250 lots

LOT 1

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Three-Tone Dial? Breitling, Swiss, No. 14399. Made circa 1925. Fine, Staybrite keyless dress watch with co-axial single button chronograph, register, tachymeter and telemeter.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped inclined bezel. D. Three?tone silvered with painted Arabic numerals and baton indexes, inner spiral telemetric scale, outer minute track with concentric fifths of a second and telemeter scales, subsidiary seconds at 6 and 30-minute recording dial at 12. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17???, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed. Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 2

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Aéro-Compax" Universal Genève "Aéro-Compax". Case No. 877017. Made in the 1940s. Fine, stainless steel "Enversteel", gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, memento dial and two crowns.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, winding crown at 9 for adjusting the memento dial. D. Matte silver with luminous baton indexes, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic five-minutes/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and the memento in 12 hours, outer blue painted tachometer scale. Luminous blued steel "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 287, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 10,925

LOT 3

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Anti-Magnetic? Ulysse Nardin, ?Anti-Magnetic?, Locle. Made in the 1930s. Very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. Three-body, massive, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs. D. Two-tone silver with painted gold and blue Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale. Gold "baton" hands. M. 14"', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm

Grading System: A

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 5,060

LOT 4

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Two-Tone Dial ? Class ?A? Certificate? Rolex, Ref. 2552. Made circa 1940. Fine, 18K yellow gold keyless pocket chronometer.

C. Three-body, ?bassine pincée?, polished. D. Two-tone, silvered, with applied yellow gold ?bâton? indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?épée? hands. M. 16''', Observatory Quality ?Class A Certificate 1067?, rhodium plated, polished, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 2,700

LOT 5

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Erotic Winding? Swiss. Made circa 1900. Fine gunmetal keyless pocket watch with concealed erotic automaton scene activated during winding.

C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?. Hinged gunmetal back and cuvette, the latter covering the chased gilt brass automaton scene, activated whilst being wound, depicting a couple in a boudoir. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and blue painted Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass ?Louis XVI? hands. M. 18???, brass, three-quarter plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 5,980

LOT 6

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Massonic? Solvil Watch Co., Swiss, made by G. Schwab- Loeillet, Geneva, circa 1960. Fine, silver, triangular, keyless Masonic pocket watch, Swiss patent No. 34864.

C. Two-body, triangular, the bezel cast and chased with the Union Chain, the band with different Masonic symbols, the back with the Masonic Temple and symbols and the letters ?G?, ?B?, and ?J?, set with a cabochon in the pendant, triangular bow. D. Mother of pearl with polychrome painted Masonic symbols in place of numerals and with the inscription: ?Love your fellow man, lend him a helping hand?, outer minute track and Arabic twenty minute numerals. Blued steel "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 27B-9, 12''', rhodium plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with three adjustments, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Dim. 51 x 45 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

USD 1,600 - 2,300

LOT 7

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Minute Repeating? Boxell, 43 King?s Road, Brighton. Swiss, movement by LeCoultre. Made circa 1900. Very fine, minute-repeating 18K yellow gold, keyless, half hunting-cased pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, hinged and sprung front cover with aperture and blue champlevé enamel Roman chapter with inner minute track, the back cover with engraved monogram. Gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 43 mm, 19???, frosted gilt, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight line calibrated and counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs actvated by a slide in the band. Cuvette signed by the retailer. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

LOT 8

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Dashboard Racing Timer? Eberhard & Co., ?Cronotest?, Made in the 1930s. Fine, nickel-cased two round-button dashboard chronograph with tachometer, progressive registers and bezel winding.

C. Three-body, polished, reeded rotating bezel for the winding, the backplate with two fixing plates secured by four knurled nuts for mounting. D. Silvered with luminous radial Arabic numerals, outer seconds track with fifths of a second divisions, inner tachometer scale, dials for 60-minute and 12-hour registers. Blued steel hands, the seconds hand with luminous tip. M. Cal.150, 18???, frosted gilt, 8 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 103 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,600 - 2,000

EUR 1,000 - 1,300

USD 1,200 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 1,955

LOT 9

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Probably Swiss. Made circa 1830. Fine brass and steel face plate engine.

Centering plate with three dog clamps, centering post, steel bed with turned brass fixing posts, driven by three lateral pulley wheels, two-directional slide rest controlled by knurled nuts and crank lever, angular cutter with angle adjustment. Dim: Length 47 x 23.5 cm. Good clean condition with slight wear.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

USD 1,600 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 2,875

LOT 10

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Lever Escapement? T. Niederberger, Uhrmacher, German. Made circa 1925. Fine, steel, brass and chrome-plated working model of a lever escapement.

C. Glazed with brass frame raised on a wooden base. M. Rectangular chrome-plated base containing the spring barrel, counterpoised straight line lever escapement with brass lever and escape wheel, steel pallets, monometallic balance with peripheral adjustment screws, steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Dim. 16 x 12 x 13 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 11

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Detent Escapement? Probably Swiss. Made circa 1940. Fine, gilt brass and steel working model of a pivoted detent chronometer escapement.

C. Glazed with gilt brass frame raised on a wooden base. M. Rectangular gilt brass plates, cylindrical pillars, spring barrel, gilt brass pivoted detent escapement with steel pallets, bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral adjustment screws, flat steel balance spring, incabloc shock absorber, index regulator. Dim. 25.5 x 14 x 22 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 12,075

LOT 12

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Helvetia? Berthold Reymond, Swiss, No. 8157. Made circa 1890. Fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel huntingcased keyless pocket watch decorated with the shields of the 22 Swiss Cantons.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, the band and borders engraved with geometric patterns, hinged and sprung front cover decorated with a painted on enamel Swiss arms surmounted by William Tell?s hat and surrounded by the champlevé enamel shields of 22 Swiss Cantons within an engraved foliate border, the back cover decorated with an oval painted on enamel vignette depicting the classical figure of ?Helvetia? in an alpine landscape, within an engraved foliate, scroll and trophy border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 19???, frosted gilt, bar calibre, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 13

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Secondes Foudroyantes" Edouard Perregaux, Locle, No. 5912. Made circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold, hunting-cased pocket watch with double-train independent center seconds, return to zero, and 1/5th second diablotine.

C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engineturned and polished covers and reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary fifth-second jump diablotine. Blued-steel "Breguet" hands. M. 19.5''', nickel, 28 jewels, most in screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance- spring, tandem winding, independent seconds activated by a pushpiece in the band. Dial and cuvette signed, case and movement numbered. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

LOT 14

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Dual-Time? Audemars Piguet "Royal Oak Dual-Time Automatic", Genève, No. 748, case No. D-76609. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, octagonal, two time-zone, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, with date, 48-hour power reserve and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, 8 yellow gold hexagonal nuts secured by 8 yellow gold screws on the case back, screweddown winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Royal blue, "Clous-de- Paris" decorated, luminous applied white gold indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" ring dials for the days of the month on the 2, the second time zone on the 6 and graduation for the up-anddown indication between 8 and 11. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2129/2845, rhodium plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance- spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length: 190 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 15

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Hommage? Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Hommage Biretrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", No. 8 of a limited edition of 28. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, large, astronomic, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, concave stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal back edged with the "RD" logo. D. Matte silver with painted indexes, outer graduation for the 52 weeks of the year, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register and the months, sector for the retrograde days of the week and the month, apertures for the moon phases at 12 and the leap year at 5. White gold "feuille" hands, blued steel "cathédrale" hands for the retrograde indications. M. Cal. RD 5710, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15.3 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 26,000

USD 23,000 - 30,000

LOT 16

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Master Calendar" Franck Muller, Genève, "Master Calendar", No. 29, Ref. 5850 MC. Made in a limited edition in the 1990s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple calendar and an 18K white gold Franck Muller link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, heavy, polished, case back with 4 screws, ?bombé? sapphire crystal. D. ?Flinqué? silver with painted radial Arabic numerals, concentric graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 2800, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

LOT 17

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pasha? Cartier, "Pasha", Ref. 2111.1. Made in the 1990s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12- hour recorder, date and an 18K gold Cartier bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, glazed back secured by screws, graduated revolving bezel, "Vendôme" type lugs, crown-protector and chronograph pushers set with cabochons. D. Two-tone silver and gilt, radial Roman numerals,outer minute/seconds track with fifth second divisions, subsidiary dials for the constant seconds and the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date aperture at 6. Blued steel tritium-coated "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 205, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

LOT 18

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Golden Square? Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Golden Square,? No. 07/28, Bulletin d?Observatoire. Made in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2002. Very fine 18K white gold self-winding gentleman's waterresistant wristwatch with 18K gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, square, brushed and polished, massive, curved, straight lugs with screws, curved sapphire crystal, glazed back with eight screws. D. Matte white, large painted radial Roman numerals, inner minute track. Large blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. RD57, rhodium-finished, Geneva Quality hallmark, "fausses cotes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to five positions, selfcompensating balance spring, swan-neck micrometer adjustment to the regulator, shock absorber. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness: 9.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

LOT 19

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pink Master Compressor? Jaeger LeCoultre, "Master Compressor, 1000 Hours, Memovox Automatique", No. 0018. Made circa 2003. Fine, self-winding, center- seconds, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with mechanical alarm, date, three crowns and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws and the Master Compressor logo, concave and curved lugs, alarm winding- crown at 2, time-setting and winding-crown at 4, both with ?Compressor Key?, winding crown at 10 for the revolving dive timing, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with applied luminous Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer revolving disc for the dive time, aperture for the alarm indication and date. Luminous pink gold "Alpha" hands. M. Cal. 918, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to six positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 16 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000

LOT 20

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Bi-retrograde Perpetual Calendar? Roger Dubuis, horloger genevois, "Homage", Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, No. 23. Made in a limited edition of in the late 1990s. Fine and rare, circular, water-resistant, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's with bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent screw down case back with ?RD? monogram, concave bezel, downturned lugs,sapphire crystals. D. White enamel with applied yellow gold dot indexes, sectors for the retrograde days of the week and the retrograde days of the month, aperture for the moon phases. Faceted yellow gold "Alpha" hands. M. Cal. 5707, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, 'fausses côtes'decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 21,850

LOT 21

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Chronograph Automatic,? No. 660155, Ref. 49003. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. "Flinqué", white with ?clous de Paris? decoration, applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1136, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 9 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 14,000

EUR 6,500 - 9,000

USD 8,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 22

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Reverso Geógraphique? Jaeger LeCoultre, ?Reverso?, Ref. 270.2.58, ?Géographique? No. 087/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, world-time, rectangular, two time-zone, double-face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with moon phases, day and night and GMT indications, and 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original box.

C. Three-body, massive, polished, reeded bezel, reversible. D. On one side, 'guilloché' silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the moon phases ?night and day?. ?Epee? blued steel hands. On the other side, ?guilloché? black off-centered chapter ring with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, on the 8, aperture for the GMT + or - indication, on the 4, aperture for the day/night indication, at the bottom, two individual apertures showing the names of 12 cities GMT, and 12 other cities GMT +. By means of a pusher on the band, the hours may be forwarded independently from the other dial and from the city names, by means of another square button on the band, the hours and the places may be adjusted. 'Lozenge' tritiumcoated hands. M. Mechanical with manual winding. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 23

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde" Jaeger LeCoultre,"Reverso Chronographe Retrograde", No. 277/500, Ref. 270.2.69. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, rectangular, doubleface, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde register, date, stop/start indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent inner case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, chronograph start/stop display at 5, aperture for the date, on the back, the seconds and the retrograde 30-minute register ring dials. Blued steel "épée"hands. M. Cal. 829, coppercolored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 24

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Reverso - Platinum Number One? Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso", Ref. 270.6.49, "Platinum Number One", case No. 252/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2002. Very fine and rare, rectangular, skeletonized, platinum gentleman's reversible wristwatch with a platinum Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Blued steel "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 849R-SQ, skeletonized and hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 26 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 21,275

LOT 25

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Reverso Septantième? Jaeger LeCoultre, Reverso?Septantième?, Ref. 240.2.19. No. 342/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2001 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the "Reverso" model. Very fine and rare, oversized, rectangular, 8-day going, 18K pink gold gentleman?s reversible wristwatch with oversized date, day/night and power reserve indications and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, inner transparent case back, outer case back engraved with edition number, sapphire crystals. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on an outer plain reserve, date aperture at 7, sector for the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the day/night indication at 1, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 879 in 18K pink gold, twin barrels, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

EUR 12,000 - 14,000

USD 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 21,275

LOT 26

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Reverso Quantième Perpetuel? Jaeger LeCoultre "Reverso Duoface, Quantième Perpétuel Retrograde", Ref. 270.2.55. No. 74/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 in 2000. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double-dial, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, night and day indictaion and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Original box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, sapphire crystals, reversible. D. On one side, "guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the leap years, half moon-shaped aperture for the night and day indication at 1. Blued steel "bâton" hands. On the other side, "guilloché" silver dial with off center dials for the days of the week and the months, retrograde sectors for the days of the month and the age of the moon with painted Arabic numerals, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Epee"hands. All functions can be adjusted independently from the other dial. M. Cal. 855, tonneau, copper colored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

EUR 12,000 - 14,000

USD 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 27

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Reverso Night and Day? Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Night and Day", Ref. 270.2.63. Made circa 1999. Very fine, rectangular, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with power reserve sector, moon phases, lunar calendar, day and night indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, inner transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone satiné silver with black painted Arabic numerals, guilloché sector for the power reserve, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar, day and night indication symbolized by the sun and the stars. "Epée" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 823, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

LOT 28

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Navitimer? Breitling Genève, "Navitimer", Ref. 806, circa 1966. Fine stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated steel bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. Tritium-coated white "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 178, copper-coated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,200 - 2,800

EUR 1,400 - 1,800

USD 1,700 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 29

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

So-called "Steve McQueen" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Explorer II", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1655. Made in 1977. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and protected crown, graduated bezel in 24 hours, crystal with ?cyclops" lens. D. Black with tritium coated indexes, aperture for the date.Tritium-coated "baton" hands, the orange arrow to indicate the diurnal and nocturnal hours on the 24-hour graduated bezel. M. Cal. 1575 GMT, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber,self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 13,225

LOT 30

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Wise, London, No. 16101, circa 1700. Fine, gilt brass and tortoiseshell pocket watch with gold champlevé dial.

C. Two-body, later, back and bezel covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, brass shutter for the winding aperture. D. Gold, champlevé, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic numerals on polished oval cartouches, center chased with foliate scrolls, signature cartouches and a winged angel's head. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 41 mm, gilt full-plate with large divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, under-sprung plain three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed winged cock pierced and finely engraved with symmetrical stylized foliage, mask in the neck, rack and pinion regulator with silver dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 5,520

LOT 31

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

J. Stretch, Londino, with London hallmarks for 1703. Fine and rare 22K gold, paircased, double-train hour-striking clockwatch.

C. Outer: two-body, the bezel and band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, each with four vignettes of masks and landscapes, polished center. Inner: two-body, "bassine" form, polished split bezel, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and two vignettes of rural landscapes, loose ring pendant. D. Gold champlevé with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel "tulip and poker" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate double-train with turned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance-spring. Gilt brass winged cock pierced and engraved with a mask and inhabited foliage. Striking train with fixed gilt brass pierced and engraved barrel with revolving arbor, striking on a bell mounted in the back of the case, strike/silence lever in the bezel. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

LOT 32

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Thomas Wagstaffe, London, No. 6526. Made circa 1760. Fine, silver quarter repeating pair-cased pocket watch.

C. Outer: two-body, pierced, chased and engraved with foliate scrolls; Inner: two-body, polished bezel, pierced, chased and engraved with foliate scrolls and a grotesque mask. Gilt brass dust cover. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 30 mm., gilt brass full-plate, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, silvered regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant, stop lever in the bezel. Movement and dust cap signed. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 5,290

LOT 33

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

William Threlkeld, London, No. 626. London hallmark for 1733. Fine, quarter repeating, pair-cased, 18K gold and shagreen pocket watch with early use of the cylinder escapement. Accompanied by an additional gold and enamel outer case, custom made circa 1770.

C. Outer: two-body, the bezel and back overlaid with shagreen and decorated with a gold pinwork monogram and borders. Inner: two-body, maker?s mark WW, with foliate pierced and engraved band. Gilt brass dust cover. Additional case: circa 1770, two-body, maker?s mark DA, the bezel decorated with a dark blue enamel Greek-key pattern and pie-crust borders, the back engine-turned and with a dark blue enamel monogram and further initials suspended from a ribbon, Greek-key border to match the bezel. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 30 mm., gilt brass full-plate with baluster pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement with brass escape-wheel, three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, diamond endstone, pierced, chased and engraved balance cock, silver regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement and dust cover signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

USD 9,500 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 34

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Minute-repeat? Recordon, Late Emery, London, No. 7480. Case by Louis Comptesse with London hallmarks for 1805-6. Very fine and extremely rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold ?fermée-type? pocket watch.

C. Three-body, ?baguette?, engine-turned covers with concentric circle decoration, engine turned band. D. Gold, engine-turned, gold Arabic chapters, outer minute divisions, eccentric winding hole. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 50 mm, frosted gilt, full-plate, fusee with chain, hanging barrel, cylinder escapement, escape wheel jeweled in screwed chaton, under-sprung three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, chased single footed balance cock, repeating on two opposed rectangular section steel gongs by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 24,150

LOT 35

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

James Mc Cabe, London, No. 2401. Case by John Clarke with London hallmark for 1788. Fine, 18K yellow gold pair-cased pocket watch.

C. Outer: two-body, engraved with flower, scroll and dot decoration, vacant oval cartouche. Inner: two-body, polished. Gilt brass dust cover. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals and outer dot minute track. Gold ?arrow? hands. M. 37 mm., frosted gilt full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with perpendicular stop-pin, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, silvered regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

LOT 36

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?English Duplex? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 5758. Case by James Richards with London hallmark for 1805-6. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold hunting-cased pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, polished, fixed gold cuvette, gilt dust-cap, cover with small monogram. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large subsidiary seconds. Gold "Breguet" hands. M. 41 mm., gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, duplex escapement with ruby roller, escape wheel jeweled with endstones in screwed chaton, brass three-arm balance with three timing screws, diamond endstone, chased and engraved single footed cock, flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Dial, case and movement numbered. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

LOT 37

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?English Duplex? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 5685. Case by Russell Ponifex with London hallmark for 1805-6. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold hunting-cased pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, polished, fixed gold cuvette, gilt dust-cap. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 41 mm., gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, duplex escapement with ruby roller, escape wheel jeweled with endstones in screwed chatons, polished steel three-arm balance with flat rim, diamond endstone, chased and engraved single footed cock, flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Dial, case and movement numbered. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

LOT 38

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pocket Chronometer with ?Z? balance? Thomas Earnshaw, Invenit et Fecit, No. 429 of the sort/2660. Case by Thomas Carpenter with London hallmarks for 1800. Very fine and rare, gold pair-cased pocket chronometer with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement and Earnshaw?s ?Z? compensation balance.

C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, polished. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?heart and poker? hands. M. 40 mm. secured by screws, gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, escape wheel jeweled with endstones in screwed chatons, Earnshaw?s ?Z? bimetallic compensation balance with sliding timing weights and two steel mean time screws, single-footed cock with endstone in screwed chaton, free-sprung blued steel helical balance-spring. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 65 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 39

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pocket Chronometer? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 832. Case by Thomas Walker II, with London hallmarks for 1819-20. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold hunting-cased pocket watch with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement and bimetallic balance.

C. Three-body, polished back with engraving ?AB, 1819?, fixed gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 45 mm., gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement, escape and first wheels jeweled with endstones in screwed chatons, inverted under-sprung Earnshaw-type bimetallic cut compensation balance with four brass timing screws, diamond endstone, chased and engraved single footed cock, free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

USD 9,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 40

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Sugar-Tong Pocket Chronometer? Thomas Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 6183, movement by Thomas Earnshaw. Case by James Richards with London Hallmarks for 1807-8. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold pocket chronometer with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement and patent bimetallic ?sugar-tong? compensation.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Breguet? hands. M. 42 mm., gilt brass full plate with ring-turned pillars, fusee and chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement, escape wheel with endstones in screwed chaton, large polished steel flat-rim three-arm balance with diamond endstone, flat blued steel balance spring, chased and engraved single footed balance cock, Earnshaw?s bimetallic ?sugar-tong? compensation coupled with the index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 55.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 16,000 - 23,000

USD 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 24,150

LOT 41

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pocket Chronometer? John Roger Arnold, London, No. 3022, circa 1810. Fine and very interesting silver pocket chronometer with Arnold detent and Arnold?s right-angle compensation.

C. Three-body, "Consular", polished, fixed cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 47 mm, hinged, gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, jeweled to the fourth, fusee and chain, maintaining power, Arnold spring detent escapement, plain polished three-arm steel balance, single footed cock with diamond endstone, blued steel flat balance spring, Arnold?s adjustable right-angle compensation curb and index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 42

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Rack Lever? Morris Tobias, London, No. 1017. Case by ?WM? with London hallmarks for 1813-14. Fine and rare silver pair-cased pocket watch with rack lever escapement.

C. Outer: two-body, polished. Inner, two-body, ?bassine?, polished, gilt brass dust cap. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary 15-second dial. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, jeweled to the third, fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power, three-wheel train, rack lever escapement with large brass escape wheel, steel balance with flat balance spring, diamond endstone, single-footed cock. Dial, dust cap and movement signed. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

LOT 43

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Baron's Coronet? Vulliamy, London, xmo. Made circa 1810. Very fine and rare, thin, 18K gold pocket watch with duplex escapement with ruby roller, short gold chain and ratchet key.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, engine turned, hinged front cover with eccentric aperture, circular cartouche above engraved with a Baron's coronet, hinged and sprung back cover. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, eccentric, engine turned, radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 37 mm., frosted gilt, bar calibre, 8 jewels, duplex escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring with polished steel end-stud screwed to the cock, index regulator with bimetallic compensation curb. Movement and cuvette signed, case numbered 19173. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

LOT 44

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

J & H Jump, London, No. 564. Made circa 1880. Very fine and very rare, platinum and 18K yellow gold pocket watch in the style of Breguet with short gold chain and ratchet key.

C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, engine turned, platinum band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 40 mm., frosted gilt, Lepine type calibre, 14 jewels, female winding arbor, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold peripheral timing and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed and numbered, case numbered. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

LOT 45

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To The 7th Earl Spencer ? Grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales? J & H Jump, 55 Pall Mall, London, No. 550. Made circa 1880. Very fine and very rare, small, historic, platinum and 18K yellow gold pocket watch in the style of Breguet with short gold chain and ratchet key.

C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, engine-turned, polished bezel and borders, platinum band, the inside back cover with engraved dedication. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, engine turned, eccentric chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers. Gold Breguet hands. M. 36.5 mm., frosted gilt, Lépine type calibre, 13 jewels in screwed chatons, female winding arbor, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold peripheral timing and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 41 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 22,000 - 28,000

EUR 14,000 - 18,000

USD 17,000 - 22,000

LOT 46

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pocket Chronometer? Howell, James & Co., 5, 7 & 9 Regent Street, London, No. 7560. Case by Frank Bennett with London hallmarks for 1867. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold pocket chronometer with special ?Catherine Wheel? dial and Earnshaw type spring detent escapement and duo in uno balance spring.

C. Four-body, " bassine et filets", polished and engine turned, back with monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with baton hour and minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Baton" hands. M. 19''', frosted gilt, half-plate, jeweled to the third in screwed chaton, fusee and chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, gold escape wheel with end-stones in screwed chaton, diamond endstone, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum timing screws, free-sprung blued steel duo in uno balance spring. Movement signed. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

LOT 47

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pocket Chronometer? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 07295. Case by Alfred Stram with London hallmarks for 1872-3. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold hunting-cased pocket chronometer with Earnshaw type spring detent escapement and helical balance spring.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, cover with monogram and crest. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds. Gold ?fleur de lys? hands. M. 17.5''', frosted gilt, half-plate, jeweled to the first in screwed chaton, fusee and chain, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, gold escape wheel with end-stones in screwed chaton, diamond endstone, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum timing screws and nuts, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring. Dial case and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,200 - 8,000

USD 6,200 - 9,000

LOT 48

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?One-Minute English Tourbillon? The Northern Goldsmiths Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Watchmakers To the Lords of the Admiralty, No. 2098. The case by Northern Goldsmiths, with London hallmarks for 1919. Extremely fine and important, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon regulator made by Sidney Better (type 1) with Guillaume balance. Kew Observatory Rating Marks of 90.3 achieved in 1920.

C. Five-body, ?pommes et filets?, polished, the band rising to incorporate the hand-setting button, glazed gold-rimmed cover for viewing the movement. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Type 11, 43 mm., 19''', frosted gilt half-plate, jeweled to the center, going barrel, one-minute tourbillon regulator with Sidney Better Type 1 equidistant three-arm polished steel cage and lateral polished steel bridge, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung cut bimetallic Guillaume anibal-brass balance with winged arms, peripheral timing and temperature compensation screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 45,000 - 60,000

USD 55,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 75,900

LOT 49

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Charles Frodsham, By Appointment to The Queen, 84, Strand, London, No. 08416. Case by Harrison Mill Frodsham with London hallmarks for 1894. Very fine, large, 18K gold pocket watch with free-sprung balance.

C. Four-body, ?forme collier?, polished, stepped bezel, flat band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Off-white enamel by Willis (signed on the reverse), radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 47 mm., frosted gilt, half-plate, 15 jewels in screwed chatons, lateral lever escapement, free-sprung cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with double overcoil, diamond endstone. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,025

LOT 50

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Kew ?A? 74.3? Manoah Rhodes & Sons, Ltd, Bradford, Makers to the Admiralty, No. 14994. London hallmarks for 1890. Very fine and rare, 18K gold keyless pocket watch which obtained a Kew ?A? rating with 74.3 marks. Accompanied by a copy of the Kew ?A? certificate.

C. Four-body, ?pomme et filets?, polished, stepped bezel and border, maker's mark JG. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm., frosted gilt half-plate, going barrel, 15 jewels in screwed chatons, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with double overcoil, diamond endstone, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,500 - 5,500

LOT 51

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To Mr. Kwiatkowski? Patek i Spólka W GENEWIE, No. 3196. Made for the Polish market in 1848, sold to Mr. Kwiatkowski on August 22, 1850 for 153 francs. Fine and very rare 18K gold lady?s pendant watch in a ?L.M. Lilpop, Warszawa, ul. Wierzbowa No. 3? fitted box. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets? with flat coin-edge band, spring-loaded back cover engine-turned and florally engraved. Gold hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures. D. White enamel, mounted by two screws, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 31 mm. (14???), bar caliber, frosted gilt, hanging barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed in Polish, movement punched with Patek?s trademark. Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,200

USD 2,000 - 2,700

Sold: CHF 3,910

LOT 52

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Belle Epoque? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 161868, case No. 265134. Manufactured in 1910, sold on June 19th 1913. Beautiful and extremely rare platinum, enamel and diamond half-open face ultra-thin lady's wristwatch with a platinum and yellow gold expandable bracelet composed of 7 translucent blue enamel diamond-set elements, each set with 2 rows of rose-cut diamonds. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, "guilloché", platinum bezel band covered with translucent blue enamel decoration surrounded two rows of rose cut diamonds, central integral lugs also set with diamonds, bracelet en suite, case back with engraved monogram FFM, hinged platinum cuvette. D. White enamel with painted Breguet numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 9''' ultra-thin, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with 8 adjustments, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 26 mm. Approx. overall length 165 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 32,000 - 40,000

USD 40,000 - 47,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

LOT 53

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Deck Chronometer? Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 133301, case No. 241846. Made in 1906 for the German market. Very fine silver deck and pocket lever chronometer with 36-hour power reserve indicator and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, silver hinged cuvette. D. Heavy, solid silver, bold champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer champlevé minute track, champlevé up-and-down sector at 12, champlevé subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel ?spade? hands. M. 21??, 18 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with ?winged? arms, gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum mean time ones, special alloy Breguet balance spring inner and outer terminal curves, diamond endstone, ?swan-neck? micrometric regulator, Patek, Philippe & Cie. keyless winding (Swiss patent 2680, 27 September 1890.) Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 24,000 - 28,000

EUR 16,000 - 18,000

USD 18,000 - 22,000

LOT 54

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 149166, case No. 254587, made in 1908, delivered on 13 October 1908 to Gondolo & Labouriau, Relojoeiros, Rio-de-Janeiro. Fine and rare 18K pale pink gold, keyless Chronometro Gondolo with 24-hour dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four body, "demi-bassine", engine-turned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, red chapters "6-12-18-24", outer minute track and subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 20"' gilt brass, gold wheel train, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement "a moustaches", cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with Patek Philippe pat?ented micrometric index. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 55

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Ref. 3450 Roman" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119812, case No. 2808594, Ref. 3450, third series. Made in 1985, sold on June 11th, 1985. Fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, Roman numerals for the leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silvered with applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, subsidiary date dial, apertures for the days of the week, the month, leap year and the moon phases. Yellow gold ?dauphine? hands. M. 27-460 Q, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating free-sprung flat Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 120,000

EUR 50,000 - 80,000

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 193,250

LOT 56

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"3970E Luminous Dial" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876270, case No. 2914533, Ref. 3970E. Sold on November 19, 1992. Very fine and exceptionally rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, certificate, spare solid back and setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, luminous dots, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds and the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th seconds scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27- 70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 120,000

EUR 50,000 - 80,000

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 115,000

LOT 57

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Platinum 3970? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3045812, case No. 4037631, Ref. 3970E. Produced in the late 1990's. Very fine and important, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent and screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied faceted bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Bâton" white gold hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 50,000 - 65,000

USD 60,000 - 75,000

Sold: CHF 123,050

LOT 58

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

So-called ?TV Watch? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3045003, Ref. 5020. Made circa 2000. Extremely fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, 24-hour indication, perpetual calendar, leap year indication and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, 24 hours and leap year indication, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. M.27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-cmpensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 45 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 45,000 - 60,000

USD 55,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 115,000

LOT 59

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Monsieur Ledoyen? Breguet, No. 340, sold to Monsieur Ledoyen on 13 Thermidor an 6 (August 2, 1799) for 840 francs. Fine, large, 18K gold, experimental montre de souscription pocket watch.

C. Later custom made, three-body, "forme collier", polished. D. White enamel "souscription" type, Breguet numerals and outer five-minute divisions, secret signature below XII o'clock. Blued steel souscription hand with tapered point. M. 56 mm. (23'''), gilt brass, souscription calibre with curved bridges, center standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, gilt brass three-arm balance, bimetallic compensation curb attached to the index regulator, winding from the front only. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 61 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,200 - 8,000

USD 6,200 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 10,120

LOT 60

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To Monsieur André Becker? Breguet, No. 1470, sold to Monsieur André Becker on 1 Germinal an 13 (March 22, 1805) for 864 francs. Very fine, 20K gold montre de souscription, in original morocco fitted box. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate.

C. Three-body, "forme collier", engine-turned with polished center, fluted band, made by Joly (Master mark), No. 1002. D. White enamel "souscription" type, signed on the reverse by Borel, No. 74, Breguet numerals and five-minute divisions, secret signature below XII o'clock. Blued steel souscription hand with tapered point. M. 56.9 mm. (23'''), gilt brass, "souscription" calibre, center hanging barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, gilt brass three-arm jeweled balance, pare-chute suspension and bimetallic compensation curb, four-wheel train, winding from both sides. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 61 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 20,700

LOT 61

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Baronne De Grantham? Breguet, Hor.ger De La Marine Royale, No. 4157, sold to Baronne de Grantham on June 27, 1823 for 1420 Francs. Very fine, small and rare, platinum and yellow gold Montre Simple Excentrique, pendant watch with ruby cylinder escapement, Breguet short gold chain and ratchet key.

C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", by Tavernier, engine-turned back and borders and platinum band, gold detachable cuvette. Double-link chain and double-ended ratchet key. D. Silver, eccentric, champlevé radial Roman numerals on brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, engine-turned center and outer border. Gold Breguet hands. M. 31 mm., gilt brass, hanging barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, gold three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, jeweled balance and escape wheel, pare-chute on the top balance wheel pivot, blued steel ?anchor? regulator. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 18,170

LOT 62

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To Thadée Todwen? Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3966, sold to Devolue, Meuron & Cie on January 31, 1824 for 1,254 Frs. Very fine 20K gold quarter-repeating watch.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, by Tavernier No. 3932, polished, gilt hinged cuvette. D. Silver, by Tavernier with the name THADEE TODWEN in the place of numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center, secured by a screw. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 48 mm. gilt brass, bridge caliber, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute on the top pivot, compensating curb, repeating on two short gongs by two hammers by pull-and-twist piston on the band at 2 o?clock. Signed on the cuvette, movement, dial and case punched with serial number, case stamped with the casemaker?s mark and French guarantee marks. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 24,150

LOT 63

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To Prince Sapieha-Rozanski? Breguet, No. 2798. Sold to Prince Sapda (Prince Sapieha-Rozanski) on January 28th 1814, for 800 Francs. Fine, 18K gold ?Montre de Souscription?, pocket watch with cylinder escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, polished. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals and outer minute track, secret signature below 12. Blued-steel ?Breguet? hand. M. 57 mm (25'''), frosted gilt, souscription calibre, central barrel wound from the front or back, polished steel cylinder escapement, three arm brass balance, the top pivot with pare-chute, blued steel flat balance spring, temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 5,060

LOT 64

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Lord Landerdale? Breguet, No. 1719, case No. 2502. Repetition à Ponts, sold to Lord Landerdale on October 8, 1816, for 2200 Francs. Very fine and very rare, dumb quarter-repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement and eccentric seconds. Accompanied by a Breguet ratchet key and short chain.

C. Four-body, ?Empire? by Tavernier, engine turned, polished bezel and border, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold, engine turned, polished chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with dot markers, eccentric subsidiary seconds between 3 and 4. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 48 mm., frosted gilt, souscription calibre, standing barrel, jeweled train, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement with polished steel escape wheel, three-arm brass balance, the top pivot with pare-chute, flat blued steel balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator, repeating with a single hammer on the side of the case activated by a pull-andtwist piston in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Case with Tavernier?s mark. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 27,000 - 32,000

EUR 17,000 - 21,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 41,400

LOT 65

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Sidereal and Mean Time Valet Astronomique? Breguet & Fils, No. 3144, ?Pendule Astronomique?, sold to Monsieur Ducom on November 10, 1817 for 800 Francs. Very fine and important, mahogany eight-day going weight driven high precision astronomical floor-standing regulator with center seconds and pendulum calibrated for both sidereal and mean time.

C. Rectangular, veneered, hinged glazed door with lock, heavy wooden back mounted with a heavy gilt brass bracket fixed with the pendulum suspension and two movement mounting brass brackets, ormolu bezel with palm leaf decoration. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Circular brass movement contained in a brass cylinder, full plate, the barrel with maintaining power, heavy brass weight and counterweight, fourwheel train, modified Graham dead-beat escapement with adjustable steel pallets, the escape wheel in the center of the back plate, second-beating pendulum made of two wood rods, heavy brass bob, the rod with secondary brass bob mounted between the wood rods for micrometric adjustment of both mean time and sidereal time, mean time by raising the bob, sidereal time by lowering the bob. Signed on the dial and the back plate. Dim. height 89 cm. width 53.5 cm, depth 29 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 120,000

EUR 50,000 - 80,000

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 226,250

LOT 66

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?30-Day Going? Breguet & Comp.ie, No. 10156, the ebauche by Aimé Jacob. Made circa 1860. Very fine and rare, ebonized, 30-day going center-seconds floor-standing seconds-beating regulator.

C. Ebonised, rectangular cresting above molded cornice, the trunk with glazed paneled doors and locks for the dial and pendulum bob, glazed panel between, molding down to the plinth and mounted over molded base. D. Circular, white enamel, inner radial Roman hour chapter, outer minute/seconds divisions with Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, winding aperture above 6 o'clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, 13.5 x 12 cm, brass, heavy single weight, five-wheel train, modified Graham dead-beat escapement with jeweled pallets, escape wheel set on the back plate, heavy lentiqulor cylinder pendulum bob mounted to wooden rod, suspended from a double suspension spring mounted to a heavy iron cast bracket fixed to the case, micrometric beat adjustment on the rod. Signed Breguet on the dial, the movement signed Breguet & Comp.ie. Dim. Height 210 cm, base width 50 cm, depth 30 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 120,000

EUR 50,000 - 80,000

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 72,450

LOT 67

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Breguet, No. 2678. Made in Geneva for the Islamic market, circa 1820. Very fine and rare, quarter repeating, Etablissement Mixte, 18K gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, polished bezel, engine-turned band, hinged back decorated with a pattern of concentric engine-turned circles. Gilt metal hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Islamic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel hands. M. 51 mm., frosted gilt, standing barrel, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute, index regulator with bimetallic compensation curb, repeating on square section gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Cuvette signed. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 25,000

USD 23,000 - 30,000

LOT 68

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?To Messieurs Outrequin & Jauge? Breguet et Fils, No. 3266, sold to Messieurs Outrequin & Jauge on June 22, 1819 for 1320 francs. Very fine 18K gold quarter-repeating watch.

C. Four-body, by master casemaker Joly, no. 2291, "forme quatre baguettes", polished with engine-turned band, gilt hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, secret signature below 12 o'clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 47.4 mm (21'''), gilt brass, standing barrel, entirely jeweled Breguet overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, compensation curb, pare-chute on the top pivot, anchor governor on the repeating train, repeating on short gongs by pull-and-turn piston in the pendant. Signed on dial and cuvette, case punched by Joly and French guarantee marks. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

USD 9,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 69

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Breguet, No. 2967. Made in the 1950s. Fine and elegant diamond-set platinum and diamond lady's wristwatch with integral diamond-set platinum bracelet.

C. Two-body, polished, bezel set with diamonds, integral diamond set bracelet formed from 16 diamond set links joined by ovoid links (172 diamonds). D. Matte silver with applied dart and pyramidal indexes. White gold ?Baton? hands. M. Cal. 6''', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometalic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial and case signed. Diam. 16 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm. Approx length 168 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 70

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Breguet, No. 4785. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, elegant 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Three-body, coin-edge band, straight downturned lugs. D. Guilloché silver, matte silver radial Roman chapter ring, guilloché silver central reserve, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds with Arabic ten second markers. Gold ?Breguet? hands. M. 10''', rhodium-plated, 16 jewels, monometallic balance with screws, self compensating flat balance spring. Dial and case signed, dial, case and movement numbered. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 71

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Retrograde Perpétuel? Breguet, Swiss, No. 5473/1434. Made for the Islamic market circa 1870. Very fine and extremely rare 18K gold keyless, astronomical, huntingcased pocket watch with retrograde perpetual calendar and phases of the moon.

C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Islamic numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Islamic markers, retrograde date sector with Islamic numerals set at the top, phases of the moon aperture at 12, days of the week aperure at 6, month dial at 7, subsidiary sunk seconds at 5. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 19''', frosted gilt metal, 18 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

EUR 12,000 - 14,000

USD 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 20,700

LOT 72

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Twenty Dollars 1904? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 634023, case No. 477252, Ref. 6510. Made in 1980. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch fitted into a U.S. 20 dollar gold coin dated 1904.

C. Four-body, solid, on one side the profile of Liberty 1904, on the other the American Eagle, the shield and the motto ?In God We Trust?, the hinged watch within the coin opening by a pushbutton in the coin-edge band, lapidated lugs. D. Brushed gilt with painted baton indexes. Blued steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1003, 9 1⁄2''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 4 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 4,715

LOT 73

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Twenty Dollars 1906? Semca & Co., Swiss. Made in the 1970s. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch fitted into a U.S. 20 dollar gold coin dated 1906.

C. Four-body, solid, on one side the profile of Liberty 1906, on the other the American Eagle, the shield and the motto "In God We Trust?, the hinged watch within the coin opening by a pushbutton in the coin-edge band, straight lugs. D. Matte silvered with painted baton indexes. Blued steel "bâton" hands. M. 9 1⁄2''', rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, escape wheel with shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 4 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,000

USD 2,000 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 74

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Twenty Dollars 1904? Cart, Paul Buhre, Swiss. Made in the 1970s. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch fitted into a U.S. 20 dollar gold coin dated 1904.

C. Four-body, solid, on one side the profile of Liberty 1904, on the other the American Eagle, the shield and the motto "In God We Trust?, the hinged watch within the coin opening by a push button in the coin-edge band, lapidated lugs. D. Brushed gilt with painted radial Roman numerals. Black "bâton" hands. M. 9''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring, escape wheel with shock absorber. Dial signed Cart, movement signed Paul Buhre. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 4 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

LOT 75

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Twenty Dollars 1898? Certina, Swiss, No. 4219. Made circa 1980. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch fitted into a U.S. 20 dollar gold coin dated 1898.

C. Four-body, solid, on one side the profile of Liberty 1898, on the other the American Eagle, the shield and the motto "In God We Trust,? the hinged watch within the coin opening by a push button in the coin-edge band, lapidated lugs. D. Brushed gilt with painted baton indexes and Arabic 12. Black painted gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 20-10, 9''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring, escape wheel shock absorber. Movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 4.5 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,000

USD 2,000 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 3,163

LOT 76

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Lange 1? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, ?Lange 1?, No. 3141. Made circa 2000. Very fine, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, powerreserve and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push button on the band for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver, off-center hour dial with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3, oversized aperture for the date at 1. White gold ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 901.1, maillechort, 53 jewels, several in screw-mounted gold châtons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 22,425

LOT 77

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Master Control Géographique" Jaeger LeCoultre, "Master Control Géographique", No. 0453, Ref. 142.2.92. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, world time, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with two crowns, date and 40-hour power reserve with an 18K yellow gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by box & certificate.

C. Two-body, polished, hinged back with screws, inclined bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone matte silver, applied gold dart indexes, subsidiary dial for the second time zone in 12 hours and aperture for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, for the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication, aperture showing the outer revolving disc on the 12 bearing the names of 24 places in the world. The crown on the 3 is for setting the time of the main time zone and for winding and time-setting of the watch, the other crown on the 10 is for selecting the second town on the revolving outer disc and to select automatically the second time zone. Gold ?Dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 36 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,200 - 6,500

USD 6,200 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 78

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or", No. 25 Au.y. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and important, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one minute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and an 18K yellow gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Gold radial Roman chapter ring. Blued steel "spade? hands. M. Rhodium-plated, "guilloché", "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 3 polished pink gold bridges, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam.36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 55,000 - 65,000

EUR 36,000 - 42,000

USD 43,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 55,200

LOT 79

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Wu Shang Porcelain Dial, Ruby Indexes? ?Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1847673, Ref. 3923 S. Made in 1998 in a limited edition of 20 examples to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wu Shang and Patek Philippe collaboration. Very fine, elegant and flat, 18K pink gold and ruby gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, dedicated transparent case back, stepped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Pale pink enamel with applied ruby-set indexes, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 17,825

LOT 80

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Pink Ref. 3796 Porcelain Dial, Ruby Indexes? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 1850649, case No. 2985465, Ref. 3796. Made circa 1998. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with porcelain dial and ruby indexes and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Pale pink enamel with ruby-set indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free- sprung flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 11,000 - 14,000

EUR 7,000 - 9,000

USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 81

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Chronographe Automatique" Breguet, Horloger de la Marine, "Chronographe Automatique", Ref. 2162D. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, Platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date, 12-hour registers, and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, ridged band, platinum screwed bars, protected windingcrown, sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silvered with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th second scale, aperture for the date. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 576, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold guilloche rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 82

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

"Gouverneur" Piaget, "Gouverneur Perpetual Automatic", No. 490199. Made in the 1990s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Piaget buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with four screws, stepped bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes and an Arabic "12", subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 15071 P, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, offcenter rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,500

USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 83

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 67336, case No. 11652. Made in the 1950s. Very fine, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2''', rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 4 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 9.5 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

EUR 2,300 - 2,600

USD 2,700 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,140

LOT 84

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Yellow Ref. 2568? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 746132, case No. 515929, Ref. 2568-1. Made circa 1958. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, faceted lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 10-200, rhodium-plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, shock absorber, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,600 - 3,200

USD 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 5,520

LOT 85

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Monochrome Yellow? Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 45602. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with oval button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers and tachometer.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs. D. Champagne with applied gold Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 22,000 - 30,000

EUR 14,000 - 20,000

USD 17,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 86

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Sold: CHF 29,900

LOT 87

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Golay, Swiss, ?Marine?, No. CM2N77089, Circa 1970. Fine mahogany electronic chronometer with center-seconds.

C. Double-body mahogany deck watch type box. D. White painted with upright Arabic numerals and outer seconds ring. Blued steel ?Baton? hands. Brushed gilt brass dial plate. M. Electronic. Signed on the dial and the case. Dim. 19 x 14 x 9 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 2,700

LOT 88

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 720462, Series E 1200, circa 1970. Very fine ?Naviquartz?, electronic chronometer with center-seconds.

C. Two-body, rectangular with black-painted back and brass bezel, easel on the back. D. Offwhite with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, black Breguet hands. M. Electronic Patek Philippe movement. Signed on the dial, the back and the movement. Dim. 20 x 14 x 6 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

LOT 89

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Norris, Liverpool, No. 155. Made circa 1840. Fine, mahogany and brass, two-day marine chronometer with ?Z? balance and the original ratchet key.

C. Three-tier, the top lid opening for the glazed viewing port, brass fittings and gimbals, screwed-down bezel. D. Silvered with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds and power reserve dials. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 64 mm, gilt brass, full-plate, ring-turned cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Harrison's maintaining power, wheels with five crossings, Earnshaw's chronometer escapement with spring footed detent with jeweled locking stone, the escapement jewelled, bimetallic ?Z? balance with cylindrical compensation weights and peripheral temperature and timing adjustment screws, free-sprung white metal helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Dial signed. Dim. 17.5 x 16 x 16 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,220

LOT 90

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Thomas Mercer, Ltd. St. Albans, England, No. 19851. Made in 1952. Fine mahogany two-day marine chronometer with Volet balance.

C. Brass bowl with threaded glazed bezel gimballed in two-body mahogany box with glazed panel in the top under a hinged lid with a catch, gimbal ring locked by a swiveling arm, two-body mahogany outer carrying box. D. Silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock, power reserve indicator at 12 o'clock. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 82 mm., gilt brass full plate with recess for the mainspring barrel, circular pillars secured by screws, fusee and chain, 13 jewels, detachable Earnshaw spring-detent escapement, bimetallic ovalizing Volet compensation balance with freesprung white metal helical balance spring with terminal curves, four cylindrical temperature adjustment weights, two mean time adjustment nuts, jeweled to the third wheel. Dial and movement signed, case with a plate engraved ?supplied by C.L. Malmsjö Södra Hamngatan, Goteborg?. Height 16 cm., width and depth 18 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 91

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

Glasshütter Uhrenbetriebe Glasshütte/Sa. (GUB), No. 4114. Made circa 1970. Fine mahogany two-day circuit-break marine chronometer with Guillaume's integral balance.

C. Two-body, with brass handles, glazed upper section, brass bowl and gimbaled suspension. D. Matte silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and power reserve. Polished brass "spade" hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, 11 jewels, reversed fusee with steel line and maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement with jeweled locking stone, two-arm Guillaume anibal-brass integral balance with cylindrical weights and two mean time adjusting nuts, free-sprung helical balance spring with terminal curves, third wheel equipped with additional 60-tooth break-circuit wheel. Signed on dial, movement and box, the balance stamped RGG. Dim. 18 x 18 x 18 cm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 2,700

Sold: CHF 2,760

LOT 92

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Conical-Motion Pendulum? Fratelli Geiser in Milano. Made circa 1815. Very fine and extremely rare, two-tune musical, gilt bronze and gilt-wood eight-day going mantel clock with one second oscillation conical-motion pendulum.

C. Gilt bronze, sloping sides with pyramidal top, leaf, flower and female mask mounts and the faces of the sun and the moon flanking the dial, cornice with stylized leaf mounts, the whole raised on four tapered fluted pillars with palm-leaf capitals and bases, stepped plinths with bacchic cherub mounts, oval gilt wood base containing the musical movement, raised on bun feet. D. White enamel with ?dauphine? Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued steel ?oval? hands. M. 112 mm., circular, gilt-brass, going barrel, contrate wheel geared to an inverted ?T? shaped pallet acting against the upper end of the pendulum rod, underslung brass cage supporting a dual-axis knife-edge suspension on a steel ring. Musical movement: 28 x 8 cm., brass bed numbered 2961, pinned brass cylinder and 96 tuned steel teeth on 24 four-tooth combs playing two tunes at will, brass fly, levers for start/stop, tune selection and end of tune stop. Dial signed. Dim. 67 x 45 x 21 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

LOT 93

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Detached Visible Balance? Raingo Freres A Paris, also signed Savory et Fils A Paris, No. 946. Made circa 1860. Very fine and very rare, Renaissance style gilt bronze eight-day going, half-hour striking mantel clock with deadseconds and deadbeat escapement with detached visible balance.

C. Matted and burnished gilt bronze in the Renaissance style, seated winged putto above two foliate scrolls, the balance mounted between, double cornice supported by four twisted columns, the front columns flanked by seated winged putti, one holding a book of music, the other holding a mandolin, stepped base, the whole cast with leaves, scrolls and portrait roundels. D. Square white enamel, eccentric chapter ring, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, concentric subsidiary seconds at 12. Blued steel ?moon? hands. M. 112 x 112 mm., gilt brass plates with canted corners, four polished steel cylindrical pillars secured by screws, spring barrels for the striking and going trains, brass deadbeat escapement with micrometric adjustment screw, steel pallets, the escapement pinion mounted with a vertical steel rod passing through the top of the case and terminating in a fork and impulse pin, detached monometallic three-arm balance with peripheral steel adjustment screws, steel roller with locking pin, steel helical balance spring, countwheel striking on a bell. Dial and movement signed, movement and case numbered 946. Dim. 52.5 x 24.5 x 14 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 26,000

USD 23,000 - 30,000

LOT 94

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Patek Philippe for Rolex Master Clock? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 663171, model: EbK 24R. Made for Rolex, circa 1970. Fine, large, mottled green painted 110/220 volt / 0.12/0.06 Amp. Electric master wall clock with dead center seconds.

C. Two-body, rectangular, mottled green painted, hinged door with lock and circular dial aperture with chrome plated bezel, applied gilt metal Rolex signature and crown logo, the base with eight screwed terminals for the connections, wall fixing brackets. D. Matte black with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer seconds track with Arabic five seconds numerals. White painted ?baton? hands. M. 67 mm., nickel, three-wheel train, dead-beat escapement, driven from the electric mechanism housed in the case, the silvered plate with fuse casings for DC, Minutes and Seconds, buttons for setting the master time + 1/100, + 1/10, + Sec, Stop, Decal. Min., frequency adjustment aperture, knob for correcting the slaves. Dial signed Rolex, casing signed Rolex and with Patek Philippe signature plaques, movement signed Patek Philippe. Dim. 34.5 x 25 x 15 cm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 95

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Time To The Second? Rolex, Geneva, ?Time to the Second?, No. 1039. Made circa 1960. Fine, painted and gilt brass shop display timepiece with stop feature, in the original Rolex wooden fitted box.

C. Flared cylindrical form set at an angle, painted in mottled green soft enamel, brass base, applied gilt brass letters for ?Rolex? and ?Time to the Second?, hinged panel at the base to access the movement. D. Brushed silvered with applied gilt faceted indexes and Roman quarter-hour numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gilt ?dauphine? hands. M. Rhodium-plated, battery-powered, 16 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, stop lever protruding at 6 o'clock. Dial, case, movement and box signed. Dim. 15 x 13 (base) x 10 cm. high.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 96

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

So-called "Jumbo Prince" Rolex Chronometer, "Prince Brancard", Ref. 1690 UF. Produced in the 1930s. Extremely rare and very fine, elongated curved and flared rectangular yellow and white gold gentleman's Art Deco wristwatch.

C. Two-body, polished white gold body and back, yellow gold stepped sides and flared lugs, domed crystal. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic 12 and bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "scotties" hands. M. Cal. 1070 ?Extra Prima?, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, 6 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 48 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 24,150

LOT 97

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

So-called ?Tiger Stripe? Rolex, "Prince Brancard", Ref. 971. Case with Glasgow import marks for 1929. Fine and rare, flared and curved rectangular, white and yellow 18K gold gentleman's Art Deco wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped sides, flared lugs. D. Twotone silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 7 1/2''', "Observatory quality?, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance timed in six positions, Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 X 42 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,500 - 10,000

USD 10,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 98

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Aerodynamic? Rolex "Prince, Officially Certified Chronometer? Super Précision, Aerodynamic", Ref. 3361. Launched at the 1939 Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich. Produced in the 1940s. Very fine and rare rectangular curved, asymmetrical, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, shaped, solid, polished, bearing a blank cartouche on the front. D. Silvered with applied gold triangular and square indexes. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. 7 1/2''', rhodiumplated, 18 jewels, lateral lever escapement, patented superbalance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 19 x 46 mm. Thickness 9.3 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,000 - 8,000

USD 7,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 14,375

LOT 99

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Yellow Ref. 6263 Cosmograph? Rolex, Oyster, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Ref. 6263, with black anti-reflective bezel. Made in 1985. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer bezel and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster riveted bracelet. Original guarantee (now void). Accompanied by original garantie

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. D. Bi-color gold and black with applied gold bâton indexes and tritium-coated dots, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 727, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

LOT 100

Important Watches, Pocket Watches and... Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

?Egyptian Dial? Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer, Ref. 6062. Production of this reference started in 1950. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Jubilé bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed down case back (key slightly damaged) and crown. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal and dart indexes with tritium dots, subsidiary seconds, outer graduation for the days of the month in blue Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Tritium coated yellow gold ?dauphine? hands. M. 9 3/4''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 50,000 - 65,000

USD 62,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 120,750