704 lots

LOT 141

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Arabesque Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 389688, Case No. 243693, made in 1922. Elegant and unique Art Deco 18K gold and enamel, keyless dress watch with ivory dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-piece, polished with black champlevé enamel bezels and bow, back with black enamel sea horse and arabesque decoration, band with chased decoration. Hinged gold cuvette.D. Ivory, blue painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, central field with painted floral decoration. Gold "cathedral" hands.M. 34 mm. (17'''), rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, 8 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,300

USD 6,000 - 7,800

Sold: CHF 29,900

LOT 142

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Chinoiserie Vacheron & Constantin, Geneva, No. 391677, Case by Verger Frères, No. 6847, circa 1920. Elegant and unique Art Deco 18K gold, red and black lacquer, square keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-piece, square with canted corners, red lacquered back with stylized flowering bough, black lacquered band and pendant with Chinoiserie decoration, red lacquered bezel, pearl winding crown.D. Gilt, with stylized Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 34 mm. (15'''), rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, 8 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Case punched Verger frères, movement signed Vacheron & Constantin.Dim. 43 x 42 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 9,500 - 12,600

USD 11,700 - 15,600

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 143

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneva, No. 402866, Case by Verger Frères, No. 10683, made in 1924. Elegant and unique Art Deco 18K gold and enamel, square keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Square with canted corners, two-body, bezel, pendant and back enameled to imitate lapis lazuli with gold inclusions, black lacquered monogrammed "P.L." on the back, cabochon sapphire winding crown.D. Silver, applied white gold vertical cubic Arabic numerals, outer minute tack. White gold Breguet hands.M. 34 mm. (15'''), rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, 8 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring.Case punched Verger frères, movement signed Vacheron & Constantin. .Dim. 41 x 41 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 7,600 - 11,300

USD 9,400 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 144

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, 144 No. 414446, case No. 12784 by Verger Frères à Paris, made in 1930. Extremely rare and fine "montre à volets carre à coins arrondis", 18K white and yellow gold Art Deco gentleman?s wristwatch with dial concealed by shutters, two crowns and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. three-body, two-tone, solid, polished and brushed, case back with screws, stylized black enamel Arabic numerals and triangular indexes on the yellow gold bezel, white gold band and winding-crowns, hooded lugs, yellow gold band, white gold shutters opening by the means of a crown at 3 o'clock, winder at 9 o'clock.D. matte silver with painted indexes. "Breguet" blued steel hands.M. 9''', rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial and movement, numbered and stamped on the case.Dim. 26 x 32 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 38,000

USD 31,000 - 47,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

LOT 145

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 414851, case No. 12782 by Verger Frères à Paris, made in 1928. Extremely rare and fine "montre à volets carré", 18K white and yellow gold Art Deco gentleman?s wristwatch with dial concealed by shutters, two crowns and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. three-body, two-tone, shaped, solid, polished and brushed, white gold case back with screws and white gold bezel with hours in painted enamel stylized Arabic numerals and triangular indexes, yellow gold band and winding-crowns, straight lapidated lugs, yellow gold shutters opening by the means of a crown at 3 o'clock, winder at 9 o'clock.D. matte silver with painted indexes. Blued steel "Breguet" hands.M. 9''', rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial and movement, numbered and French stamp on the case.Dim. 26 x 33 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 25,000 - 38,000

USD 31,000 - 47,000

Sold: CHF 43,700

LOT 146

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, 146 No. 399621, case No. 248479. Made in 1925. Very fine and rare, Art Deco, rectangular, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with an 18K white gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. two-body, solid, polished, band, bezel and lugs engraved with scrolls and geometrical designs, flat top crystal.D. two-tone silver with painted Bâton indexes. Blued steel "Moderne" hands.M. Cal. 9???, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 5 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 35 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 7,600 - 10,000

USD 9,400 - 12,500

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 147

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 555688, Ref. 6657, case No. 385296, designed by Ponti Gennari. Made in 1961. Very fine and extremely rare, lozenge-shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with a linen textured 18K "guilloché" yellow gold integrated bracelet with striped effect. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. two-body, shaped, solid, polished, polished lozenge-shaped bezel, hidden lugs.D. "guilloche" gold with stripes effect repeating the bracelet decoration with engraved black painted baton and dot indexes. Black "Baton" hands.M. Cal. K 1001, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochro-nism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 36 mm.Approx. overall length 180 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 12,600 - 19,000

USD 15,600 - 23,500

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 148

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 446433, case No. 294254, Ref. 4178. Made in 1946. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and original fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded band, teardrop lugs.D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, "guilloche" sunk subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, telemeter and 1/5th second scale. Yellow gold "Bâton" hands.M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 18,000 - 25,000

EUR 11,300 - 15,800

USD 14,000 - 19,500

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 149

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 429498, case No. 290207. Made in 1945. Very fine and unique 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with triple date, letters in place of the numerals, and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. two-body, solid, polished, stepped band, overhanging concave teardrop lugs.D. matte silver with the indelible painted black letters "ELIEBAAKLINI" instead of numbers, subsidiary seconds, outer graduation for the days of the month in painted red Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week and the months.Yellow gold "Bâton" hands, black with red arrow for the date.M. Cal. 12 1/2??? rhodium-plated, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 22,000

EUR 10,000 - 14,000

USD 12,500 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 150

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 598773, case No. 421812, Ref. 6440 Q. Made in 1955. Very fine and rare, rectangular, oversized, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with date. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. two-body, curved, solid, polished, stepped bezel, rounded lugs, domed thick crystal.D. matte silver with applied yellow gold and black Bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands.M. Cal. K 1072/1, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, rotor with 18K "guilloché" yellow gold element.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 35 x 43 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 19,000 - 25,000

USD 23,500 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

LOT 151

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 527491, case No. 352722, Ref. 4737. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, rectangular, oversized, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with a 14K "guilloché" yellow gold tiled Vacheron & Constantin bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. two-body, curved, solid, polished, stepped bezel, rounded lugs, domed thick crystal.D. matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal and triangular indexes. Yellow gold "Bâton" hands.M. Cal. P 1019, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, maillechort rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm.Approx. overall length 190 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 15,800 - 19,000

USD 19,500 - 23,500

Sold: CHF 29,900

LOT 152

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

So-called "American Calendar" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 412569, case No. 257285, Made in 1936. Very elegant and extremely rare 18K white and yellow gold, thin, keyless Art Deco dress watch with digital triple date. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-piece, two-tone brushed bezels and back, "couteau" band.D. Matte silver, with Breguet chapter ring at 12, above the aperture for day, date and month, subsidiary seconds at 6. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 35 mm (16???), "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, flat balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 7,600 - 11,300

USD 9,400 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 28,750

LOT 153

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431328, case No. 271247, Ref. 4178. Made in 1941. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter and an 18K pink gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. three-body, solid, polished, rounded band, teardrop lugs.D. matte silver with applied pink gold dot indexes and Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer telemeter graduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "Bâton" hands.M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 18,000 - 25,000

EUR 11,300 - 15,800

USD 14,000 - 19,500

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 154

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 128700, case No. 295608, Produced in the 1940's. Very fine, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. three-body, polished, teardrop lugs.D. matte silver with applied faceted pink gold bâton indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" pink gold hands.M. Cal. V 434, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,300 - 9,500

USD 7,800 - 11,700

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 155

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 407929, case No. 318404. Made in 1953. Extremely rare and elegant, rock crystal, white gold-mounted sapphire-set keyless Art Deco dress watch with pink gold skeletonized movement. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Single piece of rock crystal, faceted on edges, sapphire-set band and pendant, white gold chapter ring with baton indexes and Arabic 12. Blued steel "épée" hands.M. 37 mm (16'''), chased pink gold, skeletonized, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, flat balance spring.Signed on the movement and bezel.Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 19,000 - 25,000

USD 23,500 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

LOT 156

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 410236, case by Verger Freres No. 12407, retailed by Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, made in 1929. Very fine and rare 18K gold, silver, and carved turquoise, lapis lazuli and black onyx Art Deco 8 day going desk clock fitted to a Chinese snuff bottle with rotating ring hour display. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Light blue turquoise snuff bottle carved in high-relief with roses, lotus flowers and Oriental ladies on either side, lapis lazuli ring above with gold borders bearing the hour display, turquoise stopper decorated en suite, stepped square base with top of lapis lazuli with gold ring, above two black onyx steps decorated with lapis lazuli at each corner, gold square feet.D. Gold ring with Arabic numerals, and quarter divisions indicated in aperture at the lapis lazuli ring.M. 42 mm. (18???), rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the movement, case punched with Verger Frères marks, base engraved with the retailer?s name. Dim. Height 12 cm., base width 7 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 19,000 - 25,000

USD 23,500 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 33,350

LOT 157

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

The Polar Bear Vacheron Constantin, Genève, Mystery Satellite One-Minute Tourbillon Clock, No. 1. Produced and sold in 1989. An exceptional and highly important gold, gilt silver, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, kakholong, set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, eight-day going clock with double-axis mystery satellite tourbillon, one-minute carriage rotation and twenty-minute carriage revolution. Accompanied by original leather fitted carrying case and the Certificate of Origin.

C. white polar bear made of kakholong, lying on his back on a circular lapis lazuli base set with a circle of diamonds at the top and gold frame at the bottom, supports on his feet the mystery clock which consists of a circular lapis lazuli frame set with diamond and emerald quarter-hour markers and two rock crystal plates carrying the tourbillon carriage and the diamond- and ruby-set "dauphine" hands inside.M. By Philippe Trutner, brass 4 barrel located in the base, the power transmitted to a glass plate with teeth on its periphery, set between the concave rock crystal plates, two-motion one-minute steel tourbillon carriage fixed to a frame within the glass plate, the carriage revolving on the second axis in fifteen minutes, with straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance spring, revolving additionally around a wheel fixed in the center of the lenses. The clock is set with 483 diamonds of different cuts, totaling 24.35 carats, 28 rubies totaling 3.89 carats and 33 emeralds totaling 11.5 carats.Signed on the case.Dim. height 31 cm, base width 16 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 250,000 - 350,000

EUR 160,000 - 350,000

USD 190,000 - 270,000

LOT 158

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Attributable to Louis Audemars, Brassus & Geneva, circa 1870. Exceptional and highly important 18K gold and enamel, astronomical orrery-type double-face watch with double time zone, calendar, phases of the moon, moon rise and set, and sunrise and sunset for the latitude of Geneva.

C. Three-body, "bassine et filets", polished, band with pushpieces for manual settings of the calendar and astronomical indications.D. White enamel, to the right and left two eccentric radial Roman chapters with outer minute divisions, sunk centers with additional chapters: Arabic numerals to the right and Islamic to the left, sunk days of the week at the top, date concentric with subsidiary sunk seconds below, months on the outer periphery. Reverse: hinged, gold and enamel, cut semicircle at the top fitted with blued steel plate engraved with hours and seasonal corrections, inside the semicircle gold sun, blued steel and gold moon traveling across the skies against the engraved hours, gold stars on the blue enamel sky, the lower part at the sunrise engraved with the horses of Helios riding the Sun through the skies, to the right Ceres with cornucopia, gold stars above, fire painted in translucent red and yellow enamel belowM. 43 mm (19???), frosted gilt, bar caliber with hanging barrel, 19 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, very interesting double setting mechanism for the calendar and the astronomical indications.Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 63,000 - 95,000

USD 78,000 - 117,000

Sold: CHF 124,500

LOT 159

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Louis Audemars, Brassus and Geneva, No. 10517, produced circa 1867, sold on December 15, 1870 for 4,000 Swiss francs. Exceptionally fine, highly complicated 18K gold keyless astronomical double-train independent split dead-seconds watch with minute-repeating, fifth of a second foudroyante, 12-hour and minute recorder, phases and age of the moon, day and date, thermometer, and stop feature, in wooden fitted box.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, with the initials "WK" engraved on the back, gold hinged cuvette engraved with list of medals obtained at exhibitions and description of the watch, calendar setting pins on the band, stop lever at 7 o?clock under the bezel.D. White enamel, two small eccentric hour and minute chapters with radial Roman numerals and outer minute divisions, the right one driven by the going train concentric with the date, the left by the independent one, concentric with the days of the week, subsidiary sunk seconds concentric with fifth-second jumper, phases of the moon aperture at 12 o?clock with its age sector scale on the edge, outermost seconds divisions with five-seconds Arabic markers. Gold "spade" hands.M. 48 mm (21???), frosted gilt, double going barrels with Mairet tandem winding, gold wheel trains, 45 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, independent train engagement by a double flirt acting on the escape wheel pinion, very clever setting mechanism by two pins set on the band at 1 and 11 o?clock, rack and pinion bimetallic thermometer mechanism, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Signed on dial and case, phases of the moon signed with the same serial number under the counter-enamel. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 50,000 - 63,000

USD 62,000 - 78,000

Sold: CHF 146,500

LOT 160

Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat... Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

Louis Audemars, Brassus and Geneva, No. 11747, made in 1872, sold on September 2, 1882 for 1,500 SF. Very fine 18K gold, hunting-cased keyless double-faced astronomical watch with perpetual calendar and phases and age of the moon.

C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned, bezels on both sides.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Calendar dial: enamel with four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four year leap cycle and subsidiary seconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture, lunar age scale on the edge. Gold and blued steel "Spade" hands.M. 42,8 mm (19???), frosted gilt half-plate, 18 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring. Signed on dial and case, movement and case with the same number, phases of the moon disc signed "Ls. Aude-mars" under the counter-enamel.Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 19,000 - 25,000

USD 23,500 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 39,100