accompanied by two Breguet certificates.

C. Four-body, No. 427 by master casemaker Mermillot, "Empire", polished, gilt hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures, one for the mean time, one for equation. D. White enamel, by Borel, secret signature below 12 o'clock, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost annual calendar scale with months and corresponding Zodiac signs, and days of the month, subsidiary days of the week dial (reprinted) below 12 o'clock. Blued steel Breguet hands, Julian calendar indicated by a gold pointr fixed to the annual calendar "spear" hand, equation of time with serpentine Breguet hand. M. 54 mm. (24'''), gilt brass, very elegant and rare caliber based on the famous "three bridge caliber", hanging barrel, Breguet hanging ruby cylinder, three-arm plain brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring with compensation curb and parachute on the top pivot, the annual calendar driven from the hour wheel meshing with an intermediate wheel with a very small, ingeniously arranged, two-leaf lanterpinion which drives the days of the week wheel, which in turn, through a worm gear, drives the annual wheel, the equation cam set at the center of the annual wheel with an ingenious system of power transmission from the mean time motion work to the solar time motion work via a special double wheel/double rack and pinion mechanism.Signed on dial, cuvette and movement, case punched with the movement serial number, casemaker trademark and his number and French 20K guarantee marks, dial signed on the reverse "Borel, fructidor an. 11".Diam. 62 mm.

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EUR 0 - 0

Sold: CHF 1,213,500

LOT 47

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 4270, entered in the register on October 31, 1823, finished on July 9, 1825 and sold on the same day to Monsieur Suzanne de Bréauté, père, for 3,500 Francs.Exceptionally fine and highly important large 18K gold Grande Sonnerie clockwatch with quarter-repeating and special escapement, built on the principles of the Garde Temps, with a gold Breguet key on a short gold chain, in a Desoutter fitted Morocco box. Accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes" No. 288 by master casemaker Joly, engine-turned, gilt hinged cuvette, bolt at 6 o'clock for striking/silent and at 1 o'clock for repeating. D. Silver, radial Roman numerals on bright finished ring with outer minute dot track, engine-turned and whitened center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 53 mm. (24'''), gilt brass, bridge and standing barrel system for the going train, full plate sonnerie mechanism, 40 jewels, entire train jeweled with endstones, Robin-tye chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with copper-silver outer lamina and the inner ones of blued steel, Breguet balance spring, repeating and striking on two large rectangular gongs.Signed on dial and case, case also punched with the casemaker's mark and French gold guarantee marks.Diam. 62 mm., total weight 200 grams.

Grading System:

CHF 75,000 - 83,000

EUR 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 157,500

LOT 48

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, No. 4461, sold to Monsieur Bidaux, on August 2, 1828 for 840 Francs.Very fine 18K gold large souscription watch.

C. Three-body, "Empire", engine-turned back and band, short pendant. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, by Droz, outer five-minute divisions, secured by a screw below 12 o'clock. Blued steel hand. M. 57 mm. (25'''), gilt brass, souscription caliber with center barrel wound from either side, four-wheel train, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, compensation curb, parachute on top pivot.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with the number, casemaker's mark and French guarantee marks.Diam. 62 mm.

CHF 17,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 49

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, No. 3282, sold to Monsieur Leseine-Pélissier on 11 Octobre 1912 for 1800 Francs.Very fine, unusual and elegant 18K gold keyless pocket chronometer in original Breguet box, accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Two-piece, "Empire" type, band and back cover single piece, back engraved "LL", chased band with a slot for regulator, reeded bezels, movement in dust ring with gold polished back. D. White enamel, snap-on with gold ring, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold Breguet hands.M. 40 mm. (18'''), ebauche by Piguet Frères, frosted gilt bar caliber, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels.Signed on the dial and the box which is also numbered.Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 50

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, Paris, No. 3290, circa 1935.Very fine two-tone 18K gold and silver keyless lever pocket chronometer winner of gold medal and Bulletin de Premiere Classe in Besançon, with original gold medal and original Bulletin de Marche.

C. Four-body, "Empire", polished with reeded band, bezels with silver edges, gold hinged cuvette, silver bow. D. Silver, engine-turned center and outer border, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Guillaume anibal-brass cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, viper's heapunch mark.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 51

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, No. 4933, circa 1920.Fine and rare silver keyless split-seconds chronograph with instantaneous 60-minute register, stop feature and Guillaume balance, which won "Bulletin de Première Classe" in original leather fitted box.

C. Four-body, "Empire", polished, silver hinged cuvette, chronograph pushbutton in the crown, split pushbutton at 11 o'clock, stop pushbutton at 2 o'clock. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, winding indicator at 12 o'clock, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 43 mm.(19'''), rhodium-plated, 24 jewels, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with special alloy Breguet balance spring, chronograph and split-seconds mechanims on the back plate.Signed on dial and case.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,700 - 6,800

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 52

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet "Serpentine", Ref. 4070. Produced in the 1980's in only nine examples with Islamic numerals.Very fine and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, moon phases and ages of the moon.

C. three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. matte silver, "guilloché", with painted Islamic numerals, inner concentric circle for the days of the month, aperture for the moon phases and graduation for the age of the moon. "Breguet" blued steel hands, "Serpentine" blued steel hand for the date. M. Cal. 12''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-bsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,600 - 10,600

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 53

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet, "Ultra Thin", No. 4883. Produced in the 1980's.Very fine 18K yellow gold skeletonized gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

C. two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, ribbed band, rounded bezel, straight lugs with gold screw bars. D. skeleto-nized, outer silver ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 12''', hand-engraved gilt brass, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, engraved rotor.Dial and case signed.Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,500 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 16,675

LOT 54

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet,No.5188. Produced in the 1980's.Fine, flat, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, partly "guilloché" back, ribbed band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, cabochon sap-phire-set winding-crown. D. two-tone "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 11836, rhodium-plated, "fausses-cô-tes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, mono-metallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compen-sating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,400 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 55

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet "Quantième", No. 4543, Ref. BB 3330. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with day, date, moon phases, lunar calendar and 45 hours autonomy, an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle, attached to a gold small chain and pusher.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, partly "guilloché" case back, rounded bezel, reeded band, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, straight lugs, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on an off-center brushed silver reserve above 6, sector graduation for the age of the moon and aperture for the moon phases below 12, apertures on each side for the days of the week and the months. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2 ''', rhodium-plted, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, timed-annular balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, 18'000 vibrations/hr., 21K "guilloché" gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 56

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet No. 109, Brevet du 7 Messidor, An 9, Ref. 2292. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by a green lacquered wooden fitted box and a certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal back with signature on the edge. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain eccentric ring dial, sector graduated for 20 seconds over the aperture of the visible tourbillon cage. M. Cal. No. 70, gilt brass, hand-engraved, 21 jewels, three-arm polished steel tourbillon cage, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance sping.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm..

CHF 45,000 - 50,000

EUR 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 80,500

LOT 57

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Breguet "Médicale", No. 1308, Ref. 3640. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and flat, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, pulsometer and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by original box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, partly "guilloché" case back, ridged band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver at the center, outer brushed silver ring dials graduation for 15 pulsations 2 times per minute, concentric, the second graduation, both in painted Arabic numerals, inner ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals for the hours, aperture for the date. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 11 1/2'''rhodium-plated, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, double barrel, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22K "guilloché" gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,500 - 6,800

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 58

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Bredillard, France, movement by Dreicer & Co, Swiss, No. 1273, circa 1920.Very fine and rare amethyst, gold and platinum, diamond-set keyless heart-shaped fob watch with matching diamond-set brooch.

C. Single heart-shaped piece of amethyst, platinum diamond-set bezel and ribbon-shaped pendant with hinged diamond-set ring, brooch of diamond-set gold and platinum ribbons with gold pin. D. Silver, matted, champlevé Arabic numerals, outer minute track, center with black champlevé enamel floral pattern. M. 16.5 mm. (7 1/4'''), nickel, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed inside the case, movement signed by Dreicer.Dim. Length 58 mm., width 32 mm.

CHF 5,000 - 6,000

EUR 3,500 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 59

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Cortebert, Swiss, No. 593158, case No. 1544181, circa 1928.Very fine and very rare 18K two-tone gold and enamel keyless Art Deco "chevalier" "Highest Quality" watch, destined, most likely, for Barcelona Exhibition of 1929.

C. Three-piece, hexagonal, asymmetrically shaped, yellow gold bezels with blue enamel champlevé stripe, back cover in white gold with black enamel sharp geometrical figure with engraved flowers inside, large white gold bow smoothly extending from the band, white gold hinged stand for making it a desk clock. D. Silver, matte and whitened, following the shape of the case, applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "cathedral" hands. M. 35 mm. (15 1/2'''), rhdium-plated, 17 jewels, 5 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, gold wheel train.Signed on the dial.Dim. Height 50 mm, width 47 mm

CHF 4,500 - 5,500

EUR 3,000 - 3,700

Sold: CHF 5,060

LOT 60

Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

Cortebert, Swiss, No. 593157, case No. 1544182, circa 1928.Very fine and very rare 18K two-tone gold and enamel keyless Art Deco "chevalier" "Highest Quality" watch, destined, most likely, for Barcelona Exhibition of 1929.

C. Three-piece, square with canted corners, white gold bezels, back cover in yellow gold with champlevé raised green, red, blue and black geometrical design with Egyptian accent, large yellow gold bow engraved in laurel leaves, smoothly extending from the band, yellow gold hinged stand for making it a desk clock. D. Silver, two-toned, following the shape of the case, applied white gold Breguet numerals over matted and whitened background, outer minute track, brushed square center, subsidiary seonds. White gold "cathedral" hands.M. 35 mm. (15 1/2'''), rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, 5 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, gold wheel train.Signed on the dial.Dim. Hight 50 mm, width 42 mm

CHF 4,500 - 5,500

EUR 3,000 - 3,700

Sold: CHF 4,830