C. stamped "WS", outer: repoussé case back depicts Susanna being surprised while bathing by two old men, border with repoussé scrolling. Inner: two-body, "bassine", polished. D. gold with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers in polished cartouches, the whole on matte background, center with scrolling. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. 38 mm. (17'''), frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brss balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with a mask and almost straight foot, diamond endstone.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 52 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,700 - 10,000
USD 7,800 - 11,600
C. Gilded metal sheath with floral and foliate decoration in relief, two sides with applied silver decoration set with multicolored stones, hinged two-body vari-colored gold top houses the watch, the back of which has a painted enamel portrait of a lady. The bottom of the sheath has a dendritic agate on one side and a painted enamel medallion with a portrait of a lady within a frame of ruby-colored stones on the other. The medallion can be rotated revealing a potentially incandescent scene betwen the lady and a gentleman. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions, five-minute Arabic numerals. Gold "Louis XVI" hands. M. Oval, 21.5 x 18 mm., built on three levels, brass, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance with flat spring, mounted between the third and fourth plate.Dim. Length 145 mm., width 20 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, page 382-383.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 12,000 - 14,000
EUR 8,000 - 9,400
USD 9,300 - 11,000
C. Three-body, cylindrical, entirely repoussé with Oriental landscapes, European vessels and musical instruments within rococo scrolls and floral decoration, the watch fitted in the center of the lid, the bezel set with amethyst-colored paste stones, the lid and bottom bands with emerald-, garnet-, and multi-colored paste stones, the compartments within containing a variety of items such as a spoon, a knife, a pencil, a notepad, a mirror, a pair of scissors, a compass and a small telescope (lacing band and lens), the inside lid fitted with a mirror. D. White enamel, radial Roman chapters, minute dot divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 32.5 mm., hinged, gilt brass full plate, simple baluster pillars, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate. Signed on the movement.Dim. 130 x 85 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pages 380-381.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
EUR 5,400 - 8,000
USD 6,200 - 9,300
Sold: CHF 8,050
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", the back painted with a couple on a river bank, a servant behind them, a tower on the other side, porcelain bezel with rural landscapes, diamond-set thumb-pieces. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 30 mm., hinged, gilt brass full-plate with baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement.Diam. 46 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 4,000 - 5,400
USD 4,700 - 6,200
Romilly, à Paris, circa 1775. Fine and extremely rare 20K gold and 'Vernis Martin' watch.
C. Two-body, 'bassine fermée', the front with a portrait of a knight in armour wearing a green sash, a red curtain and a classical column behind him, the insides with a portraits of ladies in period dress, the back cover with a portrait of prince or king wearing ermine over armour and a coronet on his head.D. White enamel, radial Roman chapters, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic numerals. Gold 'heart' hands. M. 31.2 mm ø, hinged, gilt brass full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chan, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved with four scrolls. Signed on the edge of the dial plate and on the movement. Diam. 38 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pages 152-153
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,000 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 2,990
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", back painted with a scene depicting a family supper, bezels chased with wavy pattern with white enamel small cartouches simulating moss agate. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 37 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on small gold blockby depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement, case punched with date mark and fermier general's mark, Éloy Brichard master mark (used between 1756-62).Diam. 46 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,500 - 10,500
EUR 5,700 - 7,000
USD 6,600 - 8,000
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", back painted on enamel with a girl and a bird in a cage, clear overglaze, gold rocaille bezels. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture between 1 and 2 o'clock. Gilt "Louis XV" hands. M. 26 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on the movement, French guarantee marks inside back cover.Diam. 33 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 4,830
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", glazed on both sides. D. On the front, white enamel dial with upright Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, outermost equation table for the 12 months. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. On the back, white enamel calendar dial, the center with days of the week chapter, on top an aperture for the phases and age of the moon, at 2 o'clock aperture for the year with indications until 9999, at 4 o'clock aperture for months with the number ofcorresponding days, at 6 o'clock regulating sector, at 8 o'clock aperture for days of the month, at 9 o'clock division of the day into eight parts, with the pointer to indicate when the calendar must be reset. M. 35 mm. ø, hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on small gold block by depressing the pendant.Signed on the edge of the dial plate and the dial.Diam. 46 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 17,000 - 20,000
USD 19,000 - 23,000
Sold: CHF 46,000
C. Two-body, glazed on both sides, polished bezels. On the back, framed by an engraved gilt band, there is a circular enamel plaque with a painted scene depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by animals, with the Tree of Knowledge in the center. The silver snake revolves around the enameled scene, pursuing and tempting Adam and Eve, and making one revolution of the dial per hour. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute ring with five minute Arabic numerals. Aperture forhe regulator at 6 o'clock. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. 39.2 mm. ø, hinged gilt brass full plate with baluster pillars, square at the bottom and circular at the top, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance with flat balance spring, mounted under the dial plate, plain bar-type double-footed cock, motion train driven directly from the fusee arbor. The snake is mounted on a gear driven by the main train.Signed on the frame of the painting.Diam. 50 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pp. 132-133.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 10,000
EUR 4,000 - 6,700
USD 4,700 - 7,800
Sold: CHF 6,325
C. Two-body, "Louis XV", back painted on enamel without over-glaze with a scene in oval depicting a young woman strolling with her suitor in a park, border with translucent imperial blue enamel cartouches over flinqué, pierced for sound, bezel en suite, extended hinge. D. White enamel, secured by a single screw at 12, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with large five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 37.5 mm., gilt brass, half-plate two tier, cylindrical pillars, cylinder esapement, brass escape wheel, three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring controlled by Joseph Bosley type regulator, continental pierced and engraved cock, musical movement activated by depressing the pendant which wind the spring via fusee-like chain, pinned drum cylinder designed for three tunes changed automatically after each play, carillon of five bells and five hammers with adjustable stop levers for fine music tuning, most of the musical train set in the lower tier, fly governor withtwo adjustable wings for regulating the tempo.Case punched "20K" and "T.F/O"Diam. 46 mm.
Grading System: 
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
EUR 40,000 - 53,000
USD 47,000 - 62,000
Sold: CHF 127,800
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", glazed on both sides, engraved bezels, front bezel set with diamonds. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers. Winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Diamond-set "fleur-de-lis" and "arrowhead" hands. M. 13.7 mm. (6'''), gilt brass, skeletonized full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, double virgule escapement, gold three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, small single-footed cock, index regulator with adjutable distance between the regulating pins.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 18 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 19,000 - 23,000
EUR 13,000 - 15,500
USD 15,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 21,850
L'Epine, Hger du Roy, a Paris, circa 1770. Fine 18K varicolored gold lady's pendant watch.
C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", back centered with an applied varicolored gold flower basket behind a dog within a green gold laurel leaf frame, engine-turned ring separating the outer applied green gold floral decoration, bezels with applied gold repeated pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture between 1 and 2 o'clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. Hinged, 24 mm., gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and cain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 30 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,300
USD 1,200 - 1,600
Sold: CHF 1,610
C. Double-body, "Louis XV", the bezel chased with floral decoration, the back chased with ruins in a landscape in three-colored gold. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endpiece. Repeating on a bell with optional dumb repeating lever and à tact thumb-piec.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
EUR 5,300 - 8,000
USD 6,200 - 9,300
Sold: CHF 12,650
C. Massive, by "IM", outer: two-body, back with translucent imperial blue enamel over "sunburst" engine-turning, pearl-set bezels on blue enamel ground with white enamel frame. Inner: two-body, "bassine", polished with champlevé enamel pendant and bow. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions. Gold "arrowhead and poker" hands. M. 39 mm., frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, ruby duplex escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, sngle-footed cock, rack-and-pinion regulator with silver plate, gilt brass dust ring.Signed on the movement and watch paper.Diam. 58 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 14,000
EUR 8,000 - 9,300
USD 9,300 - 10,800
C. Double-body, "Directoire", split pearl-set bezels, the blue enameled back panel centered with a split pearl-inlaid rosette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals. Elaborate gold pierced hands. M. 43.6 mm., hinged gilt brass, Hessen flat caliber with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 11,000 - 13,000
EUR 7,400 - 8,700
USD 8,500 - 10,000
C. Double-body, "Directoire", with split pearl-set bezels, the translucent dark blue enamel back centered with a large diamond and encircled by a multicolored floral paillon rosette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals and "star" minute divisions. Gold skeletonized hands. M. 40.5 mm. (18'''), slim, hinged, gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, the motor barrel passing through the back plate, cylinder escapement, countersunk plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, reeating on a bell by depressing the pendant.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
EUR 13,400 - 16,700
USD 15,500 - 19,500
C. Outer: double-body, with split pearl-set bezels, the back of blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, inner: double-body, bassine, polished. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals. Gold "arrow" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass English cock with diamond endstone.Signed on the back plate, case punched "VW".Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
C. Four-body, engine-turned, hinged gilt cuvette. D. Florally engraved silver, Arabic blued steel "wandering" numerals "running" against white enamel sector with Arabic minute chapter. The numeral with the correct hour points to the correct minutes. Setting through the square in the center. M. 53 mm. (23'''), frosted gilt, unusual bridge caliber with the third wheel set under the dial, standing barrel, T-end mainspring, cylinder escapement, platinum 3-arm jeweled balance, blued steel flat balane spring, polished steel and gilt brass single footed cock.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 63 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,500 - 20,000
USD 15,500 - 23,000
C. Three-piece, "bassine", engine-turned. D. White enamel, bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring. Heavy blued steel "spade" hands. M. 44 mm., frosted gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed cock with diamond endstone, escapement jeweled and capped, Viner's winding system by means of a knob in the pendant.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,700 - 4,000
USD 3,100 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 4,255
C. Four-body, "Empire", polished back and bezel, fluted band, hinged and spring-loaded glazed cuvette with aportrait of a lady wearing a coral necklace. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued-steelBreguet hands. M. 48.4 mm. ?, gilt brass full plate, round pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, vergeescapement, three-arm gold balance, flat balance spring, repeating cadrature visible on the back plate, striking ontwo blued gongs by depressing the pendant.Case stamped DL?G, No 541/5597, pillar plate under dial: D&C 541.Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,000 - 4,000
USD 2,300 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 3,565