778 lots

LOT 101

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève, "Rattrapante". Produced in the 1960's.Rare, astronomic, 18K pink gold, gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, moon phases and date.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped sides, overhanging tear-drop lugs. D. two-tone silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours, and 30 minutes registers, for the days of the months, aperture for the moon phases at 12. "Feuille" pink gold hands. M. Cal. Venus 190, rhodium- plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial and case signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 800 - 1,200

USD 500 - 730

Sold: CHF 18,975

LOT 102

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling, "Chrono-Matic Super Ocean", Ref. 2105.3. Produced circa 1969.Unusual self-winding, water-resistant, octagonal, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and date.

C. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back and crown, revolving bakelite bezel graduated for the elapsed decompression time, lapidated lugs, screwed-down winding-crown on the 9. D. black, white and orange with tritium-coated square and bâton indexes, auxiliary 15 minutes and 6 hours registers, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated orange hands. M. Cal. 12, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-sprig.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 800 - 1,200

USD 500 - 730

Sold: CHF 2,530

LOT 103

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève, "Navitimer Chrono-Matic", Ref. 1806, No 1447233. Produced circa 1977.Interesting large, octagonal, self-winding, stainless steel, water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide rule and date.

C. three-body, polished, revolving ridged and graduated black and white bezel, screwed-down case back with logo, lapidated lugs, bearing the winding-crown on the 9 and the chronograph pushers on the 2 and on the 4. D. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 12, gilt brass, 17ewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micro-rotor housed in the basic movement.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 800 - 1,200

USD 500 - 730

Sold: CHF 1,725

LOT 104

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève,"Navitimer", Ref. 806-36. Produced circa 1968.Fine stainless steel and gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide rule.

C. three-body, bicolor, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated gold-plated bezel, steel case back, lapidated lugs. D. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 7736, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorbr, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

USD 600 - 900

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 105

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève,"Navitimer", Ref. 806-36. Produced circa 1968.Fine stainless steel and gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide rule.

C. three-body, bicolor, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated gold-plated bezel, steel case back, lapidated lugs. D. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 7736, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorbr, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,000 - 1,500

USD 600 - 900

Sold: CHF 2,415

LOT 106

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève, Cosmonaute "Navitimer" 24 Hours, Ref. 809. Produced circa 1967.Fine water-resistant, yellow gold-plated and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. three-body, polished, lapidated concave lugs, revolving ridged bezel. D. black and "guilloché" silver with tritium Arabic numerals in 24 hours, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and the 30 minutes registers, graduation for the slide rule and the telemeter. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands. M. 14 ''' copper-colored," 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,200 - 1,600

USD 730 - 900

Sold: CHF 2,300

LOT 107

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève, "Pult", Ref. 7101. Produced circa 1974.Fine asymmetrical, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer to 220 units per hour, telemeter and date.

C. two-body, asymmetric, brushed, screwed-down case back, revolving graduated bezel, winding-crown on the 12, chronograph buttons on the 11 and the 1. D. brown with applied white and steel tritium indexes, vertical white 30 minutes and 12 hours auxiliary dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduation, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated orange hands.M. Cal. 7740, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, mono-metallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 42 x 48 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 800 - 1,200

USD 500 - 730

Sold: CHF 1,840

LOT 108

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

"Index Mobile". Produced in the 1950's.Unusual stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-second chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. three-body, polished, overhanging concave teardrop lugs. D. two-tone silver with painted black Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer blue tachometer graduations, concentric, red fifths of second scale, at the center, visible hairspring. "Flèche" blued steel hands. M. 13 ''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for stop and reunite of the split-second hand. Sgned on the dial. Diam. 37 mm.The "Index Mobile" system was patented in 1948 by Georges Dubey and René Schaltenbrand.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,500 - 2,000

USD 900 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 109

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Breitling Genève, "Datora", No. 1411717, Ref. 34. Produced in the 1970's.Water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. three-body, polished, black, ridged and polished graduated revolving bezel, lapidated lugs. D. black with tritium indexes, sunk "guilloché" silver auxiliary seconds and 45 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. "Bâton" white hands.M. 13 ''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compen-sating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 600 - 900

USD 360 - 550

Sold: CHF 920

LOT 110

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Heuer "Camaro", No. CB 691. Produced circa 1965.Fine water-resistant, ton-neau-shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, chronograph buttons on the 2 and the 4. D. satiné gold with applied yellow gold and black tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated black hands. M. Cal. Valjoux 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compen-sating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 37 x 32 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,200 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 111

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Produced in the 1960's.Fine water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tacho-meter, triple date and moon phases with and stainless steel black bezel Universal buckle.

C. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the bezel, lapidated lugs. D. dark blue with tritium-coated steel indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months in red and the moon phases. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flt balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,800 - 3,500

USD 1,700 - 2,100

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 112

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Universal Watch, Genève, No. 476583. Produced in the 1920's.Fine and rare 18K yellow gold gentle-man's wristwatch with single button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.

C. three-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, oval shaped central lugs attached to mobile wire bows, chronograph button at 6 o'clock.D. white enamel with painted Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer telemeter graduation in red, at the center, spiral tachometric scale in blue and red. Above the 6, a Gordian knot, symbol of the "Maison de Savoie", Sovereigns of Italy. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 297, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

USD 1,800 - 2,400

Sold: CHF 5,405

LOT 113

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Unsigned. Produced in 1940.Rare gold-plated gentle-man's wristwatch.

C. two-body, brushed, opening by the bezel, wire lugs. D. sand-finished silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals, below the 12, the effigy of Adolf Hitler, over the 6, the words: "Deutschland erwache". "Spade" skeleton radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 13 ''' gilt brass, straight line lever escapement, mono-metallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Diam. 32 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 300 - 500

USD 180 - 300

Sold: CHF 748

LOT 114

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Minifon, Protona DBP, No. 1026937. Produced in the 1940's.Unusual stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch case with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, electrically linked to a portable recorder.

C. two-body, polished, pierced back.D. matte silver with painted gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes registers dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille" gold hands.Diam. 39 mm.This wristwatch case has no movement and is disguised as a chronograph with a 30 minutes register. It bears a built-in microphone.

Grading System: A

CHF 200 - 300

USD 120 - 180

Sold: CHF 460

LOT 115

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Unsigned, "President Bill Clinton". Produced in the 1990's.Amusing fantasy stainless steel and gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch.

C. two-body, polished, curved lugs.D. white with painted Arabic numerals, at the center, a polychrome effigy of Bill Clinton whose nose lengthens throughout the year, an allusion to the Monica Lewinsky "Affair". M. with quartz standardization.Diam. 36 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 100 - 300

USD 60 - 180

Sold: CHF 345

LOT 116

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Unsigned, Swiss. Produced in the 1960's.Unusual, self-winding, triangular, "Masonic", gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch.

C. sand-finished, entirely decorated with Masonic symbols of the "Great Orient", triangular pendant, star symbol in the top pendant. D. white porcelain bearing Masonic symbols for the hours and the motto : "Love Your Fellow Man, Lend Him a Helping Hand". "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. Cal. ETA 2650, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensa-ting flat balance-spring.Dim. 40 x 40 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 600 - 800

USD 360 - 480

Sold: CHF 1,725

LOT 117

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Shio Jiri Ltd. Japan - Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. Production of this model started in 1987.Unusual square, blackened and polished steel gentleman's quartz wristwatch with dedicated black rubber strap and red buckle.

C. two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, protected red winding-crown. D. with a photograph of Elvis Presley. Red "Cathédrale" hands. M. Cal. Y 121A, with quartz standardization.Dial and case signed.Dim. 42 x 40 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 200 - 400

USD 120 - 240

Sold: CHF 230

LOT 118

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Unsigned, Swiss, No. 10018. Produced circa 1965.Stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch.

C. three-body, polished, lapidated bezel and lugs. D. white, with Masonic symbols for the hours, and the monogram "JB". "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. Cal. UNITAS 6365 N, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compen-sating flat balance-spring.Diam. 31 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 300 - 500

USD 180 - 300

Sold: CHF 633

LOT 119

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Amida Digitrend, US Patent 36 85 283. Produced in the 1960's.Unusual and rare, asymmetric, stainless steel, digital gentleman's wristwatch with a prism-lensreflex system.

C. two-body, brushed, with two frontal geometrical-shaped windows showing the digital hours and minutes in orange, by means of two black discs. M. mechanical with manual winding, 1 jewel, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial. Dim. 40 x 36 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 600 - 1,200

USD 360 - 730

LOT 120

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

Amida Digitrend, US Patent 36 85 283. Produced in the 1960's.Unusual and rare asymmetrical black steel digital gentleman's wristwatch with a prism-lens reflex system and a matching articulated black steel bracelet.

C. black, with two frontal geometrical windows showing the digital hours and minutes in orange, by means of two black discs, stainless steel case back. M. mechanical with manual winding, 1 jewel, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial. Dim. 40 x 36 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 600 - 1,200

USD 360 - 730

Sold: CHF 690