608 lots

LOT 601

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

Golay-Leresche, enamels signed ?G(eorges) A(nnen)?, circa 1860. Very fine gold and painted on enamel articulated bracelet.

Six graduated oval medallions, each painted on enamel with landscapes: Rosenlaui, Chillon, St. Martin, Geneva, Wetterhorn. All in gold matte frames joined by gold flower links, matted gold three-link clasp. Signed on the reverse of each enamel G A. Dim. Length 19 cm., width 33-37 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,100 - 5,500

USD 3,600 - 4,800

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 602

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

The Harp Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and amusing 18K gold and enamel pearl and diamond-set musical box designed as a harp.

C. Front of the soundboard painted on enamel with an allegory of Music, winding aperture below within dark blue translucent champlevé enamel with doves setting a nest, above musical trophies, side panels with champlevé enamel with doves, flower jar, quiver with love arrows, pitcher, small pearl-set rosette at the top on each side, diamond-set neck with black and azure enamel, gold strings, round column with en suite enamel, key-ring suspension on double string short chain. M. Pinned drum playing on five teeth, five-wheel train, interesting speed regulation by a pin protruding through the case which changes the position of the last pinion bushing. Dim. 74 x 30 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,700

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 43,700

LOT 603

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

Scent Bottle Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold painted on enamel scent bottle fitted with a watch.

C. rectangular, tapered, the top with round threaded stopper decorated with champlevé enamel, front and back divided with two panels each, the top of the front finely painted on enamel with fruit basket, spring loaded bottom with champlevé urn on translucent scarlet ground over flinqué, top panel of the back painted with flower vase, lower panel with hanging gold basket against dark blue translucent enamel over flinqué, white and blue enamel frame on each side. D. Rectangular, matted dial plate with champlevé azure enamel of a vase clock, central white enamel dial with Breguet numerals with outer minute divisions, above white enamel dial for subsidiary seconds, applied gold laurel-leaf garlands. Blued steel ?arrow? hands. M. 12.3 x 27.3 mm., rectangular, hinged, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, plain brass balance, flat balance spring. Dim. 88 x 20 x 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 38,000 - 41,000

USD 33,000 - 36,000

Sold: CHF 63,250

LOT 604

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

Walter Prendel, Groïtzsch I/SA, started 1927, finished 1928. Exceptional and unique large double-barrel, six-minute flying tourbillon regulator with inclined balance and 30-hour winding indicator pocket chronometer.

C. 900 silver with gold hinges and lips, ?variée?, ?grande gouge?, with stepped bezels, silver hinged glazed cuvette, No. 1928 made by Karl Richter of Glashütte. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds at 3 o?clock, sunk up-and-down indicator symmetrically at 9 o?clock. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 47.2 mm. (21???), 13 mm. thick, nickel, half plate, Helwig two barrel system, each with six turns of which only four are utilized by means of a stop work, going train with unusual, almost triangular, involute teeth, 23 jewels, 6-minute flying tourbillon driven from the center wheel, extremely delicate Helwig-type carriage built around the third wheel pinion carrying the fourth wheel and the lateral lever escapement with gold calibrated pallet fork, having a special poising pin protruding between the lever and the escape wheel, convex entry pallet, concave exit pallet to equalize both lifts, Guillaume anibal-brass, cut-bimetallic, 30o inclined, compensation balance with eight gold temperature adjustment screws and four gold quarter screws, free-sprung blued special steel alloy balance spring with outer terminal curve, the pallet fork is inclined 23o and the escape wheel 15o, Stanley type (English patent No. 5062 of March 21, 1891) differential type winding indicator with transmission to the dial through pierced barrel arbor, pin-set. Signed on dial and movement, case signed by the casemaker. Diam. 60.6 mm., 18 mm. thick (with crystal).

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Sold: CHF 1,213,500

LOT 605

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, No. 31842, case designed by Prof. Graff, finished in 1894. Very fine 18K pink gold and enamel hunting cased keyless quarter-repeating watch with chronograph and 30-minute register.

C. Four-body, ?Louis XV?, entirely engraved, front centered with applied initials on well matted ground, border engraved with repeated scallop shells, back with dragons in a champlevé frame of black enamel with gold flowers and seashells, edge of the bezels engraved in repeated pattern, center with small cartouche engraved ?Johannifest 1894?, band engraved in repeated pattern, bow and the pendant engraved, back cover with canted box-hinge, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, outermost chronograph division with red Arabic minute figures, subsidiary, sunk seconds, sunk center, sunk minute register at 12 o?clock. M. 42.6 mm. (19???), gilded-brass, three-quarter plate, straight-line lever escapement, 24 jewels, Lange?s bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, back plate jewels in gold settings, entire escapement with endstones with diamond over the upper balance pivot, Lange patented lever set design, repeating on gongs, slide on the band. Signed on the dial and the movement, back cover stamped inside with Lange?s mark. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 27,000 - 41,000

USD 24,000 - 36,000

Sold: CHF 135,500

LOT 606

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863540, case No. 640999, Ref. 130, made in 1944, sold on December 10, 1945. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Very fine and extremely rare 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by original fitted box. Accompanied by the Extract of the Archives.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. two-tone matte silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" white gold hands. M. 13'''-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm.

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Sold: CHF 2,918,500

LOT 607

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

The Uncovered Amphora Attributable to Piguet & Capt, the enamel by the workshop of J-L. Richter, Geneva, circa 1805, made for the Chinese market. Magnificent 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set musical form watch with automaton scene, designed as an amphora, the second of a unique pair. Accompanied by period fitted box.

C. The painted enamel panel below the watch covers a musical automaton scene. The oval watch has a central visible stone-set oscillating balance. The panel shows a mother with her child who is holding grapes, in the manner of Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842). It is hinged so that when a catch is released it rises forwards. A small push on one side of the amphora sets the music and automaton going. A little boy to the left raises and lowers a stick, trying to encourage a dog to jump over it. To the right, also in varicolored gold, is a young lady playing a guitar. The painted background, through which the mechanism is wound, is of a classical urn upon a pedestal within a wooded landscape. Seven rows of graduated pearls run to the base which is decorated in polychrome champlevé enamel. The decoration is repeated on the reverse of the amphora, and the sides have foliate engraving, pearls and polychrome champlevé enamel, some of which is translucent. Graduated pearls decorate the back as well as the front of the handles. An oval painted enamel of a pair of nesting doves within a garland of flowers covers the watch movement. This opens onto the cuvette through which the mechanism is wound and set. The panel in the center below has a pastoral scene of a herdsman driving his cattle to drink beside a bridge, with a village and castle beyond. Later stopper. D. Oval, blue enamel plate with an aperture for viewing the four-arm polished steel diamond-set balance, beneath, the white enamel dial with Breguet numerals, above, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. 14.3 x 27 mm., oval, full plate brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, steel escapement wheel, silver four-arm balance. Music and automaton driven by a five-wheel train, the last pinion with a small two-wing fly as a regulator. Pinned barrel with a stack of six tuned teeth. The automaton is activated by two cams mounted on the extension of an additional wheel driven by the musical train. Dim. 102 x 58 mm.

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Sold: CHF 4,018,500

LOT 608

Important collector's watches, wristw... Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 929693, case No. 656462, Ref. 1415 HU (Heures Universelles). Production of this reference started in 1939. Extremely rare and probably unique platinum "World Time" gentleman's wristwatch with a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by original fitted box and the Extract of the Archives.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, hand-engraved revolving reeded bezel bearing the names of 41 cities in the world, teardrop faceted lugs. D. matte silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, concentric, revolving dial in 24 hours for the nocturnal and diurnal hours. White gold fancy hands. M. Cal. 12'''-400 HU, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm.

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Sold: CHF 6,603,500