Monaco Auction Auction | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

LOT 1

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

UNSIGNED THREE CABINET MINIATURES; ENAMEL

A collection of three cabinet miniatures, including:

Enamel, round-shaped, cabinet miniature (circa 1640-1660); the polychrome painting on enamel on gold, by an unidentified Blésois workshop or Parisian workshop, showing a powerful woman (reminiscent of Anne of Austria, Queen of France) looking into an octagonal mirror with an ebony frame, surrounded by three angels of Love (this plate is a “basinne”-shaped watch case-back; the inner scene showing this lady with her dogs).

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Enamel, round-shaped, cabinet miniature (circa 1640-1660); the polychrome painting on enamel on gold (probably), by an unidentified Blésois workshop or Parisian workshop, showing Venus, goddess of the hunt, surrounded by two maids and her dog (this plate is a “basinne”-shaped watch case-back, now presented in a gold frame; the inner scene showing Venus)

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Enamel, horizontal oval-shaped, cabinet miniature; the polychrome painting on enamel on copper, by an unidentified Genevan workshop (circa 1800), showing Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all claiming the Golden Apple; the conflict between the goddesses leads to the episode of the Judgement of Paris which finally grants the apple to Aphrodite (who promised him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen), an act which will result in the outbreak of the Trojan War. This episode is at the origin of the expression “apple of discord” (the “GoldenApple of Discord”).

Grading System: AAA

EUR 6,000 - 12,000

USD 6,500 - 12,900

HKD 51,000 - 102,000

CHF 6,000 - 11,900

Brand Unsigned, Blois or Paris and Geneva

Year circa 1640-1660 and circa 1800

Material enamel on gold and on copper

Weight 44.4 gr. (approx.)

Dimensions Ø 41 mm. / Ø 53 mm. (including the frame) / 64 x 76 mm.

LOT 2

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BREGUET TWELVE DIALS; ENAMEL AND SILVER

A set of twelve dials consisting of eleven white enamel dials and one silver dial, dating from the late-18th century to the late-19th century, in various states of preservation.

Three of these dials bearing on the counter-enamels the signatures of Droz and Lucard.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,200 - 4,300

HKD 16,800 - 33,500

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

Brand Breguet, Paris

Year circa 1790 to circa 1900

Material enamel and silver

Weight various weights

Dimensions various sizes

Signature dials

LOT 3

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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BREGUET LOT OF MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS AND ARCHIVES

Patent of the "cadran tournant" invented by George Brown, registered in 1926, one year before George Brown took over Breguet, after his father.

Autograph manuscript describing "L'échappement à force constante". Breguet registered this patent, on March 9, 1798. This is the first patent pending registered by Breguet for which he would win a Gold medal at the Exhibition of the industry later the same year.

Lot of archives about the history of horology with :

- Reports about the Exhibition of industry of 1823 highlighting the role of France, and especially Paris, in the world of horology and presenting an astronomic clock made by Perrelet.

- Letters from Leroy, Charles Sandoz and to George Brown.

- Newspaper extracts dealing with the history of Breguet and horology such as : Science populaire du 20 juillet 1882, Le monde illustré, Revue économique franco-suisse (juillet 1965), Maison française (décembre 1957), La nature (1879), La science pittoresque (31 décembre 1863).

Grading System: AAA

EUR 2,000 - 4,000

USD 2,200 - 4,300

HKD 16,800 - 33,500

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

Brand Breguet

LOT 4

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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UNSIGNED EARLY SELF-WIDING POCKET WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD

18K yellow gold, open-face, early self-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire” pocket watch.

Case-back polished.

White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; yellow gold skeleton “Jaquet-Droz” hands.

19’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement (brass wheel); gilded metal winding weight pivoted on the edge of the back-plate, banking springs fixed on each side.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 5,000 - 10,000

USD 5,400 - 10,800

HKD 41,800 - 84,000

CHF 5,000 - 9,900

Brand Unsigned, Geneva or Neuchâtel mountains

Model probably made by the Jaquet-Droz workshop

Year circa 1790

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 29 656 / 1 945 (by “F I D”, Neuchâtel mountains)

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 55 mm.

Weight 115.6 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 19’’’, cylinder escapement

LOT 5

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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François Lhardy POCKET WATCH, QUARTER-REPEATER WITH TWO STRIKING JACKS; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND MULTICOLOURED GOLD

18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Empire” pocket watch, with one horological complication:

· Quarter-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant)

In the face of the watch, inside the dial, a chiselled varicoloured gold scene shows two Jacks (Jacquemarts), “Les Angelots grimpants”, striking the elapsed time.

White enamel ring dial with suspended Breguet numerals; blued steel Breguet hands.

In the décor representing an arch, on request, two cherubs strike the past time by climbing along the columns; the cupid, on the right, strikes the hours and the second stroke of the quarters while the cupid, on the left, strikes the first stroke of the quarters; below the arch, a dog looks at them; all animated by the repeating mechanism.

Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with a horizontal oval medallion at 6; fluted case-band; gilded metal cuvette (dome).

Movement 20’’’, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock, polished steel end-piece; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 12,000 - 24,000

USD 12,900 - 25,800

HKD 102,000 - 202,000

CHF 11,900 - 23,800

Brand François Lhardy, Geneva

Year circa 1800-1810

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 7 694 (by “I•F”, probably Geneva)

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 57 mm.

Weight 132.9 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 20’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement

Signature cuvette (dome) and movement

LOT 6

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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FRÉDÉRIC LOUIS FAVRE-BULLE POCKET WATCH, RACK-LEVER ESCAPEMENT, 15-SECOND SUBSIDIARY DIAL; SILVER

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Consular” pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 for 15 seconds and special escapement.

Case-back polished.

White enamel dial with radial revolving Arabic numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.

Movement 20’’’, full plate, fire gilded brass, turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, rack-lever escapement (escape-wheel with 30 teeth), monometallic three-arm balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, engraved gilded English cock inscribed “1re Classe”, large diamond end-stone in a blued steel setting, blued steel index regulator; gilded brass sprung dust ring.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 6,000 - 12,000

USD 6,500 - 12,900

HKD 51,000 - 102,000

CHF 6,000 - 11,900

Brand Frédéric Louis Favre-Bulle, Le Locle

Model “1re Classe”

Year circa 1820-1830

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 3 630 (by “LD•I”, Neuchâtel mountains; with British prestige hallmarks)

Material silver

Diameter 57 mm.

Weight 143.5 gr.

Caliber 20’’’, rack-lever escapement (escape-wheel with 30 teeth)

Signature movement

LOT 7

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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CARTIER 8-DAY GOING PRE-ART-DECO MINIATURE CARRIAGE-CLOCK, FIVE-MINUTE-REPEATER; GILDED BRASS, ENAMEL AND QUARTZ

Gilded brass and enamel, key-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, 8-day going, pre-Art-Deco miniature carriage-clock (so-called “mignonette”), with five-minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the quartz push-piece on the top).

Gilded brass cabinet with a décor of Vieux-rose (light-rose) flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panels with “sunburst” pattern; yellow gold and enamel bezel; mounted on four faceted quartz feet.

White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals; yellow gold “Louis XVI” hands.

Movement signed “Nocturne”, 55.4 x 20.8 mm. (including low-plate and false-dial plate), rectangular, gilded-brass, going barrel, platform with straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balancewith gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.

Grading System: AA

EUR 15,000 - 30,000

USD 16,100 - 32,200

HKD 126,000 - 252,000

CHF 14,900 - 29,700

Brand Cartier, Paris and London

Model movement made by E. Mathey-Tissot & Co., Les Ponts-de-Martel (Neuchâtel mountains)

Year circa 1905-1910

Movement No. 791

Case No. 1 536

Material gilded brass, enamel and quartz

Weight 295.7 gr. (approx.)

Caliber “Nocturne”, platform with straight-line lever escapement

Dimensions 63 x 49 x 39 mm. (without the push-piece)

Signature dial and movement (by the maker)

Accessories brass and steel winding-key; copies of the invention patents

LOT 8

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 1577; 18K PINK GOLD

Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, manual-winding, curvex, rectangular-shaped, wristwatch, with pink gold dial and subsidiary seconds at 6.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 8,000 - 15,000

USD 8,600 - 16,100

HKD 67,000 - 126,000

CHF 8,000 - 14,900

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva

Reference 1577

Year circa 1949

Movement No. 971 275

Case No. 654 341

Material 18K pink gold

Bracelet leather strap

Buckle 18K pink gold PP buckle

Weight 37.1 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 9-90

Dimensions 25 x 36 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives

LOT 9

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2533, CENTRE-SECONDS; "CALATRAVA"; 18K YELLOW GOLD

Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, manual-winding, "tonneau"-shaped, gentleman's wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, matt silver colour dial with applied luminous yellow gold faceted "dart" indexes and centre-seconds.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 10,000 - 20,000

USD 10,800 - 21,500

HKD 84,000 - 168,000

CHF 9,900 - 19,800

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva

Model "Calatrava"

Reference 2533

Year sold on May 21, 1954

Movement No. 702 385

Case No. 675 291

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet leather strap

Buckle 18K yellow gold PP buckle

Diameter 35 mm.

Weight 51.1 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 27SC, 18 jewels

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Certificate of origin and guarantee

LOT 10

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CARTIER 8-DAY GOING ART-DECO WALLET-SHAPED TABLE-CLOCK; SILVER AND 18K YELLOW GOLD

Silver and 18K yellow gold, keyless-winding, wallet-shaped, 8-day going, Art-Deco table-clock.

Silver colour guilloché (engine-turned) dial with suspended luminescent Roman numbers; yellow gold skeleton fancy hands.

Movement 24’’’, rhodium-plated, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index regulator, 3 adjustments, 15 jewels.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

USD 2,200 - 3,300

HKD 16,800 - 25,100

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

Brand Cartier, Paris

Year circa 1910-1920

Movement No. 2 541

Case No. 4 499 / 433 / 2 541

Material silver and 18K yellow gold

Weight 148.7 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 24’’’, 8-day going, lever escapement, 15 jewels (signed European Watch and Clock Co., France)

Dimensions 65 x 43 x 15 mm. (approx. when close)

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 11*

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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BREITLING FOR ROLLS-ROYCE 8-DAY GOING DESK-CLOCK; “SPIRIT OF ECSTASY”; SILVER

Silver (0.800), keyless-winding, 8-day going, desk-clock in the shape of a Rolls-Royce car grill, with, on the top, the “Spirit of Ecstasy” (the mascot of the car brand), silver colour dial with applied pink gold indexes.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 3,100 - 5,100

USD 3,300 - 5,500

HKD 25,400 - 42,300

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

Brand Breitling, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)

Model made for Rolls-Royce, England

Year circa 1950

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Material silver (0.800) (by “ABG”)

Weight 248.4 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 22’’’, 8-day going, lever escapement

Dimensions 85.6 x 66 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories original fitted box

LOT 12

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UNIVERSAL GENEVE REF. 10354-1; 18K YELLOW GOLD

A fine and rare 18k yellow gold manual winding wristwatch with stylized lugs and a silver dial with center second.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

USD 2,200 - 3,300

HKD 16,800 - 25,100

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

Brand Universal Genève, Switzerland

Reference 10354-1

Year circa 1956

Case No. 1834009

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet leather strap

Buckle gold plated

Diameter 33 mm.

Weight 37.74 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 215

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 13

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ROLEX REF. 6105, SELF-WINDING, CENTRE-SECONDS, DATE; "DATEJUST" SO CALLED "OVETTONE"; 10K YELLOW GOLD

Fine and rare, 10K yellow gold, self-winding, "tonneau"-shaped, gentleman's writswatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, inclined fluted bezel, silver colour dial with applied luminescent radial indexes and dots, centre-seconds and date of the month (aperture at 3 o'clock); "bubble" glass.

Grading System: AA

EUR 3,000 - 6,000

USD 3,300 - 6,500

HKD 25,100 - 51,000

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model "Datejust", so called "Ovettone", "Officially Certified Chronometer"

Reference 6105

Year circa 1952

Movement No. 61 664 / H 22 101

Case No. 777 509

Material 10K yellow gold

Bracelet leather strap

Buckle Inox Rolex pin buckle

Diameter 36 mm.

Weight 54.1 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 14

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INTERNATIONAL WATCH COMPANY, IWC REF. 325; "PORTUGUESE"; STAINLESS STEEL

Fine, rare and large, stainless steel manual-winding wristwatch, with silver dial and subsidiary seconds at 6.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 20,000 - 30,000

USD 21,500 - 32,200

HKD 168,000 - 252,000

CHF 19,800 - 29,700

Brand International Watch Co., Schaffhausen / Schaffhouse

Model "Portuguese"

Reference 325

Year circa 1946

Case No. 1 117 225

Material stainless steel

Bracelet leather strap

Buckle stainless steel pin buckle

Diameter 42 mm.

Caliber 98

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Certificate of authenticity

LOT 15*

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ROLEX REF. 3335, OVERSIZE CHRONOGRAPH; STAINLESS STEEL

Very fine and rare, stainless steel, manual-winding, oversize chronograph wristwatch, with three registers.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 20,000 - 40,000

USD 21,500 - 42,900

HKD 168,000 - 336,000

CHF 19,800 - 39,600

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model "Jumbo Chronograph"

Reference 3335

Year circa 1946

Case No. 47 506

Material stainless steel

Bracelet leather strap

Diameter 37 mm.

Weight 50.6 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 14'''

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 16

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ROLEX REF. 4062, CHRONOGRAPH, ANTI-MAGNETIQUE; 18K YELLOW GOLD

Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, manual-winding, chronograph wristwatch with silver dial, two registers, with telemeter and tachometer scales.

Grading System: AA

EUR 25,000 - 45,000

USD 26,800 - 48,200

HKD 210,000 - 378,000

CHF 24,800 - 44,600

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model Chronograph

Reference 4062

Year circa 1940-1950

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet leather strap

Diameter 37 mm.

Weight 47.8 gr. (approx.)

Caliber based on Valjoux 23 ebauche (by Reymond Freères S.A., Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux)

Signature dial and movement

LOT 17*

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ROLEX REF. 6241, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA "PAUL NEWMAN"; STAINLESS STEEL

Fine and very rare, stainless steel, manual-winding, chronograph wristwatch, with black dial and three registers.

Grading System:

EUR 150,000 - 250,000

USD 162,000 - 268,000

HKD 1,260,000 - 2,090,000

CHF 150,000 - 248,000

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model "Daytona" "Paul Newman"

Reference 6241 / 6241

Year circa 1967

Case No. 1 767 499

Material stainless steel

Bracelet stainless steel Rolex "Oyster" bracelet with deployant clasp

Diameter 37 mm.

Caliber 72B

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories 73.3 gr. (approx.)

LOT 18

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ROLEX REF. 6265/6263, DAYTONA, STAINLESS STEEL

Fine and rare, stainless steel manual-winding, chronograph wristwatch, with stainless steel bezel, black dial and three registers.

Grading System: AAA

EUR 40,000 - 60,000

USD 42,900 - 65,000

HKD 336,000 - 510,000

CHF 39,600 - 60,000

Brand Rolex, Geneva

Model Daytona

Reference 6265/6263

Year circa 1974 (bezel from 1962)

Case No. 3855190

Material stainless steel

Bracelet stainless steel Rolex "Oyster" with deployant clasp ((Ref. 78350/19; end-links 557B, dated N4)

Diameter 37 mm.

Caliber 727

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 19*

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HEUER REF. 1153 N, SELF-WINDING, LEFT-HAND, CHRONOGRAPH, MINUTE AND HOUR COUNTERS, DATE, NAVY-BLUE “SUNBURST” DIAL, RED CHRONOGRAPH-HAND, CALIBRE 11; “CHRONOMATIC” “CARRERA”; STAINLESS STEEL

Stainless steel, self-winding, vertical “tonneau”-shaped, pilot’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, left-hand winding-crown, navy-blue colour “sunburst” dial with silver colour auxiliary dials and four horological complications:

· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two round-shaped push-pieces located on the case-band) with tachometric scale graduated on the inclined inner bezel for 200 units per hour, red chronograph-hand

· Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)

· 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)

· Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 6 o’clock)

Grading System: AA

EUR 15,200 - 25,300

USD 16,300 - 27,100

HKD 128,000 - 212,000

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

Brand Heuer, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Model “Carrera” “Chronomatic”

Reference 1153 N

Year circa 1972-1975

Movement No. unnumbered (by Heuer)

Case No. 147 352 (partly illegible, by Heuer-Leonidas S.A.)

Material stainless steel

Bracelet black leather Tropic-type strap

Buckle stainless steel Heuer buckle

Weight 71.8 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 11 (with left-hand winding-crown)

Dimensions 43.5 x 38.2 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

LOT 20

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Monaco, Jan 19, 2023

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HEUER RACING SET, 8-DAY GOING AND CENTRE-SECONDS WATCH, SECONDS TIMER WITH MINUTE AND HOUR COUNTERS; “MASTER-TIME” AND “MONTE-CARLO”; SYNTHETIC RESIN AD ANODISED METAL

Synthetic resin and anodised metal, dashboard clocks racing set, with an 8-day going and centre-seconds watch for the meantime and a seconds timer with progressive 60-minute counter (central hand) and digital jumping 12-hour counter (chronograph function activated by the winding-crown); black dials with luminescent suspended Arabic numbers and indexes.

Grading System: A

EUR 1,200 - 2,400

USD 1,300 - 2,600

HKD 10,100 - 20,100

CHF 1,200 - 2,400

Brand Heuer, Switzerland

Model “Master-Time” and “Monte-Carlo”

Reference 18.0736

Year circa 1970

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Material synthetic resin and anodised metal

Weight 268.1 gr. (approx.)

Caliber 18’’’, unadjusted, 15 jewels / 7714, unadjusted, 7 jewels

Dimensions Ø 58 mm. / Ø 58 mm. / 57 x 122 mm.

Signature dials and movements

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