C. Square pressed glass decorated with two couples of "inseparable" parakeets on the branches of a tree.D. Silvered, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 22''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Signed on the case.Dim. 110 x 110 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 9,200
C. rectangular pressed glass decorated with two couples of "inseparable" parakeets, resting on glass foot.D. Silvered, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Signed on the case.Dim. 145 x 135 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,700
USD 4,000 - 5,400
Sold: CHF 4,485
C.rectangular pressed glass decorated with five flying swallows, resting on glass foot. D. Silvered, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes", decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Signed on the case.Dim. 145 x 135 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,700
USD 4,000 - 5,400
Sold: CHF 10,350
C. Square, with brushed brass side and back panels, four square en suite columns, the top with solar cells.D. Silvered with gilt indexes. Gilt "baton" hands. M. Based on 17''' mechanical 29-jewel movement with free-sprung Gyromax balance powered with lithium battery backup, driving a remontoire train which winds the barrel spring.Signed on the dial and movement.Dim. Height 14 cm., width 14 cm., depth 9 cm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 2,700
USD 2,300 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. Rectangular, with brushed brass side and back panels, four square en suite columns, the top with solar cells.D. Silvered with applied lapis lazuli indexes. Gilt "baton" hands. M. Based on 17''' mechanical 29-jewel movement with free-sprung Gyromax balance powered with lithium battery backup, driving a remontoire train which winds the barrel spring.Signed on the dial and movement.Dim. Height 14 cm., width 20 cm., depth 9 cm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Nickel, later. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five-minute/seconds red Arabic markers, 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. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 42 mm., nickel, 27 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, rack and pinion micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
EUR 2,300 - 3,000
USD 2,700 - 3,500
Sold: CHF 16,100
C. Three-piece, later. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "spade" hands. M. 45 mm. (20'''), nickel, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, tandem winding, repeating on gongs by tripping a small slide on the band.Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 13,000 - 18,000
EUR 8,700 - 12,000
USD 10,000 - 14,000
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, silver hinged cuvette.D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, each with enamel touch piece, 12 o'clock with three pieces, quarters with two. Steel "spade" hands. M. 39 mm., rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement, case punched with Swiss and German silver marks.Diam. 51 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 300 - 400
EUR 200 - 270
USD 230 - 310
Sold: CHF 2,300
C. Four-body, "bassine", back centered with imperial blue enamel initials, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, double sunk, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 41 mm., rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, patented concave rack and pinion micrometric regulator, special tourbillon-like cage for beat adjustment. Sgned on the movement.Diam. 50 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
EUR 1,700 - 2,300
USD 2,000 - 2,700
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", the back decorated with Geneva's coat-of-arms in niello and the inscription "Tir Cantonal du Centenaire. Post tenebras lux, 1814-1914", bezels decorated in niello leaf pattern, silver hinged cuvette engraved with Geneva's coat-of-arms. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 19''', matte gilded, half plate, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring,the going train jeweled to the center, repeating train jeweled on the barrel arbor and hammers, index regulator, repeating on gongs through activating pushpiece in the band.Signatures on the dial and the winding wheel on the movement are typical of Le Phare.Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 2,700
USD 2,300 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Three-piece, back centered with Solomon's Temple, Masonic symbols around, front bezel decorated with Masonic symbols. D. Triangular white enamel, painted with vari-colored Masonic symbols for the numerals, outer minute divisions, printed with the title motto. M. 31 mm., rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance spring.Signed on the movement.Dim. 67 mm height (with bow).
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 4,000
USD 2,300 - 3,100
Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1900. Fine gilt silver necessaire fitted with a watch.
C. Rectangular, matte, chased with stylized foliage, front with aperture for a watch, suspension chain, the inside fitted with three compartments, and two spring-loaded coin slots, mirror and writing tablet. Watch case: gilt silver, "bassine", polished.D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Gilt "spade" hands. M. 20 mm., frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Dim. 85 x 60 mm, watch diam. 25 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000
USD 1,600 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 2,300
C. three-body, solid, polished, front cover with aperture for the dial with a bezel set with diamonds, translucent imperial blue enamel frame, the faceted edges decorated with white enamel with gold floral decoration, the inside fitted with three compartments, all with hinged lids, mirror, and writing tablet, semicircular gold and enameled pendant. D. Oval, ivory, upright blue Roman numerals, center painted with flowers. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19 mm. (9'''), rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, staight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Dim. 110 x 56 x 48 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 8,500 - 10,500
EUR 5,700 - 7,000
USD 6,600 - 8,200
Unsigned, probably Italian, circa 1660. Exceptionally rare gilt-brass star-form polyhedral sundial.
C. Three-body, hinged base with engraved latitude scale from 25 to 65 degrees, the center part has circular aperture for spring-loaded, spur-shaped hinged latitude setting pointer, the front of the aperture fitted with hinged gnomon frame (missing), the sides of the central part engraved with hour scale, pivoted front cover with center engraved with wind rose and sun-ray motif, the locking part with an eagle with its beak holding the instrument closed.Dim. 72 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,700
USD 4,000 - 5,400
Sold: CHF 5,290
Kulper, Brueg, circa 1740. Fine and unusual oval vermeil snuffbox fitted with a watch.
C. Three-body, oval, the covers opening from a central hinge, the dial on one side and the tobacco compartmenton the other, the lids engraved with a charmingly naïve scene of two gentlemen sitting at a table, one smoking apipe, the other pointing at a globe. D. Silver, champlevé, Roman chapters, outer Arabic five-minutes in arched cartouches, set in an engraved gilt plate, auxiliary regulating dial in the top left corner, an identical dummy to theright for symmetry. Blued-steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. 35 x 49 mm., semicircular, brass full plate, balusterpillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, plainbrass one-footed cock. Dim. 88 x 56 x 14 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 376-377.
Grading System: A
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,700
USD 3,900 - 5,400
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Three-body, polished, both covers hinged, loose ring, small finial. D. Silver, small Roman chapter set in the center of a plate fully engraved with hunting scenes. Single blued steel hand. M. 84 x 28 mm., hinged, brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut, 4-wheel train with 6-leaf pinions, verge escapement, iron circular foliot with hog-bristle amplitude regulator, irregular pierced and engraved cock, worm gear mainspring set-up.Signed on the back plate. Dim. 103 x 34 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 2,700
USD 2,300 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,450
Joseph Geiss in Wien, circa 1860. Interesting painted on enamel oval silver lady's pendant watch.
C. Two-body, "bassine" with curved in edge, back painted with a shepherdess and her suitor in the countryside, band with scrolling on white background, inside painted with a shepherdess weaving a flower wreath, surrounded by her sheep, silver hinged bezel. D. Gilt silver, white champlevé radial Roman numerals in translucent imperial blue enamel frame, stylized champlevé foliage on edges. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 29 mm., frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, vere escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock. Signed on the movement.Diam. 55 x 38 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,300
USD 1,200 - 1,600
Sold: CHF 1,840
C. Three-body, "Empire", decorated using the granulation technique to form a gold sunburst pattern, the bezels, pendant and bow ornamented using the same technique. D. Varicolored gold, matte with polished Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, center and outermost decorated with applied green, white and rose gold floral pattern. Gold Breguet hands. M. 36 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring,continental cock.Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
C. Four-body, all hinged, "fermé", realistically shaped like a leaf with stem, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 26 mm., frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the dial and cuvette, movement signed "H. Capt" A GENEVE".Dim. 49 x 38 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 2,700
USD 2,300 - 3,100
C. Spherical, three-body, polished, decorated with diamond-set stars, diamond-set revolving bezel winding the watch. Bar brooch decorated en suite, suspended from gold chain. D. White enamel with radial blue Arabic numerals, figure "12" in red, minute chapter ring in gold paillon dots, snap-on fit. Gold "spade" hands. M. 17.8 mm. (8'''), frost gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, wound by means of the revolving bezel patented by Marius LeCoultre.Diam. 21 mm., length with the brooch 53 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000
USD 1,600 - 2,300