Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868769, case No. 2632519, Ref. 2499, third series. Production of this reference started in 1951. Exceptional and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases with special tachometer dial, and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometric regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863792, case No. 2632526, Ref. 2499. Movement made in 1946 and cased in 1964. Sold on November 18, 1965. Production of this reference started in 1951. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balancspring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 869411, case No. 2779180, Ref. 2499 (2499/100). Made circa 1978 Very important and interesting, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary "guilloche" dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Beguet balancespring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.

Pierre Duhamel, Geneva, circa 1660. Extremely fine and rare, 22K gold, enamel and rock crystal, diamond-set, single-hand, lady's pendant watch with short gilt silver and enamel, diamond- and pearl-set chain.

C. Double-body, "bassine fermée", the front and back covers in carved rock crystal, divided into 12 equal radial sectors and mounted in gold frames painted on enamel with flowers and leaves, somewhat later short diamond-set pendant and bow. D. Small silver ring with Roman chapter applied on gilt florally engraved dial plate. Single steel hand. M. Hinged, gilt brass full plate, unusual lyre-shaped pillars, fusee and chain, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, three-spoke arched wheels,verge escapement, steel two-arm circular foliot, elongated gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with floral decoration secured by a screw, worm and wheel mainspring setting.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 32 mm.

J(ea)n and J(acque)s Rousseau, Geneva, circa 1640. Very fine and rare silver pre balance spring one-hand watch.

C. Two-body, bassine type with inward-curving edges, entirely fluted including the hinged bezel, small rosette in the center of the back, tulip-shaped pendant, loose ring. D. Silver chapter ring with Roman numerals and half-hour dot divisions applied on gilt metal engraved plate, the center with a town scene, the outside with floral engraving, single blued steel hand. M. 30.1 mm., gilt, full plate, turned baluster pillars, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, fusee and gut-line, vergeescapement, bronze balance without a spring, long gilt one-footed cock secured by a screw but still with a pinning block, pierced and engraved with foliage, ratchet wheel and click set-up, the hand driven directly (via the hour wheel) from a four-leaf lantern pinion mounted on the extension of the fusee arbor.Signed on the movement.Diam. 35 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pp. 58-59.

Jacob Molly, Geneva, circa 1650. Extremely fine and rare, 22K gold, enamel and amethyst-colored faceted glass, single-hand, lady's pendant watch with concealed dial.

C. Two-body, 'fermée' type, hinged, mounted in gold and painted on 'ronde bosse' enamel frames, with floral designs. D. Enamel on gold, radial Roman chapters on white enamel ring with half-hour divisions, the center with flowers and foliage painted on champlevé translucent and opaque enamel. Blued-steel 'serpent' hand.M. 26 mm., gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, fusee and gut-line, verge escapement, steel two-arm circular foliot, elonated gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with floral decoration secured by a screw, worm and wheel mainspring setting.Signed on the movement.Diam. 34 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pages 62-63.

Jaques Sermand, Geneva,(1640). Exceptional, gold, enamel and faceted rock crystal form watches designed as a cross.

C. Two-body, rock crystal front and back covers mounted in gold bezels with black champlevé enamel, decorated with gold scrolling pattern and white enamel spots, small enameled finial, tulip-shaped enameled pendant.D. Gold, cross-shaped, hinged, with radial Roman hour chapters in the center with half-hour dots, the arms decorated with stylized flowers in translucent red enamel for petals and translucent green for leaves over flinqué engraving. Blued-steel hand. M. Cross-shaped, 24 x 34 mm., gilt brass full plate, fusee and gut-line, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, steel two-arm circular foliot, elongated cock pierced and engraved with flowers secured by a screw, ratchet whel and click mainspring set-up.Signed on the movement.Dim. 55 x 29 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pp. 372-373.

Breguet No. 2868, finished on January 24, 1933, sold to Monsieur Giély on November 7 1933, for 4500 Fr. Very fine and important 18K gold keyless dress chronometer with split-seconds chronograph, instantaneous 60-minute register, tachometer scale for 50-250 km per hour. Accompanied by First Class bulletin from l'Observatoire de Besançon, Gold Medal with 216 points.

C. Four-body, "Empire", polished with reeded band, gold hinged cuvette with inscription "Observatoire de Besançon, Bulletin de 1ère classe, Médaille d'or". D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, then tachometer scale with 1000 base, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, minute register at 12, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 43 mm. (19'''), frosted gilt, ébauche de G. Grogg, 26 jewels, straight line lever ecapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with special alloy Breguet balance spring, punched with viper's head.Signed on dial and case.Diam. 52 mm.

Breguet No. 1723, circa 1925. Very fine 18K white gold slim keyless split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute register and tachometer scale for 2-6 km per hour.

C. Three-piece, faceted bezels, matted monogrammed back. D. Silver, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute/seconds track, outermost tachometer spiral with 1000 base, minute register at 12, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 38 mm., rhodium-plated, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, split mechanism on the back plate.Signed on the dial.Diam. 46 mm.

Breguet, No. 2524, completed in October 1929, sold to Monsieur L. Harrison Dulles on 22 October 1954. Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless center seconds digital perpetual calendar dress watch.

C. Four-piece, "bassine et filets", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned, eccentric chapter ring with radial Roman numerals set in the lower part, aperture for days of the week, date and months, outer seconds division. M. 17''', by Victorin Piguet, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with flat balance spring.Signed on dial and case.Diam. 49 mm.

The Sacred Mountain In the manner of James Cox, London, Anglo/Chinese (Qianlong period) circa 1780. Magnificent, highly important ormolu, silver, enamel and jeweled musical automata clock for the Oriental market, representing the Sacred Mountain of Taoism.

C. Formed in three tiers, supported on scrolling flower and leaf feet with hinged foliate drape to the front concealing the clock's winding arbors. Lower tier: set to the front with the clock dial within a paste-set bezel and flanked by a pair of enameled contrary rotating whirligigs, all set on a translucent blue guilloché enamel panel within paste-set borders, the sides and back similarly set with floral-decorated enameled geometric sound frets within blue enamel panels. The rear panel with wnding hole for the musical movement. Center tier: in the form of a paste-set gilt theater within ormolu balustrades with rotating budding tree peonies in ormolu vases at each corner, and flanked by rotating silver and gilt inlaid foliate-decorated blue enameled columns, the similarly enameled side panels set with painted oval miniatures in the manner of William Hamilton R.A., depicting pastoral scenes of springtime lovers, the painted silk curtain, of an English classical garden, rising to reveaa gilded cavern within the sacred mountain, and eleven exquisitely carved and painted ivory automaton figures depicting at the top, the Three Officials, San-Kuan, and below set on a carrousel the eight immortals of Ba Xian, growing within the rocky landscape are peach trees and ferns. Upper tier: set within ormolu balustrades to the rock-strewn ground and at each corner with four further rotating tree peonies, stands a realistically modeled silver elephant with animated ears and tail and an artculated segmented trunk giving lifelike movements in all directions, the whole surmounted by a fine ormolu floral-chased saddle decorated with paste-set bees, and a sacred gourd vase set with six enamel and paste-set whirligigs and a rotating flowering peony tree finial. D. White enamel with roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, gilt heart-shaped hour and minute hands and blued steel counter-poised center seconds hand.M. Clock: Five-pillar two-train rack and bell hour-striking fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement, short bob pendulum and center seconds, the winding effected at the base of the clock through transmission wheels mounted on the back plate, a roller cam and lever activating the musical and automaton movements on the hour. Musical: Massive four-pillar fusee and chain movement driving a pinned cylinder playing a single Chinese-style melody on a carillon of nine bells, tuned to a pentatonicscale, with nine hammers. Automaton: activated by the musical movement, a series of indirect gearing drives respectively, the rotating whirligigs in the lower tier, the eight tree peony vases on the center and top tiers, the four enameled pillars on the center section, the raising and lowering of the theater curtain, the carrousel and the figures within, and the six whirligigs and peony tree mounted on the sacred urn, in addition a subsidiary automaton movement concealed in the elephant's body oerates its meticulous articulations. As well as being released on the hour the musical and automaton movements can be activated at will.The clock is presented on an imposing later mahogany stand of Chinese Chippendale design with a fine inset ormolu gallery and blind fretwork frieze resting on cluster column legs.Dim.: Clock: Height 90 cm., width 38.5 cm., depth 32 cm.Stand: Height 109 cm., width 76 cm., depth 70 cm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119722, case No. 2805731, Ref. 3450, second series. Production of this reference started in 1981. Very fine and rare astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and the leap year display in Roman numerals, with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, triangular lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold "bâton" indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positiosshock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119410, case No. 332539, Ref. 3448. Production of this reference started in 1962. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, luminescent indexes and hands, and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. .three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, triangular lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes topped by a tritium dot, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold luminescent "Dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism ad 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensting Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119103, case No. 320327, Ref. 3448, made for the Italian market. Production of this reference started in 1962. Exceptional and extremely rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar without moon indication, and an 18K gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, triangular lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, and the months. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensting Breget balance spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Striking and Repeating Tourbillon Attributed to Victorin Piguet, Swiss, No. 55814, carriage by Albert Pellaton-Favre, made for Tchétounoff Frères, Moscow, circa 1900. Exceptionally rare and very important 18K gold keyless double-train grande et petite sonnerie clockwatch with minute-repeating and one-minute tourbillon regulator pocket chronometer.

C. Three-body, solid, "bassine", polished, glazed on both sides, switch bolt at 3 for grande/petite sonnerie, another at 10 for striking/silent. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm. (20'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, lateral calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring set on 3-arm equidistant Pellaton carriage, Mairet tandem winding, HenrGolay striking mechanism, repeating on gongs by tripping a small gold slide on the band at 4.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 57 mm.