Swiss or German, circa 1830 Very fine and rare steel and brass wheel cutting engine for clockmaking. Horizontal brass dividing plate set with 6 rows of divisions, blank reverse, locking arm with a thumb end, pivoted "fast" cutting arm of early type with depth adjustment controlled by a large steel screw, single large foot. Dim. 22 x 19 cm. Good condition, cleaned and varnished.

Swiss or French, circa 1870. Fine steel and brass rounding-up tool. Large crank lever wheel driving the pulley through an intermediate nickel wheel, lever controlled horizontal slide with two knurled stop screws, wheel between turns on a micrometric slide, centering levers, wooden base with additional cutters. Dim. 25 x 16 cm. Good condition.

Swiss or French, circa 1880. Fine steel and brass rounding-up tool. Large crank lever wheel driving the pulley through an intermediate nickel wheel, lever controlled horizontal slide with two knurled stop screws, wheel between turns on a slide, centering levers, wooden base with additional cutters. Dim. 24 x 16 cm. Very good condition, cleaned.

Swiss or German, circa 1870. Fine steel and japanned rounding-up tool. Large crank lever wheel driving the pulley through a small intermediate nickel wheel, cutter on sprung carrier, wheel between turns, wooden base with additional cutters. Dim. 25 x 15.5 cm. Good condition.

Swiss or French, circa 1870. Very fine brass and steel face plate engine. Centering plate with three dog clamps, brass bed, driven from by a crank lever wheel, two-directional slide rest controlled by a knurled nut and crank lever, angular cutter adjustment. Later wooden base. Dim: Length 50 cm. Very good condition.

Swiss or French, circa 1860. Very fine brass and steel face plate engine. Centering plate with three dog clamps, steel bed, driven from by a crank lever wheel, two-directional slide rest controlled by a knurled nut and crank lever, angular cutter adjustment, T-rest, wooden base. Dim: Length 50 cm. Good condition, cleaned.

Christoph Heinrich Kirchner, Posneck, Germany, 1790. Very fine and rare and early steel and brass wheel cutting engine. Horizontal brass dividing plate set with 39 rows of divisions, blank reverse, locking arm with a thumb end, pivoted cutting arm of early type with depth adjustment controlled by a large steel screw, single large foot. Later bow and wooden base. Dim. 30 x 25 cm. Good condition, cleaned.

Swiss or French, 1870. Fine steel and brass polishing and grooving engine. Large crank lever wheel driving the pulley through a small intermediate wooden wheel, cutter/polisher on overhead carrier, currently fitted with a wooden pinion polishing lap, brass bed adjusted in two planes by turn cranks. Dim 22 x 13 mm. Good condition, cleaned.

Swiss or French circa 1830. Fine steel and brass wheel cutting engine with milling head. Horizontal brass dividing plate set with 12 rows of divisions, reverse with 18, spring-loaded hinged locking arm with a thumb loop, lacking cutting arm now fitted with milling head adjusting in two plains via knurled screws and a lever, flat blank holding fixture, brass holding arm with screw. Later wooden base. Dim.13 x 27 cm. Polished, incomplete.

The Castle. Chapeau, French, circa 1870. Very fine and rare eight day-going hour- and half hour-striking musical painting with clock, echo activated at 12 o'clock, six tunes playing on demand.

C. Gilt wood framed, oil on canvas, dominated by a castle by a river with a clock in its tower, two punts and a paddle steamer on the river, right bank wooded with several small buildings and a road, in the extensive background several small hamlets and castles under mountains and a cloudy sky. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute markers. Blued steel hands. M. Brass, square, with going barrels for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, silk suspension, pendulum with brass bob. Striking on a gong with a hammer, with count wheel on the back plate. Additional brass movement for the carillon playing at 12 o'clock, striking on two gongs with two hammers, fly regulator released by main movement, 6 tune musical movement (No. 3021) with 13 cm. brass pinned cylinder, comb with 102 teeth (one broken). Dim. 164 x 126 cm., including the frame.

White and Langshaw, London, circa 1840. A fine mahogany organ on stand.

C. Mahogany in the Chinese style, front with two brass sound frets, hinged top, rased on stand with brass-bound bracket feet, brass plaque inscribed “White & Langshaw, Organ Builders, No. 5 Old St. Square, John Puncher Proprietor”. M. Wood drum for four tunes, endless screw, three bellows. Dim. 34 x 72 x 46 cm..

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No.830795, circa 1975. Fine and rare “Telequartz” Series “L” Master Clock.

C. Rectangular, stepped, steel. D. Electronic digital display. M. Electronic, based on quartz oscillator.Dim. 24 x 34 mm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 203423 circa 1980. Fine and rare electronic Master Clock.

C. Rectangular, pink ionized aluminum. D. Round, black, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. White "Bâton" hands. M. Quartz based, electronic. Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 42 x 20 cm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, ZE 4/4 sold to Euratom in 1979 for 90,000 DM. Exceptional and extremely rare, made in only a few examples, patented electronic clock controlling and recording multiple impulses with a search device. Electronic tower of seven segments, the three top ones for the clock and controlling functions, the four lower ones (made by Kreutler) for recording. Signed on each of the three controlling units both on front and back, recording units signed by Kreutler. Dim. Height 210 cm, width 55 cm.

Titanic

C. E., made on special requestn 1997.Interesting and unique, 18K multicolored gold, large and heavy, hunting-cased, keyless hand-made automaton watch with quarter-repeating and striking Jacks, made to commemorate the launching of the movie ?Titanic?.

French, Royal Exchange, London, No. 8127 circa 1850. Fine and rare marine chronometer with power reserve sector.

C. Three-body, with brass handles, all the edges protected by heavy brass inlay, the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimbaled suspension. D. Silvered, radial Roman numerals and outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds, and 56-hour power reserve sector. Blued steel “spade” hands. M. 90 mm, full plate, polished bridge cock, fusee with chain, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with triangular-shaped locking, free-sprung bimetallic compensation balance, helical balance spring with inner ad outer terminal curves.Dial and movement signed. Dim: Canister 100 mm. Box: 16 x 16 x 17 cm.

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 541, circa 1910. Fine mahogany two-day Marine Chronometer with 56-hour power reserve indicator. Accompinied by transport case. C.Three-body, with brass handles, all the edges protected by heavy brass inlay, the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimbaled suspension. D. Silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds and power reserve sector. Gold "spade" hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with baluster pillars secured by screws, 13 jewels, fusee with chain and maintaining power, spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic balance with cylindrical weights and two mean time adjusting screws, free sprung helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Dim. Bowl 113 mm., box 190 x 190 x 190 mm

Louis Berthoud, No. 3, circa 1793. Extremely rare and very fine weight-driven center-seconds wall “Valet Astronomique” regulator.

C. Mounted to a heavy brass plate with three wall adjustment screws with brass safety nuts, gilt brass circular movement housing, glazed bezel with a brass plate below with applied silver initial “B”. D. White enamel, by master dial-maker Edme-Portail Barbichon, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 6 o'clock. Gilt brass “Fleur-de-lis” pierced hands. M. Circular, 160 mm, brass, Huygens's endless-rope winding, 4-wheel train, dead-beat Graham escapement set on the back plate, knife edge suspension suspended in a gimbaled brass bracket with hardened steel knife-edge seats, micrometric beat adjustment mounted on the crutch, iron-brass gridiron compensation pendulum with heavy brass bob and micrometric adjustment nut, brass pulley with Harrison's maintaining power.Signed on dial and movement, in addition the dial signed by Barbichon.Dim. 26 x 21 cm (mounting plate),housing diam. 19 cm.

Riefler, Münich, No. 2062, circa 1900. Very fine and rare mahogany wall regulator beating seconds, with regulator dial, invar pendulum and barometric pressure compensation.

C. Rectangular, glazed on both sides and front, molded top, hinged glazed doors on both sides of the movement D. Round, silvered, Roman hour chapter set in the lower part, central minutes with five-minute Arabic markers, seconds set at 12 o'clock. Blued steel hour hand, index minute hand.M. Rectangular, brass, long duration by means of double pulley, Graham escapement with specially hardened steel pallets, spring suspension, invar rod pendulum with invar rod and pressure compensation attachment, micrometric length adjusting nut serving also as temperature compensation, micrometric beat adjustment on the crutch.Signed on the pendulum.Dim. Height 142 cm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 170434, case No. 274716, made in 1912, sold to the U.S. Naval Observatory on December 8, 1917. Extremely fine silver deck lever chronometer "EXTRA" adjusted by Master Adjuster J. Golay-Audemars for the 1913 Geneva Observatory Timing Contest, where it was awarded an “Honorable Mention”, with 36-hour power reserve indicator and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a copy of the Geneva Observatory records.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, silver hinged cuvette. D. Heavy solid silver, bold champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer champlevé minute track, champlevé up-and-down sector at 12 o'clock, champlevé subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 47 mm. (21'''), patented Cal. 180, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, Anibal-brass Guillaume balance with "winged" arms, gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum mean time ones, special alloy Breguet balance spring inner and outer terminal curves, diamond endstone, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 60 mm.