Stand: In the form of a Neo-Gothic triptych, very richly decorated with repoussé, scrolling and stylized foliage formed with champlevé enamel, centered by a hinged and glazed compartment for a small pendant watch, enamel cartouches with the Virgin at the left and St. Roch at the right, side panels painted on enamel with two Palladian palaces, a winged cherub's mask painted on enamel, the base with three painted on enamel panels. Left, a river scene, right a palace, center, a bouquet of flowers, matte top of the base decorated with repoussé scrolling covered with champlevé, engine-turned gold back panel, with rosette and fleur-de-lis. C. Four-body, "bassine", back very finely chased and champlevé enameled with foliage and flowers on black enamel background, florally chased bezels, twisted-rope band, gold hinged cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. 20.3 mm (9'''), frosted gilt, early bar caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balace with flat balance spring.Watch signed on the cuvette.Dim. Height 190 mm, width 120 mm. Watch diam. 25 mm.
Grading System: 
CHF 18,000 - 22,000
EUR 11,700 - 14,500
Sold: CHF 34,500
In the form of a Neo-Gothic triptych, very richly decorated with repoussé, champlevé and cloisonné enamel, embellished with scrolling and stylized foliage over a mother-of-pearl ground, centered by a scent compartment surmounted by three painted on enamel winged cherub's masks, side panels painted on enamel with scenes of Lake Como, the Borromeo Islands and the Vallée du Simplon, rounded corners with painted on enamel flower bouquets, winged cherub's mask painted on enamel at the base. Lavishly decorated hinged handle terminated with a royal crown set with graduated pearls, rubies, emeralds and turquoises.Dim. 145 x 113 mm, height 120 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 33,350
On an oval ebony base, sailing on a stormy ocean with its waves finely carved from a solid piece of jasper set in a gold frame at the base, the ship in gold, white and green enamel with cabin windows set with rubies, the chimney and the boats in white enamel, silvered deck, American flag at the stern, gold, silver, and enamel life-savers fixed on each side of the jasper with the words "VARUNA, N.Y.Y.C." Signed underneath the gold frame supporting the ocean.Dim: Length of the ocean 19 cm, ship 12.5 cm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 9,800 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. Rectangular, engine-turned with straight-line pattern bordered with white enamel, white enamel bezel, agate base. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers. Diamond-set hands. M. By Nocturne, rectangular, 53 x 36 mm, frosted gilt, going barrel, platform with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the push-piece at the top.Signed on the movement, retailer on the dial.Dim. Height 74 mm, base width 63 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 4,000 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 9,200
C. Carved from a single piece of jasper, platinum hinges, diamond-set platinum clasp and applied initials "DSL" within en suite frame mounted on the lid, inside gold-set ivory tablet with gold pencil, mirror within a gold frame, powder compartment, lipstick etui and a pill compartment.Signed and numbered, punched with French guarantee marks.Dim. 77 x 53 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 7,475
France, circa 1920. Very fine and rare Art Deco onyx and platinum, diamond-set patch box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, carved from a single piece of onyx, onyx lid, diamond-set platinum hinges and clasp.Dim. 85 x 56 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
EUR 4,600 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 11,500
"KW", London, hallmarked 1949. Fine 9K gold pearl-set cigarette case.
C. Two-body, rectangular, fluted, spring-loaded lid with applied monogram set with graduated split pearls, gold push-button in the front.Punched with maker's mark inside.Dim. 80 x 63 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 2,300
Unsigned, circa 1910. Fine 18K gold cigarette case.
C. Two-body with curved edges, rectangular, engine-turned in a wickerwork pattern.Punched with maker's mark at the edge, as well as with Continental guarantee marks.Dim. 80 x 66 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 1,380
Mercier, Stuttgart, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold, pearl-set ring watch.
C. Two-piece, oval, polished with tapered shank florally chased at the top. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute dot divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. 18 mm. (8'''), gilt brass, full plate, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, Joseph Bosley type regulator pivoted over continental cock with scale running over the entire diameter of the movement.Signed on the movement.Dim: Height 31 mm, diam. 25 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,900
Sold: CHF 7,475
"CCS", Paris, circa 1835. Very fine gold and enamel snuff box.
C. Two-body, rectangular, with curved side panels, covered with champlevé azure enamel with white enamel strap work and gold foliage and scrolling.Punched with maker's mark inside the lid.Dim. 80 x 53 x 25 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,900
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Three-body, the center made from a single piece of tortoiseshell engine-turned in a straight line pattern, the front with applied Wedgwood type blue and white porcelain medallion of a nymph encircled by a diamond-set platinum frame with platinum tassels, the base and the hinged top cover of gold-set ivory with gold frame decorated with champlevé azure enamel, diamond-set platinum clasp.Punched with maker's mark on the clasp and the lid base.Dim. 88 x 57 x 15 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Four-body, "Empire", back finely engraved with a man's portrait on an engine-turned ground, foliate and vermicelli border, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Fine blued steel Breguet hands. M. 31 mm. (13 3/4''', model 15, frosted gilt, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring, Adrien Philippe's patented keyless winding system No. 3.Signed on dial, cuvette and movement, punched with company's trademark on the pillar plate under the dial.Diam. 35 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
EUR 4,600 - 5,900
Sold: CHF 14,950
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 20,700
C. Three-body, rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged lid with applied matte gold bow and quiver set with turquoises within a hexagonal blue enamel frame, the whole on wavy engine-turning, borders with translucent imperial blue enamel flowers, the base decorated en suite with central portion entirely engine-turned, sides with a translucent imperial blue enamel geometric pattern and en suite engine-turning, button for activation in back; for changing music in front. M. Cylinder type with a V-shaped comb of 54 tuned vibrating blades in 18 sets of 3 each. Punched with maker's mark in lozenge inside front lid, the movement punched 527.Dim. 82 x 50 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 9,800 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 16,100
"PC", Paris, circa 1860. Very fine 18K gold, diamond- and turquoise-set musical patch box.
C. Designed as a lady's purse, engine-turned in a circular pattern, each circle centered by a turquoise, the hinged cover with a diamond- and turquoise-set belt, activating push-button at the left side panel. M. Rectangular, 33 x 18 x 8 mm, barillet type with 10 tuned vibrating blades with tails (grasshopper type, pinion governor set in eccentric bushing for speed adjustment.Punched with maker's trademark inside the lid and in the box, movement punched 577.Dim. 67 x 39 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 14,950
C. Each side made up of three painted on enamel panels, the center ones depicting two putti, one holding a love torch, against a dark green background, the other side depicting a mother holding a baby, gold and azure enamel frames, the whole against black enamel, the top forming the cover decorated with courting doves, musical instruments and Cupid's attributes on the reverse, against black enamel, the lower spring-loaded panel, with courting doves and a flower basket opening to reveal the watch, edges with yellow enamel with translucent imperial blue enamel leaves and repeated engraved pattern. The hinged top reveals the nécessaire compartment with gold scent vial with gold stopper, gold ear-spoon, pencil holder and watch key. The top decorated with bouquet of flowers, azure stripe background. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold "spear" hands. M. 20 mm. (9'''), hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Dim. 91 x 28 x 13 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 19,500
Sold: CHF 40,825
C. Four-body, slender and tapered, the watch side with a central panel finely painted with two young ladies holding flower garlands, one pricking her finger on Cupid's arrow, below a hinged champlevé enamel panel decorated with two doves, the hinged top cover decorated en suite with doves in a flower basket, the other side with a central painted on enamel panel depicting a swooning knight in armor, with his lady behind him and doves below, the top decorated similarly to the other side with the word "Souvenir" in champlevé enamel below doves building a nest, both sides bordered by green champlevé enamel in a gold leaf pattern, champlevé enamel edges. Inside a compartment for a pencil and a small calendar/notebook in red morocco cover tooled "1802". D. Black, white, and blue champlevé enamel, designed as a clock with a flower urn at the top, center with Breguet numerals for the hour chapter, outer minute divisions. Small blued steel spade hands. M. Rectangular,25 x 10 mm, hinged, gilt brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring.Dim. 79 x 35 x 9 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 19,500
Sold: CHF 40,825
C. Two-body, spring-loaded, in the form of a green pear decorated with blue and black champlevé edges and white and yellow enamel flowers, base with applied small 5-petal flower. Morocco box tooled in gold. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute dot divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 1 o'clock. Blued steel hands. M. 20 mm. (9''', hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Dim. Height 40 mm, diam. 24 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 5,060
C. Three-body, two spring-loaded petals very realistically painted on enamel, hinged to the base of the flower of translucent red enamel over flinqué, with green leaves on a gold stalk, threaded gold stem, suspended by four chains joined by a single ring.Opening the petals reveals a small glass vial for perfume.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 1,150
The Apple Geneva, circa 1810. Fine 18K gold and enamel scent bottle designed as an apple.
C. Two-body, green enamel decorated with gold flowers and leaves, gold stem curved to form a suspension ring.Dim. 17 x 22 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 1,150
C. Two-body, spring-loaded, formed as a yellow and red pear decorated with champlevé blue, black, white and green flowers, one with a colorful fly, base with small champlevé rosette, gold suspension stem. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute dot divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Blued steel hands. M. 20 mm. (9'''), hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Dim. Height 52 mm, diam. 24 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 4,830
C. Two-body, the hinged top fitted with a watch with green champlevé bezel, two panels centered by a flower vase with scarlet translucent enamel base, the center depicting a couple in the woods, canted corners with white enamel and gold laurel-leaf pattern, the side panels in azure champlevé enamel, irregular translucent imperial blue enamel cartouches over engine-turning, gold suspension chain, diamond-set push-button. D. Small white enamel, eccentric, Breguet numerals set at the lower part of translucent imperial blue enamel rectangular plate, aperture at the top for diamond-set balance spinning against polished steel plate. Blued steel "spade" hands.M. Rectangular, 23 x 14 mm, brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm diamond-set gold balance with flat balance spring.Dim. 78 x 32 x 25 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,500 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 37,950
C. Five-body, with graduated pearls and translucent imperial blue enamel on the engraved shell ribs, oval suspension ring, each cover spring-loaded, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 24 mm. (10 1/2''', bar caliber, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Dim. 40 x 34 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,900
Sold: CHF 5,290
C. Two-body, spring-loaded, decorated with black and yellow champlevé enamel, gold suspension ring. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute dot divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 22 mm. (9 3/4 ''', hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Same number on the movement and case.Dim. 37 x 28 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 2,300
C. Two-body, spring-loaded, each half with a translucent scarlet enamel center with blue enamel border over fine flinqué, the front with white and blue champlevé enamel, graduated pearl-set edge, oval gold suspension ring with white enamel stripes. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute dot divisions, winding aperture between 1 and 2 o'clock. Brass Breguet hands. M. 22 mm. (11'''), hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Dim. 40 x 32 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 3,910
C. Three-body, the lid finely painted on enamel with a sheaf of wheat, graduated pearl border, diamond-set belt,band in blue enamel with white enamel borders, base with translucent imperial blue enamel over a superbly engine-turned wheat sheaf, inside a scent compartment with pierced and engraved lid, containing what appears to be the original sponge.Dim. 38 x 45 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 5,060
C. Two-body, covered with translucent scarlet enamel over fine flinqué with gold foliage on the soundboard, pearl-set sound-hole fitted with the watch dial, the back formed of 6 ribs in en suite enamel over a geometrical pattern, the front of the neck decorated with blue enamel frets, its head pink enamel with gold vase and gold stylized foliate decortion, gold knurled pegs, the front and the edge set with finely graduated split pearls on an applied gold frame.Gold twisted-rope strings, push-button at the edge of the soundboard to activate the music. Gold movement housing with gold and enamel hinged cuvette decorated with translucent imperial blue enamel flowers,with a music/silence lever. D. Painted on enamel over a yellow background with a park, roses in the foreground, a couple on an animated gold seesaw, over a radial Roman chapter set eccentrically at the lower part, large, gold snap-on ring. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 43 mm. (19''', gilt brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, sur plateau musical movement with 19 tuned vibrating blades acting on pins set on both sides of the disc,automaton driven from a cam set on the pinned disc, repeating on gongs by depressing the pushbutton at the end of the soundboard.Punched with the maker's mark and the number on the pillar plate under the dial, same number repeated inside the gold housing as well as inside the soundboard.Dim. Length 130 mm, width 51 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 0 - 0
EUR 0 - 0
Sold: CHF 993,500
C. Two-body, "fermée" type, the stem and hooks in translucent imperial blue enamel with gold chain pattern set with pearls, the boss with six-pointed pearl star and a single central diamond overlaid in translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning, small gold tassel at the base, triple gold suspension chain with matching round chatelaine. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers. Gold "spearhead" hands. M. 19.4 mm. (8 1/2'''), hinged, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, continental cock.Dim. Length 67 mm, width 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
EUR 5,200 - 12,000
Geneva, circa 1840. Very fine 18K gold and enamel magnifying glass.
C. Three-body, the handle with translucent imperial blue enamel with a latticework pattern, each segment centered by a gold paillon leaf, the center with elaborate geometrical and floral paillon decoration over translucent imperial blue enamel on an engine-turned background, opaque white enamel frame decorated with gold paillons, the top matching the handle, a pivoted and spring-loaded magnifying glass concealed in the center released by a small pushpiece at the top of the handle, small finial at the end of the handle.Punched with later French gold marks.Dim. Length 98 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 6,325
Geneva, circa 1840. Very fine 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set magnifying glass.
C. Three-body, the handle with translucent imperial blue enamel with a crosshatch pattern, each segment centered by a gold paillon leaf, glazed center with opaque white enamel frame decorated with gold paillons, the applied diamond-set letters "Lequel" and two intertwined hearts on one side, and the diamond-set initials "LB" on the other, the top matching the handles, a pivoted magnifying glass concealed in the center with good-sized rose-cut diamonds on each end of the pivot, spring-loaded locking mechanism, sides with a white, blue, and black champlevé enamel pattern, gold suspension ring at the end of the handle.Punched with later French gold marks.Length 94 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 14,950
C. Two-body, oval, the lid with a large, finely painted on enamel tulip with half pearl-set leaves, a pearl-set bud below, the whole on a brown enamel ground, the band with a geometrical pattern between two azure enamel lines, the base with sunburst engine-turning, azure band and geometrical pattern frame.Dim. 61 x 37 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 14,000
EUR 7,800 - 9,100
Sold: CHF 16,100
C. Two-body, "fermée" type, the sound-board with translucent scarlet enamel over a flinqué ground, decorated with a single leaf branch, the border and sound-opening set with half pearls, the balance cock visible through the sound-opening, the front of the neck in black enamel, the back of the sound-box with blue champlevé enamel decorated with a single leaf branch and an open musical score, the back of the neck in the same enamel, the border with a geometrical pattern, the band with a gold floral pattern alternating with half pearls. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute ring. Gold "arrowhead" hands. M. 20 mm. (9''', hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement.Dim. 67 x 27 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 7,475
Geneva, No. 3298, circa 1810. Fine 18K gold and enamel pearl-set scent bottle fitted with a watch.
C. Four-body, elongated bell-shaped, predominately covered with alternating translucent imperial blue and dark red enamel, two rings of half pearls, dark champlevé enamel bezel with half pearls fitted at the mouth, the top part hinged revealing a compartment for a scent sponge, the gold top engraved with leaves terminated with threaded gold decorated with dark champlevé enamel perfume stopper. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Blued steel "arrowhead" hands. M. 18 mm. (8'''), hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Dim: Height 57 mm, bezel diam. 23 mm
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 3,910
Unsigned Swiss, circa 1810. Fine and rare 18K gold, diamond-set pendant watch with visible balance.
C. Two-body, oval, polished with the bezel in laurel leaf wreath, winding and setting apertures in the back.D. White enamel, oval, small Arabic chapter at the lower part with outer minute dot divisions, top with aperture for the diamond-set balance spinning against polished steel plate. M. Oval, gilt brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm diamond-set balance with flat balance spring.Dim. 35 x 21 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 2,530
C. Fully operational spyglass with two concentric sliding cylinders, an eyepiece and lenses. The eyepiece and neck with a foliate pattern of blue, white and black champlevé enamel. The two cylinders are decorated with the same pattern of crosshatched azure and white enamel lines forming a geometrical pattern of black enamel and engraved gold rhomboids, the upper and lower edges set with half pearls. The inner cylinder can be rotated, revealing either the automaton or the watch. The automaton represents hunters on horseback revolving against an enameled panel depicting a house in the woods with an animated waterfall. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers. Gilt "cathedral" hands. M. 18.3 mm. (8 1/4'''), circular, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, 3-arm brass balance, continental gilt cock, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate. Musical and automaton movement: gilt brass barillet type driven from a fixed barrel, six-wheel train (the second wheel is the pinned drum) finished with a pinion governor set in an adjustable, eccentric bushing, six stacked blued steel tuned teeth, the merry-go-round is driven from the contrate teeth of the second train wheel (double wheel).Dim. 48 mm, length 90 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 250,000 - 300,000
EUR 163,000 - 195,000
Sold: CHF 333,500
C. The back of the soundboard in azure and white champlevé enamel forming a geometrical pattern, the gold front with tempo-regulating scale, the sides with azure and black champlevé enamel with gold acanthus and laurel-leaf pattern, the strings of different colors and shapes, the top of the column support set with diamonds, the pegs for the gold strings also set with diamonds, the base engraved with a count's crown, gold suspension chain with a hook. M. Barillet type with tuned vibrating blades, five-wheel train, interesting speed regulation by a small pin protruding through the case changing position of the last pinion bushing.Dim. 75 x 35 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
EUR 7,800 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Two body, back with doves and flowers against azure champlevé enamel, enamel bezel, set in the center of a delicate plate decorated with filigree gold birds and whole pearls, flower vase, framed by string of graduated pearls alternating with enameled laurel leaves. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 3 o'clock. Gilt Breguet hands. M. 22 mm., hinged, gilt brass set in cut protective ring, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, one-footed lightly engraved solid cock.Chain punched with later French import mark.Dim. 67 x 45 mm, chain length 28 cm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
EUR 7,800 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Two-body, the spring-loaded back with a finely painted on enamel scene depicting a young couple under a tree outside the walls of a castle, accompanied by their sheep and a dog, roses in a hat on the ground, background of translucent imperial blue enamel over flinqué with white enamel foliate lower edge and gold wavy side edges underlined with white enamel, the front the same, with the watch dial in place of the painting, pearl-set bezel, graduated pearl-set garlands at the top with split pearl rosette in the center, octagonal tapered base decorated with azure, black and white champlevé enamel forming a geometrical pattern, pearl-set neck, the top en suite, pendant and bow in azure, black, and white champlevé enamel, pendant with push-button for opening the back cover, gold knob in front below the dial for strike/silence. Gold movement housing, two-body, oval, the spring-loaded back entirely decorated with crosshatched pattern of azure, black and white enamel with gold pierced edgefor the sound, three winding apertures for going train, clockwatch and setting, pierced and engraved band. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers. Blued steel "spear" hands. M. Oval, 61 x 43 mm, engraved gilt brass, both striking and going trains under circular engraved full plate with exception of the escapement and the 4th wheel which are set with separate bridges, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, large single cam with each of the 12 hour notches divided into three for quarters (1st quarter does not strike), striking on a bell, elastic suspension of the movement.Dim. Height 11.7 mm, width 62 mm
Grading System:
CHF 0 - 0
EUR 0 - 0
Sold: CHF 223,500
C. Three-body, the front and base lids very finely painted on enamel with a pink rosebud behind evergreen branches, green leaves at its base, the front panel set with diamonds and graduated half pearls, the back with pearls, the inside finely painted with musical instruments, an opened musical score and a rose. Opening the front lid reveals a small compartment, opening the spring-loaded bottom lid reveals the musical mechanism. The band with champlevé enamels forms geometrical and foliate patterns. M. Oval, gilt brass, barillet type, standing barrel, seven tuned vibrating blades with shaped tips set in two stacks, fly governor set on the last train pinion.Punched with maker's mark inside the front compartment.Dim. 53 x 44 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,500 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 113,500
C. Two-body, octagonal, back and cover made of faceted rock crystal (later), en suite bezel fitted into a gilt brass frame, round pendant, loose ring, small finial. D. Gilt brass with applied silver radial Roman chapter ring. Steel "arrow" hand. M. Oval, 25 x 19 mm, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical baluster pillars, short train, verge escapement, steel circular foliot, small irregular cock.Signed on the movement.Dim. 48 x 25 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 25,000 - 35,000
EUR 16,500 - 23,000
Sold: CHF 18,400
C. Outer: Two-body, shagreen covered with silver studs. Inner: Two-body with the sides pierced for sound, winding apertures for going and alarm trains. D. Silver with champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter ring, the center with gilt brass alarm ring with steel pointer for the hours, blued steel alarm-setting hand. M. 38 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, worm-gear mainspring set-up mounted on the back plate, 4-wheel train running along the edge.Signed on the movement.Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,300
Sold: CHF 6,210
Adam and Eve. Johanes Van Ceulen Le Jeune, Hagae, circa 1710. Fine silver pair-cased repoussé watch.
C. Outer: Two-body, the back repoussé with a scene depicting Eve handing the apple of the knowledge to Adam while the serpent gives her another one, bezel with scrolling. Inner: Two-body, "bassine" with deep back, polished, winding aperture in the back with a shutter. D. Silver, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, the center repoussé with British coat of arms. Gilt hands. M. 42 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock pierced and engraved with symmetrical foliage, streamers at the neck.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 61 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 2,990
C. Outer: center repoussé with mermen flanking a reserved crest surmounted by a flower basket, sides pierced for sound with four busts, bezel pierced, engraved and repoussé. Inner: Two-body, "bassine" with deep back, center engraved with small rosette and the words "STANISLAUS REX", band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, engraved mask at 6 o'clock. D. Gold, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, matte background. Blued steel hands. M. 34 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring,single-footed cock, repeating on bell by depressing the pendant, with a thumb pin for optional à tact repeating.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 50 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 8,625
C. Two-body, by master casemaker Joseph Quentin, "Louis XV", back finely painted on enamel, depicting a flower vase, bezels with enamel vignettes painted with flowers, diamond-set thumb piece. D. White enamel, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 17''', hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on gold blocks via the pendant, with a thumb pin for à tact repeating.Signed on the movement, case punched with prestige marks.Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
EUR 7,800 - 10,400
Sold: CHF 14,950
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", engine-turned in a wickerwork pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Brass "beetle and poker" hands. M. 36 mm. (16'''), hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, originally verge escapement (now converted to lever) gold balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with cut upper portion to view the gold balance, repeating on gold blocks by depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement, case punched "PR".Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Two-body, by Jean-Louis-Gabriel Gillet, both covers with translucent imperial blue enamel over sunburst engine-turning, the front with a stylized baroque gold initial "M", the back with an "A", gold trimming. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute dot divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, inner 31-day Arabic date chapter. Gold "serpentine" hands with fancy tips. M. 45 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental "star" cock.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with Paris guarantee marks.Diam. 55 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. Two-body, "Directoire", gold bezels with champlevé enamel, polished steel back centered with filigree gold and enamel rosette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 1 o'clock. Gold skeletonized "cathedral" hands. M. 46 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 4,140
C. Two-body, "Directoire", back finely painted on enamel with a scene depicting a young mother playing with her two daughters, champlevé enamel bezels and pendant. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold skeletonized "cathedral" hands. M. 43 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved with letters "MATTHEY".Signed on dial and movement and cock.Diam. 52 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 4,000
C. Two-body, back painted on enamel, depicting a young man helping a lady to cross a stream at dawn, champlevé bezels with gold paillons. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute dot divisions, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold "serpentine" hands. M. 33 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement, movement also punched with a letter "C" in a shield.Diam. 39 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 8,050
C.Two-body, "Empire", polished.On the back, framed by an engraved gilt band, is a circular enamel plaque with a painted scene depicting Adam and Eve surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, with the Tree of Knowledge in the center.The silver serpent revolves around the enameled scene, pursuing and tempting Adam and Eve, and making one revolution of the dial per minute.D. Enamel, alternating with vertical royal blue and white stripes, eccentric Breguet chapter ring below, with outer minute divisions and fifteen-minute Arabic markers, concentrically the date,to the left days of the week with corresponding planets. M. 53 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 61 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 4,830
C. Two-body, "Directoire", polished. D. White enamel, depicting a pastoral scene, small Arabic chapter ring set at the lower part with outer minute divisions, the top with date subsidiary dial, outermost seconds divisions. Gold "crescent" hands. M. 46 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,300
Sold: CHF 4,140
Swiss, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold, center seconds watch with date, days of the week and painted dial.
C. Two-body, "Directoire", polished. D. White enamel, Breguet chapter ring set in the lower part, a lady on the left and a man on the right, subsidiary dial for the date at 11 o'clock, days-of-the-week subsidiary dial at 2 o'clock. Blued steel "double crescent hands". M. 45 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,900
Sold: CHF 4,370
C. Two-body, by master casemaker Pierre-Louis Foulle, "Louis XVI", back painted on enamel and geometrically engraved, depicting a hunter offering trophies to a lady, bezels decorated with enamel flower wreath, diamond-set pendant. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Brass "sun" hands. M. 34 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with Foulle's trademark.Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Two-body, the front with the initials "MDP" within an elaborate frame of white, green, translucent imperial blue, and red enamel, depicting Cupid's attributes - quiver and arrows, musical instruments, two doves with laurel-leaf wreath, symbolizing love and building the family home, and flowers. The back centered with a finely painted on enamel scene depicting a young lady and her suitor in a rose garden with a lake and mountains inthe background, elaborate green, red, white, and blue champlevé enamel frame forming cornucopias, doves and flowers.Punched with maker's initials on the pendant.Diam. 62 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 3,450
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", aperture in the back for the days of the week dial, engraved edge. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, four subsidiary dials for date, age of the moon, regulator and subsidiary seconds. Diamond-set hands. Enamel days of the week dial on back. M. 47 mm., frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance, flat balance spring, double-footed cock.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with a chevron, the Neuchâtel area gold guarantee mark.Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 8,050
C. Four-body, "Empire", back engraved with a Maltese cross surmounted by a crescent on an engine-turned ground, fluted band, gilt glazed cuvette. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals and outer minute divisions, center glazed for viewing the movement. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 51 mm., gilt brass with steel bridges, standing barrel, virgule escapement with steel escape wheel, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, steel bridges on the dial side, repeating works on the back plate, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Diam. 58 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", polished, bezels decorated with applied green gold twisted rope wire. D. Front: enamel, two putti on each side against a pink background, below a regulator scale surmounted by painted rose garlands, above eccentric radial Roman chapter, outer minute dot divisions with five-minute Arabic markers surmounted by a painted red ribbon. Brass oval-opening Breguet hands. Back: white enamel with outer red days-of-the-week track and inner Arabic 31-day date track. Gold "serpentine and heart" hands. M. 34 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with a chevron, the Neuchâtel area gold guarantee mark.Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 5,520
C. Two-body, back covered with imperial blue translucent enamel over engine-turning with the applied diamond-set initials "E II" for the initials of Catherine the Great in Russian, surmounted by a Russian crown, diamond-set frame, cream-colored enameled bezels with red enamel dots simulating rubies, pendant engraved with crowned lion's head, the crest of the English royal family. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 4 o'clock. Gold "arrowhead" hands. M. 31 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, lateral calibrated lever escapement, steel 3-arm balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on the movement.Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
EUR 52,000 - 65,000
Sold: CHF 97,000
C. By Richard Palmer of 2 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, two-body, back centered by painted on enamel coat-of-arms with lion rampant flanked by two wings and surrounded by a garter with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", the whole surmounted by a crown, the top with translucent imperial blue enamel ribbon, the bottom with two crossed fern leaves, bezels with translucent imperial blue enamel floral pattern, winding aperture concealed by a spring-loaded shutter, gilt brass dust cap. D. Off-white enamel with eccentric radial Roman chapter set at the top with outer minute dot divisions and five-minute Arabic markers, outermost seconds track. Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. M. 46 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain with special maintaining power device, jeweled cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring,single-footed cock with diamond endstone, stop lever at 5 o'clock for precision setting.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with the casemaker's mark.Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
EUR 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 59,800
Emperor Maximilian I Swiss, circa 1865. Fine 18K gold half-hunting keyless Royal presentation watch.
C. Five-body, "bassine", engine-turned, back with applied gold initials "MMI" (Maximilian, Imperator) surmounted by a crown, frontal dial aperture surrounded by applied gold ring with engraved letters "MAXIMILIANO E", gold hinged cuvette with applied gold Imperial crown. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel double "spade" hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), nickel, bar caliber, 15 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette under the applied coat-of-arms.Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 10,350
C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned. D. Front: White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "spade" hands. Back: White enamel outer ring with outermost Arabic 31-day track and inner days-of-the-week track. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm. (20'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Diam. 52 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
Sold: CHF 2,990
C. Four-body, "Empire", back with a green and white champlevé enamel map of France, bezels and band with green champlevé enamel in a repeated pattern, gold repeater blocking bolt at 1 o'clock, gilt hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Gilt spade hands. M. 49 mm., frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, repeater works set on the back plate, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Diam. 55 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 17,250
The Crossbow. Geneva, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set miniature cross-bow.
C. The stock and rest decorated with translucent imperial blue and yellow enamel with white and gold flowers, the bow set with a string of pearls with ends pierced for the bowstring, hinged trigger releasing the bowstring, gold suspension chain with gold and azure enamel ring.Dim: Stock 50 mm long, bow 76 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 1,150
Pearl Serpent. Geneva, circa 1810. Fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel pearl-set pendant watch.
C. Two-body, back decorated with a coiled serpent of graduated half pearls against a black enamel ground, the eyes made of coral, the center with a pearl-set flower rosette, pearl-set bezels. D. Gold, white enamel champlevé Breguet numerals, engine-turned center with small blue enamel rosette. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 22 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Diam. 30 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 650 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 3,450
C. Two-body, hinged, with predominantly translucent imperial blue enamel, each side with two panels, the lower ones painted on one side with a young lady at the altar of love with courting doves, leaf and flower frame, the back with bouquet of flowers in an en suite frame, top panels with the words "Souvenir d'amitié" in finely painted garlands of flowers, translucent green enamel foliate border set with split pearls on matte gold background, the top edge en suite with small blue rosette in the center. Inside two ivory hinged tablets and a gold covered pencil.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 8,625
C. Shaped like a book, both panels hinged at the edges, three loops at the free edge for the pen, the front with fine enamel medallion depicting a father and son, paillon frame, translucent imperial blue enamel background, white enamel ribbons with words "SOUVENIR D'AMITIE", surmounted by a paillon-set sunburst pattern, white enamel border, the reverse en suite with a scene of a young man and a lady, spine with en suite enamel with gold paillon rosettes and split pearl-set ribs. Gilt silver pen decorated with floral engravings. Inside original cloth-covered notebook, compartment for notes or visiting cards and a mirror.Dim. 78 x 51 x 9 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 9,800 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 16,100
C. Rectangular with two compartments, the center with an enamel panel painted with the scene of Sophonisba receiving the poison, gold frame, flanked by two portraits painted on an azure ground, black, white and azure champlevé enamel border, panel and the base in translucent imperial blue enamel over elaborate engine-turning, base with the border en suite to the lid. The right hinged panel opens revealing a vinaigrette compartment with a round translucent imperial blue enamel box decorated with gold paillons and the letters "D.Q." with a scent sponge, gold and enamel decoration on borders, the left panel when opened, reveals the etui.Punched with maker's mark inside of both lids.Dim. 95 x 32 x 14 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 3,900
Sold: CHF 9,200
C. Two-body, rectangular, the lid centered with painted on enamel flower vase against brown background, the whole against translucent red enamel over engine-turning, geometrical border in black enamel pattern, side panels and base en suite with white and blue champlevé enamel borders, corners with cornucopias in white enamel on black enamel background. Punched with maker's mark inside the box.Dim. 82 x 16 x 10 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 3,450
C. Two-body, "Consular", back richly decorated with translucent imperial blue and green enamel forming a bouquet of flowers, florally decorated bezels in translucent imperial blue enamel, fixed cuvette entirely engraved with bouquet of flowers. Châtelaine: of four links decorated en suite with four chains terminating in gold hooks. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 37 mm., frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on the movement, case punched "D.A".Length with chatelaine 17 cm,Diam. 48 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 16,000 - 22,000
EUR 10,500 - 14,000
Sold: CHF 18,400
C. Two-body, "Directoire", back in translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning with the applied diamond-set words "Gage D'Amitié", split-pearl bezels. Chatelaine: single crest-like panel decorated en suite with the applied diamond-set words "Pensez a moi", 3 matching links; for a watch, seal and key. D. White enamel, upright Arabic numerals, outer minute track with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold tapered "serpentine" hands. M. 38 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement.Dim. Length 200 mm, diam. 47 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 14,000 - 18,000
EUR 9,000 - 11,700
Sold: CHF 12,650
C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, front lid centered with a finely painted on enamel scene with 18 figures,border with green paillons in white and black enamel cartouches and split pearls finished with black champlevé enamel, lid sides with green and gold paillons forming a floral pattern, the side panels with translucent green enamel over engine-turning, each centered with an elaborate paillon decoration representing cupid's instruments: a quiver, arrows and a love torch, the border matching the lid, the base centered with very elaborate paillon design with a Roman bust, flower vases and floral swags on en suite enamel, the border is as the lid.Punched with illegible mark inside the lid.Dim. 90 x 65 x 29 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,000 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 34,500
C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, the lid centered with painted on enamel grisaille scene depicting Euterpe, Melpomene, Terpsichore and Clio with Jupiter against a copper colored background, hexagonal gold and black champlevé enamel frame,the background with four gold triangles with chased flowers, musical instruments, a wheat sheaf and a sickle, amphora, fruit basket and translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning with black edge, champlevé enamel border, side panels and the base in en suite translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning and champlevé borders.Punched with maker's mark ("GGB" or "GGR" surmounted by a crown inside the front lid.Dim. 95 x 67 x 17 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 9,800 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", glazed, back crystal with a painted portrait (later) of a gentleman, bezels with floral decoration. Chatelaine: designed as richly decorated architectural niche with a standing knight, the base with translucent imperial blue enamel, three chains descending with hollow links decorated with white and blue enamel, the central one for the watch, the outer ones terminating in a gold horn and a silver and gold cross. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands.M. 35 mm, gilt brass, back plate fully skeletonized and engraved, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, steel balance with flat balance spring, double-footed bar cock.Signed on dial and movement, chatelaine punched with the letter "B" in a shield with two laurel leaf branches.Diam. 42 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
EUR 4,600 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", back centered with applied multi-colored gold over sunburst pattern engraving, border with repoussé rocailles, front bezel with applied repeated pattern, diamond-set pendant. Chatelaine: with four links, each with applied multicolored gold flowers, two chains with matching links on each side, one for the intaglio seal, the other for the matching gold key. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 26 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on gold blocks by depressing the pendant. Punched with French gold guarantee marks on the chatelaine spoon.Diam. 39 mm, length with chatelaine: 21 cm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
EUR 7,800 - 10,400
Sold: CHF 11,500
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", back decorated with applied a multicolored gold cherub on a flower garland swing, bezels with applied gold foliate pattern. Chatelaine: of 4 links with applied multicolored doves, musical instruments and other symbols of love, four gold chains for gold-set cornelian seals and a key. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 25 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with six spokes.Signed on the movement, chatelaine punched with maker's initials "MC".Dim. Length 170 mm, diam. 30 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,900 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 6,325
C. Two-body, the lid centered by a painted on enamel medallion depicting a lady kneeling before the altar of love, champlevé enamel frame background and borders in foliate pattern, en suite band, the base centered by disarranged flower vases painted in translucent violet champlevé enamel, background and borders en suite to the lid.Punched with maker's mark inside the lid and box.Dim. 67 x 51 x 30 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
EUR 7,800 - 9,800
The Departure. French, circa 1780. Very fine 18K gold and enamel oval snuff box.
C. Two-body, the lid centered with a painted on enamel medallion depicting a couple saying farewell at the shore with a fully rigged ship anchored off shore in the background, gold frame, the whole within a frame of white enamel dots simulating split pearls, translucent chartreuse background over engine-turning with unusual dot pattern, the border with enamel simulating split pearls and green leaves, the sides decorated with en suite enamel over engine-turned panels separated by champlevé enamel vases, the base en suite to the top without medallion, the lid with a pronounced hinge.Dim. 81 x 60 mm, height 34 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 19,500
Sold: CHF 26,450
C. Two-body, the lid very finely painted with a landscape of Interlaken - a sleeping shepherdess with her sheep and a goat, a bridge, a castle atop a hill, a lake and mountains in the background, split-pearl border, the sides with four vignettes painted with Alpine scenes surrounded by a spray of exquisite paillons forming flower garlands against translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning, the base with a superbly painted scene depicting a traveling Commedia dell'arte theater in the countryside, encircled by exquisite paillon flower garlands, against en suite blue enamel, the whole framed by a gold twisted ribbon pattern on a black and white enamel ground. Punched with the maker's mark inside the lid, the enamel signed by Richter.Dim. 89 x 61 mm
Grading System:
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,500 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 86,000
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", the back very finely painted on enamel depicting a young woman perhaps representing Flora, surrounded by an arch and polychrome cornucopias and flower vases, the whole against a black enamel ground painted with gold dots in a pointillistic effect, the front with gold Roman numerals in blue cartouches with painted rose fleur-de-lis, the whole on a black ground en suite with the back cover painted with gold dots, the band painted with a repeated floral pattern, diamond-set bow, gold hinged cuvette. Fob: made of three links joined by seven tapered pivoted gold bars with champlevé azure enamel, the top panel painted with a nymph reclining under a baldachin, the middle one with a mask, and the lower one with scrolls, all with en suite black enamel background with gold dots, each one with a diamond-set frame, the top surmounted by a diamond-set half rosette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute red Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 22 mm. (10'''), frosted gilt, 11 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Signed on dial and case.Dim: Length 110 mm, diam. 28 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 10,350
C. Four-body, "bassine" with coin-edge band, back a single piece of brown jasper with applied gold ducal crown, gold hinged cuvette. Chatelaine: the top designed as a shield from a single piece of brown jasper mounted in yellow gold with applied enamel coat of arms, flanked by two lions rampant and surmounted by a gold, enamel, and pearl-set ducal crown, gold spoon, three gold chains; one for the watch, one for a matching seal, and another for a matching key. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 25 mm. (11'''), frosted gilt, bar caliber, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette, retailer inside the box, the box marked on the outside with the ducal crown and the Duchess' initials.Dim: Length 140 mm, diam. 28 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 8,625
C. Two-body, pronounced hinge, the lid centered with painted on ivory oval miniature portrait of Pope Pius VII in engraved gold, white enamel and split pearl frame, unusual background of very fine blue stripes painted on wavy engine-turning and glazed, border with gold paillons, white enamel and split pearls, edge of the lid with green, gold and white paillons over translucent imperial blue enamel, side panels and the back with en suite blue stripes over wavy engine turning, four blue enamel urns over white enamel background dividing the side panels. Punched with the maker's mark inside front lid.Dim. 90 x 65 x 33 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
EUR 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 26,450
C. Two-body, with pronounced hinge, the lid centered by an oval medallion with painted on enamel scene depicting an elderly doctor examining a young woman, while his assistant prepares medecine in a mortar, medicinal instruments on the floor, frame of white enamel simulating split pearls, background of translucent light blue enamel over straight line engine-turning decorated with small dots, champlevé enamel border with foliate pattern and white enamel dots simulating split pearls, edge en suite, box panels and the base decorated en suite to the lid in translucent light blue enamel.Punched with maker's mark inside, as well as with French year and charge marks.Dim. 83 x 62 x 24 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,500 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 34,500
C. Two-body, front lid centered by an oval painted on enamel medallion depicting a hunter bringing his lady a bird, paillon frame, white enamel background with arabesque type pattern and gold paillons, border with gold twisted rope pattern and champlevé white enamel, the sides with champlevé white and translucent imperial blue enamel with paillons, front with diamond-set thumb piece, side panels and base en suite, canted corners with paillon flower vases on white enamel background.Punched with maker's mark inside the lid and box.Dim. 83 x 56 x 24 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 9,800 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 20,700
C. Two-body, tortoiseshell cover in wood and mounted in gold decorated with floral pattern, sides painted in gold and red alternating stripes. Automaton: country scene with a women milking a cow, another churning butter, a third washing clothes, while a man grinds a knife.Diam. 64 mm, height 31 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,800
Sold: CHF 12,650
C. Two-piece, the lid painted on enamel with a lady and gentleman fishing beside a waterfall, a harbor and mountains in the background, the top with a painted oval medallion depicting Flora and Cupid over a translucent imperial blue enamel ground over sunburst engine-turning, gold paillon leaf frame, band and base with white and turquoise enamel decorated with a repeated pattern. Each part punched with prestige marks.Diam. 63 mm, height 17 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 9,775
C. Eight concentric sliding cylinders, the outer one decorated with oval medallions in rose and blue enamel painted with musical instruments and flowers, gold paillon frames, yellow enamel background with painted flowers, each cylinder finished with a reeded edge, the eyepiece with translucent red and white enamel over engine-turning, the lens cover painted with musical instruments and flowers in translucent scarlet champlevé enamel with rosettes and gold stylized foliage.Dim: Length when open 50 cm, when closed 12.5 cm.Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,500 - 26,000
Sold: CHF 27,600
C. Octagonal base and side panels finely painted with bouquet of flowers and fruits, with translucent imperial blue enamel background over wavy engine-turning, canted corners of translucent imperial blue enamel over elaborate engine-turning, the cage , following the shape, standing on a gold ribbon bordered with azure champlevé enamel, with filigree wire pattern centered by split-pearl rosette,supported on azure enamel Corinthian columns with yellow gold capitals surmounted by gold and blue enamel vases with bases of enamel simulating black marble, the eight panels of the dome made of alternating sectors of filigree floral gold pattern set with split pearls and enamel simulating sapphires, and sectors with filigree scrolling. Inside, a gold bar with very realistic nightingale.Gold ring handle mounted in gold finial with azure enamel, gold paw feet. Singing bird movement. Octagonal, 81 x 80 mm, brass, fusee and chain, circular bellows, six-wheel train (including fusee), 3rd wheel arbor set with eight spring-loaded cams which make 4 revolutions per song - controlling the singing and the bird's movements, the lifting of the cams facilitated by a gear revolving on the same 3rd wheel arbor but with a different speed, 2-wing governor set on a worm (endless) gear with adjustable weights.Dim. Height 179 mm, base 91 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 0 - 0
EUR 0 - 0
Sold: CHF 883,500
C. Octagonal base, side panels very finely painted on enamel with lakeside scenes, watch in the front surrounded by green enamel plaque painted with garlands of flowers and red ribbons, back with bouquet of flowers, chased and engraved gold background, canted corners with azure enamel plaques applied to a chased and foliate engraved gold background, spring-loaded front panel reveals winding and setting arbors, striking/silence lever, singing/silence lever, activation lever at the left edge. The cage, following the shape of the base, supported on four sets of two Corinthian columns in rose gold with yellow gold capitals and floral bases, mesh wire screen at the base, the cage itself formed of rose gold lances. The dome stands on a gold and chased ribbon bordered with black champlevé enamel, with alternating diamonds and azure enamel segments centered by gold leaves, the eight panels of the dome formed of alternating segments of gold wire mesh with applied painted on enamel flower garlads and pierced and florally engraved gold segments separated by half-round gold wire with translucent imperial blue enamel, the base of the dome decorated with translucent red, green, and blue enamel over flinqué forming flowers, foliage and a setting sun, the gold cage floor pierced and engraved with arches and a fleur-de-lis pattern. Inside a nightingale rests on a gold bar, a gold wire mesh nest with two baby birds resting on a green enamel pedestal painted with flowers. Gold ring handle mounted in gold finial decorated with painted on enamel flowers on a pale green ground, gold neck, gold ball feet.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. Rectangular 45 x 30 mm, brass, fixed barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, striking based on a single cam with each of the 12 hour notches divided into three for quarters, striking on two bells, hour-hammer pusher lifted after striking hours, pinion governor set in eccentric bushing for speed regulation.Singing bird movement. Octagonal, 86 x 72 mm, brass, reversed fusee and chain, rectangular bellows, six-wheel train (including fusee), 3rd wheel arbor set with eight spring-loaded cams which make 4 revolutions per song - they mostly control the singing, the extension of its arbor is fixed with a set of six cams and a pusher for the Maltese cross set on the 4th wheel and fitted with loosely revolving 4-step cam at the top which changes the position of the cams at each turn. The top cams control the movements of the birds, 2-wing governor with adjustable weights set on a worm (endless) gear.Signed and numbered on both sides of the singing-bird movement and on front plate of the watch movement.Dim. Height 271 mm, base 98 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 0 - 0
EUR 0 - 0
Sold: CHF 1,873,500
C. Three-body, rectangular with rounded corners, top and base with oval medallions painted on enamel with flowers against light yellow translucent enamel over sunburst engine-turning, azure borders with gold foliage, set with graduated split pearls at the top, sides decorated with cartouches painted with flowers against azure enamel, corners with green champlevé enamel and gold and black enamel foliage. The hinged lid reveals a compartment, the hinged base opening to reveal the bird scene. The bird compartment has a double gold bottom for better sound. The front panel has a gold bolt for activation, the back opening at the bird plate for switching from singing to music. D. Set on a painted on enamel Alpine scene, with a garden in the foreground, a house and mountains in the background, applied multicolored gold flower vase, and foliage. The feathered bird is fixed to the plate over the gold foliage as if it were sitting on one of the branches, it flaps its wing as its tail and beak move. At the top right corner is an applied gold butterfly concealing the sound opening. M. Rectangular with rounded corners, 62 x 40 mm, brass with ingenious mechanism driving singing and musical functions from the same mainspring and controlled by the same disc which is has pins on one side for the music, with 21 tuned vibrating blades and on the other the cams controlling the bellows and whistle, as well as the bird's movements.Seven-wheel train, fly governor set on the last pinion, female winding.Punched with illegible casemaker's mark inside the front lid as well as with Geneva gold guarantee mark.Dim. 68 x 44 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 80,000 - 120,000
EUR 52,000 - 78,000
Sold: CHF 130,000
C. In shape of a large paperweight, the base panels very finely painted on enamel with landscapes of Lake Leman; Lake Constance, Lausanne, and the Jura, the rounded corners painted with flower bouquets, bordered by black champlevé enamel painted with azure and white accents, the tip and the handle with floral and foliate repoussé gold painted in various colors of enamel, the bird's nest painted with flowers on a translucent red background over flinqué, ruby- and emerald-paste-set lower border, top border in champlevé enamel, the lid painted with flower bouquets on a white enamel ground with ruby and emerald paste frame. M. 60 x 48 mm, brass, fusee and chain, the bird rotating right and left and moving its beak, tail, and wings, the melody, and circular bellows controlled by a stack of eight spring-loaded cams moving vertically along their arbor for a long duration of song, the shifting facilitated by an L-shaped lever pushing the cams down via a cam set on the extension of the 2nd whel, fly regulator on a worm-gear with fixed weights on each wing, the movements of the bird are controlled by an unusual and complex mechanism consisting of two fusee-like chains going through the handle.Punched on the movement with three tulips.Dim: Height 115 mm, base 125 x 102 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
EUR 52,000 - 65,000
Sold: CHF 104,700
C. Two-body, hinged base revealing a compartment, decorated in translucent imperial blue enamel over engine-turning, set with fine gold paillon flower garlands, the bird cover with a painted on enamel flower bouquet,winding aperture at the top lid.Singing bird movement: 74 x 41 mm, rectangular brass, fusee and chain, eight cams and a whistle with sliding piston for the song's modulation. The cams rotate four times per song and lift one step every rotation, allowing a long duration of singing via L-shaped lever lifted by a cam set on a separate arbor with 4 notches entered by a pin on a wheel set under the bird cams - the final Rochat arrangement. Cam-controlled raising of the bird medallion and the bird, with five-wheel train finished by a pinion in eccentric bushing to regulate the speed of the opening and closing. The complicated mechanism allows for precision control of the raising of the bird and medallion, and its speed.Stamped "FR" in an oval on the back of the bird mechanism.Dim. 95 x 60 x 49 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,200 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 14,950
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", glazed on both sides, pierced for sound and decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel flowers and wavy lines, engraved with repeated pattern, pronounced hinge. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures at 4 and 8 o'clock, six subsidiary dials with different times zones (in minutes). Gold "Louis XV" hands. Automaton dial: solid multicolored gold, the animated rural scene depicting a mill, a lady feeding a chicken, and a couple on a seesaw. M. 71 mm, frosted gilt, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, two-footed gilt small cock, unusual going train allowing for no motion work, Barillet carillon with four concentric bells and 4 adjustable hammers, 2-wing fly governor, the automata driven via cams off the second carillon train wheel.Punched with later French import marks. Diam. 82 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 400,000 - 600,000
EUR 260,000 - 390,000
Sold: CHF 663,500
C. Octagonal body made of 8 panels of white -striated red agate set in a repoussé gold frame with fruits and flowers, one of the panels fitted with a watch with ruby-set bezel, agate base terminated in hinged mirror compartment, the top with spring-loaded oil lamp in bell-shaped glass cover, silver reflection mirror on one side and pierced and engraved hinged gold cover. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 9 o'clock. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. Set on a rectangular base, 45 x 24 mm, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, gilt straight-line train with the escapement outside the main plate allowing for the visibility of the balance, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the dial.Dim. Height 15 cm, base diam. 7 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 100,000 - 150,000
EUR 65,000 - 98,000
Sold: CHF 113,500
C. Egg-shell color porcelain formed as an egg over gilt brass, with removable lid, mounted in gilt brass with precious stone pastes, engraved below with a dragon, tree, camel and a palm, the lid engraved with a bird, an elk and trees, the egg mounted on a gilt brass neck set with diamond, ruby, sapphire, and emerald pastes which has a friction-fit slot for easy mounting in a matching V-shaped bracket held by a gilt brass boy standing on a frame supported by three gilt brass lions, the movement housed at the top in a chased gilt cylinder-type case with silver diamond-paste-set bezel supported on a gilt brass dragon and surmounted by a silver diamond and sapphire-paste-set finial. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, winding aperture at 7 o'clock. Blued steel hands. M. 23 mm, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on the movements.Dim. Height 27 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 100,000 - 150,000
EUR 65,000 - 98,000
Sold: CHF 86,000
C. With curved sides and a dome for the clock, made of agate striated in white and painted red on the reverse, mounted in gold repoussé in floral, foliate and scrolling patterns, front and back with pair of hinged doors, front revealing the carillon movement, the back a reverse glass painting depicting on one a Chinese lady sitting at a table, on the other a Chinese lady with her dog in a mountain landscape, with a mirror as a background, four finials terminated with coral balls, en suite dome fitted with a clock having hinged gold back door, surmounted by a finial with small mirrors on three of its four sides and mounted in gilded repoussé, curved feet in gilded repoussé, lever at the left side for tune changing. D. White enamel with radial Chinese characters, outer minute dot divisions with five-minute Chinese markers, winding apertures for going and striking train. Diamond-set hands.M. Rectangular with canted top corners, 66 x 47 mm, brass, going barrels, verge escapement, small pendulum fixed to the verge, adjustable potence, striking every hour on a bell mounted inside back door, fly governor.Carillon movement. Following the shape of the case, brass, reversed fusee and chain, 6-wheel train (counting fusee), fly governor, pinned cylinder driven off the 2nd wheel lifting 12 brass hammers striking a nest of 6 concentrically mounted bells, activated by pulling a cord at the lower left side.Signed on the dials.Dim. Height 31 cm, width 11.5 cm
Grading System:
CHF 0 - 0
EUR 0 - 0
Sold: CHF 663,500
C. Rectangular, in the shape of a casket with hinged lid, made of gray/brown striped agate mounted in repoussé gold with floral and rocaille pattern, dragon feet, inside compartments with four scent bottles, spy glass, a mirror, a lens,an ear spoon, a brush and a watch key. The watch is mounted inside the lid. D. Gold, with applied Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, winding aperture at 6 o'clock, engine-turned center. Gold "spade" hands. M. 35 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock.Signed on the movement.Dim. 9 x 7 x 6 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 19,000
Sold: CHF 20,700
C. In the form of a caterpillar, whose body is made up of 11 graduated segments, the top of each of translucent scarlet enamel over flinqué set with a different combination of pearls, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and turquoises, each segment terminated by a row of split pearls, the underside in black champlevé enamel with a gold pattern, the head decorated with black champlevé enamel. M. Brass, shaped, with fixed barrel, the 5-wheel train terminating with 4-wing fly governor. A cam sitting on the extension of the second wheel moves two levers up and down, resulting in a very realistic crawling motion, small knurled steel wheels running via contrate wheel meshing with the second wheel pinion, make the caterpillar move forward.Dim: Length 70 mm, thickness: 15 mm in the middle.
Grading System:
CHF 120,000 - 150,000
EUR 78,000 - 98,000
Sold: CHF 119,000
C. In the form of a lizard with emerald eyes on a white enamel ground, hinged mouth, pink gold tongue, the body entirely inlaid with split pearls, the scales very skillfully simulated with black champlevé enamel and engraving, chased pearl-set gold feet, gold wire mesh tail. M. Brass, rectangular, with going barrel, the 3-wheel train. The second wheel (contrate) is fitted with a milled disc with two notches to produce a vibrating motion with two levers transferring it to the feet giving the feet a very realistic motion, the lizard moves via two small knurled steel wheels mounted on the last train pinion.Dim. Length 59 mm (180 with the tail), 12 mm thick at mid-body.
Grading System:
CHF 150,000 - 200,000
EUR 98,000 - 130,000
Sold: CHF 135,500
C. In the form of a mouse with ruby eyes, red enamel mouth and nose, the body entirely inlaid with oval split pearls, the fur very skillfully simulated with white champlevé enamel, chased gold feet, fine gold wire eyebrows and whiskers, gold ears and gold wire mesh tail. M. Brass, shaped, with fixed barrel, the 5-wheel train terminating with a pinion pivoted in eccentric adjustable bushing for regulating the mouse's speed. The mainspring barrel is milled with four cams; one moves two levers up and down giving a very realistic motion to the animal's feet, the mouse moves via two small knurled steel wheels mounted on a pinion driven by the second wheel, two other cams at one point lift two levers protruding from the stomach which lifts the mouse and stops her, the last cam controls the head movement.Dim. Length 57 mm (130 with the tail), 25 mm thick at mid-body.
Grading System:
CHF 130,000 - 160,000
EUR 85,000 - 104,000
Sold: CHF 146,500
C. In the form of a mouse with black onyx eyes, orange enamel mouth and nose, the body entirely inlaid with split pearls, the fur very skillfully simulated with blue and black champlevé enamel, chased gold feet, gold ears and gold wire mesh tail. M. Brass, shaped, with fixed barrel, the 5-wheel train terminating with a pinion pivoted in eccentric adjustable bushing for regulating the mouse's speed. The mainspring barrel is milled with four cams; one moves two levers up and down giving a very realistic motion to the animal's feet, the mouse moves via two small knurled steel wheels mounted on a pinion driven by the second wheel, two other cams, at one point,lift two levers protruding from the stomach which lifts the mouse and stops her, the last cam controls thehead movement.Dim. Length 55 mm (115 mm with the tail), 18 mm thick at mid-body.
Grading System:
CHF 130,000 - 160,000
EUR 85,000 - 104,000
Sold: CHF 130,000