250 lots

LOT 101

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

?Cosmograph? Rolex, ?Oyster Cosmograph", Ref. 6238. Made in 1967. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel to 300 units per hour. D. Two-tone satiné silver and black with applied steel bâton indexes, outer tritium coated dots, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium coated steel "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 13 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

LOT 102

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

?Pointed Crown Guard? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Submariner, 660 ft. / 200 m." Ref. 5513. Made in 1970. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times. "Twinlock" winding-crown protected by the "crown guard". D. Black with applied tritium-coated round, triangular and baton indexes. Tritium-coated "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1530, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 5,175

LOT 103

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

So-called "Thunderbird" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Datejust", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1625. Made in 1960. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown, revolving bi-directional reeded and graduated 18K yellow gold bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Black with applied yellow gold dart indexes and tritium dots, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 1560, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperature and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 104

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

?Ivory Dial? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Explorer II", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 16550. Made in 1986. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with 24-hour bezel and hand, independently adjustable 12-hour hand and a stainless steel "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bezel in 24 hours, "Twinlock" winding crown protected by the "Crown Guard", sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Off-white with applied tritium coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium coated "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3085, rhodium plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000

USD 8,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 10,925

LOT 105

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?Nizam of Hyderabad? - Watch with 7 Complications Attributed to Henri Grandjean & Cie, (Le Lode), Swiss, No. 1011. Made for Marcks & Co. Ltd, Bombay & Poona, circa 1900, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 ?1911). Exceptionally fine, important and magnificent, astronomic minute-repeating heavy 18K yellow gold and pavé diamond-set (approx 75 cts) hunting-cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph and moon phases. Accompanied by the magnificent original Marcks & Co. Ltd. 20K yellow gold chain set with seventy-nine old European and old mine-cut diamonds, the largest weighing approx. 14.50 ct., total weight approx. 80 ct. The watch case and chain have a total of 1269 round diamonds, having a total weight of approx 155 ct.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, the band, pendant, bow, crown and covers entirely set with old European, old mine-cut and and rose-cut diamonds (approx. 1150 diamonds), each cover set with a larger central diamond. Hinged gold cuvette and gold-rimmed glazed cover to view the movement. D. Gold, frosted silvered gold with red champlevé enamel radial Roman numerals intersected by rose-cut diamond set flowerheads (40 diamonds), outer minute track with concentric fifths of a second track, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, date, day of the week, months and leap-year, aperture for the moon phases. Black steel ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm., 20???, frosted gilt, 36 jewels, calibrated and counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing and temperature adjustment screws, white metal Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band, chronograph button in the band. Dial, case, movement and chain signed by Marcks & Co. Diam. 58 mm.

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Sold: CHF 1,271,250

LOT 106

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"Diamond-Set" H & E, probably Geneva, No. 7295. Made for the Oriental market, circa 1910. Extremely fine and rare, minute-repeating platinum, yellow gold and diamond set hunting cased lady?s pendant watch.

C. Four-body, both covers and the band pave set with 451 diamonds, yellow gold hinges, crown and bow. Hinged platinum cuvette. D. Matte silver with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 12''', frosted gilt, 25 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Cuvette punched H&E, case and front-plate of movement numbered. Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 35,000 - 50,000

EUR 23,000 - 32,000

USD 27,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 43,700

LOT 107

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?Diamond & Ruby Bouquet? Henry Grandjean & Cie. (Le Locle), Swiss, made for Marcks & Co. Ltd., Bombay & Poona, No. 1007. Made in Switzerland for the Indian Market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, Grande and Petite Sonnerie, heavy 18K gold, diamond, ruby, pearl and enamel keyless doublebarrel clockwatch with minute-repeat and chronograph, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 ?1911).

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, the band, pendant and bow chased and engraved with oval and stylized leaf decoration, the front and back covers set with diamonds and rubies in an Indian geometric pattern on a dark green guilloché enamel ground, pearl-set borders. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric seconds track with fifth of a second divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 17???, frosted gilt, threequarter plate, two-train with tandem winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, white metal Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the quarters and repeating on gongs via a trip-slide in the band, strike/silent, quarters only/full strike and hand setting levers in the bezel, chronograph button in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 65,000 - 100,000

USD 80,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 115,000

LOT 108

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?The Hunt? Watch with 13 Complications Gideon & Co., Locle, Swiss, No. 86825, the movement attributable to Henry Grandjean & Cie., (Le Locle). Made for the Indian market, circa 1900, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 ?1911). Very fine, important and rare, astronomic, grande and petite sonnerie, minute repeating, heavy 18K yellow gold, painted on enamel and rose-cut diamond-set eight day going twotrain keyless clockwatch with triple date, chronograph, central progressive minute recording hand, moon phases and lunar calendar.

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, the band, bow, and borders chased and engraved with stylized leaves and geometric patterns, hinged and sprung front cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene of a lady and gentleman on horseback jumping a rose diamond-set fence on a frosted gold ground, the back cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel trophy composed of a pair of crossed riding crops, bridle, stirrups and a jockey?s cap amongst oak leaves on a frosted gold ground. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track, Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary dials for seconds, date, days of the week and months, moon phase aperture with lunar age sector. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 45 mm., 20???, frosted gilt, 39 jewels, two trains with tandem winding, visible chronograph mechanism activated by a button in the band, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on gongs, the repeating via a trip-slide in the band. Cuvette signed by Gideon & Co. Case stamped JL within an oval. Diam. 62 mm.

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CHF 0 - 0

EUR 0 - 0

USD 0 - 0

Sold: CHF 237,250

LOT 109

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?Portrait of Nawab Bahadur Khanji? J & Co., Swiss, No. 35404, enamel painting signed by Amédée Champod. Made circa 1890. Very fine 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set, hunting-cased, keyless two-train, grande and petite sonnerie quarter-repeating clockwatch, made on special order for Nawab Bahadur Khanji.

C. Four-body, solid, 'bassine et filets', the back cover with a finely painted on enamel portrait of Nawab Bahadur Khanji, signed 'A.C.', (the monogram of Amédée Champod), the front with the rose diamond-set monogram 'HB', the band and bezels engraved with a repeated pattern, the gold hinged cuvette enamelled with a second portrait, a glazed gold bezel below the cuvette to view the movement. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 18''', nickel, 'fausses côtes' decoration, 31 jewels, tandem winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, silence/striking lever at 12 o'clock, lever for changing from grande to petite sonnerie at 6 o'clock. Case stamped J & Co. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 26,000

USD 23,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 110

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?Knights in Armor? Maurice Ditisheim, La Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 2828. Made circa 1895. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 18K pale pink gold pocket watch with automaton Jacks.

C. Four-body, "bassine", engine-turned covers, polished band. Gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel to view the movement. D. Small off-white enamel, radial Roman numerals separated by gold paillons, outer gold paillon minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, flanked by two knights appearing to repeat the hours and quarters on bells, the whole on a translucent Imperial blue guilloché enamel ground. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 44 mm (20???), frosted gilt, 19 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance-spring, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Case stamped with maker?s trademark registered on April 4, 1892. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 111

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?Perpétuelle Indépendante? B. Haas Jne & Cie, Genève - Paris, No. 014135, made for the Indian Market, circa 1890. Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased, double-dial, moon phases astronomical watch with calendar called by the maker ?Perpétuelle Indépendante?

C. Three-body, solid, ?bassine et filets?, the spring -oaded covers chased with foliate decoration. D. White enamel on the front with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and five-minute Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds, large inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel ?spade? hands. White enamel on the rear face with black Arabic chapter on the border for the date, small black subsidiary inner chapter rings for days of the week and another for months. M. 44.7 mm. (20???), nickel, ?fausses côtes? decoration, gold wheel train,18 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the calendar dial, case stamped with maker?s mark. Diam. 53.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 11,500

LOT 112

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?The Polo Players? Swiss, No. 10384. Made for M.J. Pack, Bombay & Paris, for the Indian market, circa 1900. Fine, minute repeating, astronomic, 18K frosted gold, painted on enamel and rose diamond-set hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with triple date, moon phases, chronograph and a fine 18K gold fancy-link chain.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, frosted, the front cover with a fine painted on enamel portrait of a polo player within a horse-shoe set with eight rose-cut diamonds, the back cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene of two polo players on their horses, rose diamond ?ball?, engraved leaves and fence below set with eight rose-cut diamonds. Hinged gold cuvette inscribed with the technical details. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track calibrated to 300, subsidiary seconds, day of the week and date dials, apertures for the months and moon phases. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. With glazed gold-rimmed cover, 18''', frosted gilt, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulation, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Cuvette signed. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 15,525

LOT 113

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"Khoorsheed Jah" Thomas Gammage & Son, 1 St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, No. 3617. Made for Marcks and Co. Ltd., Bombay and Poona, with London hallmarks for 1881. Fine, large, and impressive 18K gold hunting-cased, keyless pocket chronometer with the enamel portrait of the owner, signed John Gillet.

C. Four-body, massive, "bassine et filets ", polished, by Alfred Thickbroom (Master mark), the cover engraved with the coat of arms of Thaig Jung Shums-Ul-Oomrao. Amir-I-Kubir, with the motto: "Khoorsheed Jah", the painted polychrome enamel portrait on the inner side. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Translucent dark green guilloché enamel with gilt radial Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold "fleur-de-lys" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold poising and timing screws, free sprung helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Signed on the back plate by the maker and on the dial by the Indian retailer. Diam. 61 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

LOT 114

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?Grand and Petite Sonnerie? Hry. Grandjean & Co, (Le Locle), Swiss, No. 37540. Engraved by Ferrero, Geneva. Made for C. Marcks & Co. Ltd, Bombay and Poona, circa 1890. Extremely fine and rare, grande and petite sonnerie, minute repeating, heavy 18K gold hunting-cased two-train clockwatch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", fully engraved with stylized foliage and geometric patterns. Gold hinged cuvette partially engraved with flowers and foliage over a glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. D. Frosted and engraved silver with radial Roman numerals on raised cartouches, dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds, finely chased and engraved applied gold foliate border and center. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 44 mm. (20'''), gilt brass, 31 jewels, two-train, tandem winding, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing and temperature adjustment screws, white metal Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating and striking on gongs, the repeating via a trip slide in the band, strike/silent and quarters/full strike selection levers in the bezel. Signed on dial and movement by the retailer, Grandjean and Ferrero Trademarks on the case. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

USD 40,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 78,200

LOT 115

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Swiss, cased in England, made for the Indian Market, with London hallmarks for 1886. Fine and extemely rare 18K gold, hunting cased, keyless minute repeating digital watch with chronograph.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, by Louis Weill (Master mark). Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with gold cast foliage decoration, eccentric chronograph ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and apertures for digital display of hours and minutes. M. 18"', gilt brass three-quarter plate with going barrel, English lateral lever escapement with pointed tooth escape wheel, cut bimetallic balance with ruby endstone, blued-steel balance spring with terminal curve. Minute repeating on gongs with slide in the band, chronograph with pushpiece in the band. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 16,675

LOT 116

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Mappin & Webb, London, W., No. 2075. Case by Frederick Thoms with London hallmarks for 1893. Very fine, minute repeating 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, engineturned, polished band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, by Willis, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 43 mm., 19???, Gilt three-quarter plate with spotted decoration, 21 jewels in screwed gold chatons, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Movement signed. Diam. 53.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 6,325

LOT 117

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?Minute Repeat? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 05406. Case by Alfred Stram with London Hallmarks for 1872-3. Very fine and rare, small 18K yellow gold half huntingcased minute repeating pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Five-body, "bassine", engine-turned, cover with aperture and enameled Roman chapters, reeded band. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 16''', frosted gilt, half-plate, jeweled to the third in screwed chaton, fusee and chain, duplex escapement with ruby roller, gold escape wheel with endstones in screwed chatons, diamond endstone, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum timing screws, blued steel flat balance spring, repeating on gongs via slide in the band. Dial case and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,000 - 8,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

LOT 118

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James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 9879. Case by Thomas Warren, with London hallmarks for 1820. Fine, 18K gold hunting-cased pocket watch with duplex escapement.

C. Four-body, engine-turned with flower and leaf cast and chased borders, pendant and bow, reeded band. Gilt metal dust cover. D. Gold, frosted chapter ring with applied polished radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds, wavy-line engine-turned center. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 40 mm., frosted gilt, full-plate, ring-turned pillars, fusee with chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, duplex escapement, uncut gold three-arm balance with three peripheral screws, blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Movement and dust cover signed, case numbered. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

LOT 119

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?Westminster Chimes Carillon Minute Repeating? Attributable to Eduard JeanRichard, Le Locle, No. 3688. Made on special order for an Oriental client, circa 1920. Very fine and very rare 18K gold and painted on enamel hunting-cased keyless minute-repeating carillon watch with Westminster chimes.

C. Four-body, "bassine" polished, the inside of the front cover enamelled with a very finely painted on enamel portrait of a young lady, the back cover engraved with a coat of arms, motto and date. Gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with ?dauphine? Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm. (20'''), gilt brass, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on four gongs with four hammers activated by a slide in the band. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 24,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 120

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?Two-Tone Dial? Omega, ?Chronomètre?, No. 10646653, case No. 10765273. Made circa 1950. Very fine, 14K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with goldplated Omega buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, tapered lugs. D. Two-tone brushed silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic quarter hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold ?feuille? hands. M. 13???, Cal. 30-T2-R, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulation. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 121

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?Curled Lugs? Omega, No.11058877, case No. 10779157, Ref. 14159. Made circa 1960. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with indirect center seconds, fancy lugs and a gold plated Omega buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, curled lugs. D. Satine silvered with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer minutes and seconds track. Yellow gold ?dauphine? hands. M. 13''', Cal. 30 T2 SC PC, copper colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, incabloc shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 5,060

LOT 122

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

?Two-Tone Dial? Omega, ?Automatic?, No. 11875803, case No. 10903873, Ref. 2584. Made circa 1955. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with a gold plated Omega buckle.

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back, concave lugs. D. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes and Roman quarter-hour numerals on an engine turned chapter, inner minutes and seconds track. Yellow gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 351, copper colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, buffered rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 3,450

LOT 123

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

?The Galleon? Eska Watch Co., Swiss. Made circa 1955. Fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with cloisonné enamel dial and center seconds.

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Polychrome cloisonné enamel on gold depicting a galleon at sea, applied gold dot hour markers and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gold ?dauphine? hands. M. 11???, copper-colored, within a metal ring, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, buffered rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 124

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

?Minute Repeat? Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 1, Ref. G. 4103 K. Produced in the 1990s. Exceptional and unique, octagonal, minute-repeating, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum, diamond and yellow sapphire gentleman?s wristwatch with a strap decorated with 6 hexagonal platinum bars, 2 set with diamonds and 4 with yellow sapphires, and a Gerald Genta platinum deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and sand finished, stepped bezel set with baguette yellow sapphires, transparent case back with 8 nuts, central hexagonal lugs set with baguette diamonds, sapphire crystals. D. Channel-set with baguette diamonds and yellow sapphires, luminous dots. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 375, hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, skeletonized and GG-stylised hand-engraved rotor, repeating on gongs by depressing the crown at 9. Case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 65,000 - 100,000

USD 80,000 - 120,000

Sold: CHF 138,000

LOT 125

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

So-called ?Tegolino? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1101517, case No. 697464, Ref. 2292/1. Made in 1960. Very fine and extremely rare, rectangular "bombé", platinum lady's wristwatch with diamond-set dial and a Patek Philippe woven platinum bracelet by Gay Frères.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, faceted sides, two-facet crystal. D. Matte silver with applied diamond indexes. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 7'''-70, oval, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 13 x 32 mm. Thickness: 7 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 126

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

?Pagoda? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Pagoda, No. 1853119, case, No. 4014476, Ref. 5500R, made in 1997. Very fine and rare, rectangular, "bombé", "Pagoda" shaped, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and bulletin de marche.

C. Flared, massive, polished, concave sides. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 215, Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 41 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 28,000 - 32,000

EUR 18,000 - 21,000

USD 21,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

LOT 127

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

"Calatrava" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 1814420, case No. 2849867, Ref. 3796. Sold on October 28, 1988. Very fine 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Massive, polished, satiné. D. Matte silver with applied gold ?baton? indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 215 Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorbers, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 128

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

So-called ?TV? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 764320, case No. 699820, Ref. 2540. Retailed by Serpico y Laino, Caracas (Venezuela), circa 1955. Very fine and rare ?carré galbé?, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, triangular lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 12'''-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 31 x 31 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

USD 9,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

LOT 129

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

?Carré Extra-Plat? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 855696, case No. 689874, Ref. 2562. Produced circa 1955. Very fine and unusual, thin, square, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel and lugs, flat top crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes. Yellow gold "Baton" hands. M. Cal. 8 '''-85, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 28 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 5,980

LOT 130

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

?Yi Ki-bung? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 746102, case No. 692785, Ref. 2484. Made in 1956, sold on March 2nd, 1956. Sold by Patek Philippe?s South Korean agent and gifted to Yi Ki-bung, Vice president of South Korea. Very fine, extremely rare, and historically important, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with diamond-set dial and platinum brick link bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped and curved lugs. D. Matte silver set with 9 round and 3 baguette diamond indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 10-200, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 85,000 - 110,000

EUR 55,000 - 70,000

USD 65,000 - 85,000

LOT 131

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

?Architectural View? H(enri) R(edart) & Co., Geneva, No. 8465. Made circa 1845. Fine and rare, 18K gold slim pocket watch with taille-douce engraving.

C. Four-body, ?bassine pincée? with coin-edge band, chased and engraved bezels, bow and pendant, the back engraved in taille douce, depicting people strolling in front of a building with a Doric colonnade, gold hinged cuvette. D. Silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, central ground engine-turned with a view of a church. Gold Breguet hands. M. 39 mm (17'''), frosted gilt, 8 jewels, bridge caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring. Diam. 44 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 2,700

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 132

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

?Saint Peter?s Basilica? Courvoisier & Comp, La Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 1840. Made for the Italian market circa 1840. Fine 18K gold, double-train independent dead-seconds pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine? with coin-edge band, chased and engraved bezels, the back engraved with a view of St. Peter?s Basilica and the Vatican in Rome, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 41 mm (18'''), frosted gilt, double train, 24 jewels, bridge caliber, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring and pare-chute on the top pivot, temperature compensation curb, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,000 - 1,600

USD 1,200 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,265

LOT 133

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

?Prince Louis de Montholon? Piaget, Neuchâtel area, No. 23475. Made circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, the back engine-turned in radial pattern with small monogram "MS" surmounted by a crown, engine turned band, polished bezel. Gilt metal hinged cuvette with aperture for the cock. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals on polished ring, outer minute divisions, engine turned center. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 43 mm, (19???), frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, single-footed jeweled cock terminated with polished steel star, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 134

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

?The Pearl Star? Moricand & Compagnie, Geneva, circa 1785. Fine and elegant, 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set pocket watch.

C. Double-body, "Directoire", split pearl-set bezels, the blue guilloché enameled back panel centered with a split pearl-inlaid rosette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic quarter hour numerals. Elaborate gold pierced hands. M. 43.6 mm., hinged gilt brass, Hessen flat caliber with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 135

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

?Keyless Cover Winding? B. Haas Jeune, Genève-Paris, No. 15795. Made circa 1885. Very fine 18K gold, hunting-cased lever chronometre pocket watch with ?remontoire perpétuel à décrochement? keyless cover winding. Accompanied by copies of the original patents.

C Four-body, ?bassine?, front cover engraved with a monogram, the back with a trophy of happy marriage. Gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute gilt painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 40 mm (18'''), maillechort, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, stamped twice with Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, calibrated and counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, patented winding mechanism by closing the cover which transmits the power via two levers to a ratchet wheel on the barrel arbour, a safety device disengaging the mechanism when fully wound, going train with an additional wheel driving a steel wheel fixed to the center wheel having half the diameter of the driving one, second motion train driven from the canon pinion and advanced directly by pushing the teeth of the minute wheel. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

EUR 8,000 - 9,000

USD 9,000 - 11,000

LOT 136

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

Humbert-Ramuz, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 541, circa 1880. Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with ?remontoire perpétuel à décrochement? keyless cover winding.

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned covers, polished band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute gold paillon dot divisions with five-minute blue Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 35 mm, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, patented winding mechanism by closing the cover. Signed on dial and movement, same number on the case and movement. Diam. 45 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

LOT 137

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

?V & A? Swiss, No. 6288. Made circa 1900. Fine, double-dialled 18K pink gold and champleve enamel hunting cased keyless pocket watch with day and date indications.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished, hinged and sprung front cover with red and blue champleve guilloche enamel monogram ?V & A?, back cover opening to reveal the calendar. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Calendar dial: white enamel, annular, outer date ring and inner ring for the days of the week. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 19???, nickel, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, 2 in scrued gold châtons, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance, index regulator, the calendar star-wheels geared to the centre-wheel. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 138

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

Adolf Lange, Dresden, No. 7763, circa 1872. Fine and rare, hunting-cased, heavy 18K gold keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, massive, heavy, "bassine et filets", coin-edge band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 18 1/2"', frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 18 jewels, gold straight line lever escapement, diamond endstone, Glashütte cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel balance-spring with terminal curve. Signed on the movement and on the dial by the retailer. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 139

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

?Spring Bouquet? Julius Assmann, Dresden, No. 4005. Made the for South American market, circa 1880. Very fine, 18K gold and enamel, half hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, chased shell and flower band and borders, the back cover chased and engraved with leaves, flowers and geometric patterns, similarly decorated hinged and sprung front cover with Royal blue guilloché enamel chapter ring with white radial Roman numerals. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, radial gothic Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, center and outermost border decorated with applied gold floral motifs. M. 18''', maillechort, threequarter plate, 20 jewels in gold chatons, straight line Glashütte type lever escapement with gold pallet fork and escape wheel, cut Glashütte bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance-spring, diamond endstone, index regulator. Cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 6,325

LOT 140

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

?Chronomètre? Swiss, Chronomètre, No. 106507, circa 1910. Fine 18K gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement and helical balance spring.

C. Four-body, massive, "bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 19"', frosted gilt, 3/4 plate, 13 jewels, 4 in chatons, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, swan neck micrometer regulator. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,700

LOT 141

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

?Carillon Minute Repeating ? Three Hammers? Henry Capt, Genève, L. Gallopin & Cie, Sucrs. No. 41787. Made circa 1890. Very fine and very rare carillon minute-repeating, 18K gold, astronomical huntingcased keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phase and lunar calendar.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, with engraved initials within a cenrtral cartouche. Gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, four subsidiary dials for days of the week, date, months concentric with leap-year cycle and small seconds, aperture at 12 o'clock for phases of the moon with a scale for the moon?s age. Black steel "spade" hands. M. 18```, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line counterpoised and calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, carillon repeating with three hammers on three gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

LOT 142

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

?Minute Repeating? Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 12803. Made circa 1870. Very fine, minute-repeating 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with Jûrgensen?s patent bow hand setting.

C. Four-body, massive, "bassine et filets", engine-turned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 43 mm. (19'''), maillechort, 31 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, Jürgensen's patented bow hand setting. Dial, case and movement signed, movement also punched with Jürgensen's mark under the dial. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 11,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,000 - 10,000

USD 8,500 - 12,000

LOT 143

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

Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, No. 891268, case No. 420480, circa 1936. Fine and elegant, thin platinum keyless Art Deco dress watch with white gold and pearl chain.

C. Three-piece, polished and brushed, "variée carrure ronde". D. Matte silver with white gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. 16 1/2???, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 8,280

LOT 144

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

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 573618, case No. 404820, Ref. 6915. Sold on November 24th 1965. Fine, slim, textured 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch with an 18K yellow gold fob. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate

C. Three-body, textured. D. Matte silvered with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes, dot minute markers. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. K1001, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 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. 42 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,700

LOT 145

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

?Minute-Repeat? H. R. Ekegrén, Geneva, No. 78961, made for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, circa 1910. Very fine and rare platinum keyless minuterepeating dress watch in original fitted box accompanied by platinum chain.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets? with flat monogrammed back, platinum hinged cuvette. D. Matte silver, applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 38 mm. (17???), rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 8,855

LOT 146

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

?Cellini? Rolex, Geneva, Ref.3521, 1960s. Fine, extra-flat, waterproof, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K gold "guilloché" integrated bracelet.

C.Two-body, solid, polished, screw-down back. D. Satiné gold with applied gold indexes. Black "baton" hands. M. Cal. 650 rhodium plated, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 4.7 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 1,200 - 1,800

EUR 800 - 1,200

USD 900 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 4,140

LOT 147

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

?Clous de Paris? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1280226, case No. 2703055, Ref. 3588-1. Made in the 1970s. Fine, thin, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an integrated and linen-textured 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, "Clous-de-Paris" bezel repeating the bracelet decoration. D. Champagne with painted radial Roman numerals. Black "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 28-255, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 6.5 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 6,325

LOT 148

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

?150th Anniversary Officier? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Officier", No. 769382, case No. 2864294, Ref. 3960G. Manufactured in a limited edition of 150 pieces in 1989, for the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe. Very fine and rare, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged back, dedicated gold cuvette, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Porcelain white enamel with painted Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 215 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 8.3 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 28,000 - 35,000

EUR 18,000 - 23,000

USD 22,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 149

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

?Yellow Calatrava? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 924003, case No. 298457. Made in 1943, sold on November 22, 1943. Very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted bâton indexes, "guilloché" subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 12'''120, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, swanneck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 9 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 6,325

LOT 150

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 762996, case No. 692396, Ref. 2551. Made in 1956, sold on November 17th, 1956. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold bracelet and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped concave bezel, screweddown case back, fluted lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes and Arabic 12, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 12-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,000 - 8,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

LOT 151

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

?Yellow Ref. 3445? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1128762, case No. 324745, Ref. 3445. Made in 1969, sold on June 19th, 1969. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with jump-type date and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, straight lapidated lugs. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-460M, 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 five positions, shock absorber, blued steel self compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 9,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,000 - 8,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 14,375

LOT 152

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

?Blue Dial? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1335040, case No. 2748207, Ref. 3618/1. Made in 1982, sold on May 26, 1987. Fine, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with integral 18K white gold Patek Philippe bracelet. Accompanied by a box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, textured, polished and brushed, inclined bezel. D. Blue with applied faceted white gold baton indexes. White gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 215, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 6.7 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 8,625

LOT 153

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

?Wacth with 8 Complications? Golay-Leresche et Fils, Golay Fils & Stahl, Successeurs, Geneva, 2 rue de la Paix, Paris, No. 23530. Made circa 1910. Very fine and exceptionally rare, small, 18K yellow gold, astronomical, hunting-cased, minute-repeating keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph and phases and age of the moon.

C. Four-body, massive, "bassine", polished, sprung and hinged front cover, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions and Arabic five seconds numerals, sunk subsidiary four year dial divided into four sectors, each with month indications, sunk subsidiary date and day of the week dials, subsidiary seconds with age of the moon, aperture for moon phases, setting levers in the bezel. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 35 mm (15 1/2'''), rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, steel chronograph work activated by pushpiece in the band, repeating with two hammers on two gongs via activating slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 16,000 - 23,000

USD 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

LOT 154

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

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 144786, case No. 257705. Made circa 1905. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 18???, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement ?à moustache?, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

USD 2,700 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,370

LOT 155

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

?Otto Foeste? Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 186186, case No. 402436. Made circa 1915 for Bunde & Upmeyer Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Fine, 18K yellow gold, thin, keyless Art Deco dress watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription ?Otto Foeste from Mother and Flo, 1917?. D. Silvered with applied gold radial Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?fancy? hands. M. !6???, rhodium plated, 18 blue sapphire jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial case and movement signed, cuvette signed for the retailer. Diam. 44 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,300

USD 2,000 - 2,700

Sold: CHF 2,530

LOT 156

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

?The Carnation? Julien Le Roy, Paris, No. 2743. Paris hallmarks for 1752. Very fine and very rare, 20K gold, champlevé and painted on enamel watch with a gold, gilt metal and painted on enamel châtelaine.

C. Two-body, Louis XV, the back finely decorated with painted on enamel and champlevé flowers and foliage on a radiating chased ground, the bezel decorated en suite. Chatelaine decorated en suite and with tassel and key attachments. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o'clock. Gold ?Louis? hands. M. 36 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, pierced and chased continental balance cock with steel endplate and faceted endstone, silvered regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 16,000 - 23,000

USD 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 157

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

?Skeletonized? Michel Fortin a Paris. Dated 1767. Very fine and rare, 18K gold pocket watch with skeletonized movement, date and original glazed and gilt metal outer case.

C. Outer: two-body, glazed back. Inner: Two-body, both sides glazed, the bezels chased with oval paterae on a matted ground and with pie-crust borders. D. White enamel with dauphine Arabic numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, outer red-painted date ring. Fine pierced gold hour and minute hands, steel serpentine date hand. M. 36 mm., skeletonized, frosted gilt, foliate engraved backplate, three cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometer adjustment to the potence, gold three-arm balance with perpendicular limiting pin acting against two polished steel plates mounted at each side of the backplate, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator. Movement signed and dated. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

LOT 158

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

?Spring Bouquet? Just & Son, London, No. 3472. Made for the Chinese market circa 1840. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel and pearl set pocket watch with center seconds.

C. Three-body, the bezel, pendant and bow set with split-pearls, hinged and sprung back cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel bouquet of poppies, nasturtiums and roses on a dark blue guilloche enamel ground, white, pale green and red enamel border with chased gold scrolls, outer split-pearl border. Hinged and sprung gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minutes and seconds track with Arabic quarter hour numerals. Gold ?ovoid? hands. M. 43 mm., Chinese calibre, frosted gilt, entirely engraved, standing barrel, 8 jewels, lateral lever escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

LOT 159

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

?Musical Watch? Geneva, No. 9936, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold musical watch playing on the hour or at will, with quarterrepeat.

C. Four-body, "Empire", by ?LR?, engine-turned, gilt hinged cuvette, bolt at 7 o'clock to activate the music, lever at 8 o'clock protruding from under the cuvette for music/silent. D. Gold, engine-turned wave pattern, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 51 mm. (23'''), gilt brass, fixed barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, sur plateau pinned disc musical movement, 24 tuned vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Punched with the maker?s mark in a lozenge, numbered on the movement under the dial, case punched with the same number. Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 5,290

LOT 160

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

?Military Trophy? Daniel de Saint Leu, Watchmaker to Her Majesty, London, No. 7850. Made for the Islamic Market, circa 1810. Very fine 18K multicolored gold pair-cased, quarter repeating pocket watch.

C. Outer, two-body Louis XVI, the bezels with applied multicolored floral and foliage decoration, the back chased with an urn of flowers and military trophies. Inner two-body "bassine", with pierced and engraved foliate decoration. D. White enamel with Islamic numerals, outer minute track with Islamic five minute numerals. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. 41 mm, hinged gilt-brass fill plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and English gilt-brass pierced and engraved cock with polished steel end-piece. Quarter repeating on a bell activated by depressing the pendant, Gilt-brass dust-cap. Dial, movement and dust cover signed. Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,000 - 13,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 17,250

LOT 161

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

?Independent Quarter Repeat? Chapon & Ligier à Genève, ebauche by Decombaz. Made circa 1820. Very fine and unusual 18K gold, three-train, petite et grande sonnerie clockwatch with independent quarter-repeat, four square gongs and virgule escapement.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished with reeded band, hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 52 mm (23'''), frosted gilt, full-plate, virgule escapement, gold three-arm balance, lever for change from petite to grande sonnerie at 3 o'clock, strike/silent lever at 4 o'clock, independent repeating train striking on its own two square gongs, activated by depressing the pendant. Cuvette signed, case stamped "P3G" within an oval and ID within a lozenge. Diam. 58.5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 13,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,500 - 12,000

USD 10,000 - 14,000

LOT 162

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

A(braham) Chapuis & Barral, fecit à Genève 1812. Very fine and rare 18K gold, musical watch with cylinder musical movement, of unusual construction and with quarter-repeating.

C. Four-body, "Empire", polished back, reeded band and bezels, gilt metal hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 4. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 50 mm (22'''), fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, pinned cylinder musical movement with 35 tuned vibrating blades divided into twelve sections of three blades each and one of two, pinion governor in eccentric socket for tempo adjustment, gold engine-turned cover over the pinned cylinder. Pinned cylinder signed. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 13,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,500

USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 9,200

LOT 163

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 971439,case No. 656717, Ref. 425, circa 1948. Very fine rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bevelled bezel. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Feuille? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 9???-90, tonneau, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 21 x 43 mm. Thickness: 8,2 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 10,000 - 13,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,500

USD 8,000 - 10,000

LOT 164

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

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 817625, case No. 606825. Made in the 1920s. Very fine and rare, square, 18K white gold Art Deco gentleman?s wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, hinged case back. D. Matte silver with applied gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 9''', frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 25 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,000 - 6,000

USD 5,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 165

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

?Two-Tone Hooded Lugs? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 822712, case No. 505406. Sold September 9, 1938. Very fine and elegant, 18K pink gold and platinum gentleman?s Art Deco wristwatch with hooded lugs.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, curved band, hooded lugs of alternate pink gold and platinum stripes. D. Brushed silver with applied gold dot and baton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?feuille? hands. M. 10???, rhodium plated ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

LOT 166

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

?Monochrome Pink? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863449, case No. 638773, Ref. 130. Made in 1944. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe link bracelet by Gay Freres. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. D. Pink with applied pink gold Roman numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 13-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

USD 40,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 63,250

LOT 167

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

?Love The Conqueror? Gaultier a Paris. Made circa 1750. Very fine and rare, weight driven, eight-day going kingwood marquetry and oyster veneered ormolu mounted longcase clock with seconds-beating center seconds, hour and half-hour striking and pin-wheel escapement.

C. By Nicolas-Jean Marchand, of waisted and bombé form, marquetry and oyster veneered with kingwood, bombé door with oval lenticle and lock, surmounted by a gilt bronze cresting representing Love the Conqueror - the kneeling figure holding cupid aloft, mounted throughout with foliate gilt-bronze mounts, the mount below the dial engraved with the coat of arms of a Vicomte with clasped hands and three flowers below a coronet. D. Cast and chased gilt bronze with white enamel cartouches, blue radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minute numerals, inner white enamel signature plate. Pierced and chased ?Louis XV? gilt brass hands and blued steel center seconds hand. M. 14 x 14 cm, gilt brass, with five pillars (four vase-shaped), weight-driven going train with brass-cased weight, pin-wheel escapement, striking train with spring barrel, numbered outside countwheel striking on a bell mounted above the movement, steel rod pendulum with cast gilt bronze flower bob. Dial and movement signed Gaultier a Paris. Case stamped Marchand. Dim. 244 cm. High; 55 cm. Wide; 35 cm. Deep.

Grading System:

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 45,000 - 60,000

USD 55,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

LOT 168

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

?Oeil de Boeuf? Frizon A Paris. The movement made circa 1775. Fine and rare, pull-wind quarter repeating with three hammers on two bells, eight day going, gilt bronze ?Oeil de Boeuf? wall clock.

C. Drum form, hinged beaded bezel, concave surround with applied cast and chased leaf and berry mounts and an upper central cartouche, beaded border, ribbon and loose ring pendant for wall mounting. D. White enamel with upright Arabic numerals, outer dot minute track and Arabic quarter hour numerals. Pierced and engraved gilt brass hands. M. 11.5 x 8.5 cm., gilt brass with shaped base, four vase shaped pillars, large centrally positioned going barrel, verge escapement, silk suspension, pull-wind quarter repeating with three hammers mounted on vertical sprung posts within a sub-frame at the side, two bells mounted above the movement. Movement signed. Dim. 24 x 11 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

LOT 169

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

?Pin-Wheel Escapement? Harsch a Berlin. Made in Neuchâtel, circa 1795. Fine and rare, ?Directoire-style? gilt bronze and white marble, eight-day going hour and half-hour striking mantel clock with pinwheel escapement and part-skeletonized movement.

C. Cast and chased matt and burnished gilt bezel, surmounted by a pierced trophy cresting of laurel leaves, a trumpet, caduceus and a cockerel, wreath of oak leaves below the dial, raised on an angular beaded framework flanked by winged sphinxes surmounted by baskets of flowers, white marble base with bead mounts, toupee feet, D. White enamel, annular, Arabic numerals and outer dot minute markers, Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Black steel hands. M. 110 mm., gilt brass, going barrels, skeletonized front plate, hour wheel and snail, pin-wheel escapement, silk suspension, sunburst pendulum, rack striking on a bell. Dial signed. Dim. 51.5 x 32 x 13 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 9,775

LOT 170

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

?Rise and Fall Hours? Invente Par Mr. Le Marquis de Courtanvaux, Execute a l'hotel de Louvois par Alexandre Le Roy. Dated 1777. Very fine and extremely rare, important, ebony, bronze and gilt bronze eight-day going table clock in the form of a column with rise-and-fall hour indication, swivelling hand and hour and half-hour striking.

C. Fluted bronze pillar containing the rise-and-fall hour mechanism with gilt bronze molded base and surmounted by an ornamental armilliary sphere, ebony plinth with molded cornice and base, hinged doors to three sides, the fourth with gilt brass beaded bezel, a brass plaque below engraved ?Alexandre Le Roy, 1777,? paneled base with glazed brass side panels, block feet. D. Silvered linear scale for the hours with Roman numerals 1-12 down one side and 1-12 upwards on the other side, minute dial in the plinth with silvered chapter ring, radial Arabic five minute numerals and outer minute track, matted gilt brass center. Fine steel fleur-de-lys hand. M. In three-parts, linear construction, gilt brass, going train with rectangular plates, four cylindrical pillars, spring barrel, center wheel arbor directly driving the minute hand, the hours driven by another wheel on the center pinion meshing with two further wheels within a sub-frame and in turn meshing with a steel rack, the hand being turned by a rack and pinion activated by a lever acting against a pin mounted at each extreme of the slotted plate, recoil anchor escapement, silk suspension, brass bob pendulum, striking mechanism mounted below the going train and joined by two shaped plates, each secured by four screws, countwheel striking on a bell.Movement and case signed. Dim. 50.5 x 13 x 12 cm.

Grading System:

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 171

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

Freres Melly à Paris. Made in Germany, circa 1770. Fine and rare, gilt brass eight day-going hour-striking and repeating, travelling clock with alarm.

C. Rectangular with domed and stepped top, front and glazed side panels engraved with flowers and foliage, small engraved bracket feet, swivel pendant with loose ring, push button for activating the repeat at the front right corner. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, center with revolving alarm setting disc, small enamel regulation dial above. Steel "Louis XV" hands. M. Rectangular, brass, the going train with fusee and chain, fixed barrel for striking, verge escapement with three-arm plain brass balance and contrate wheel inclined to the horizontal plane, flat balance spring, striking, repeating and alarm on a small underslung bell. Dim. Height 20 cm. Width 10 cm. Depth 6.8 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 8,000 - 12,000

USD 9,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 14,375

LOT 172

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

?Modified Dent Crank Lever Escapement? Honoré Pons, Paris, No. 180, circa 1830. Fine and very rare, mahogany and pearwood inlaid, eight-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating traveling clock with alarm, rotating subsidiary seconds, date and alarm apertures and special escapement with visible balance.

C. Square mahogany, pearwood stringing, gilt bronze bezel, hinged carrying handle, bun feet, detachable back door. D. Silvered brass chapter ring, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, inner seconds track on a rotating five-arm silvered dial, curved gilt brass bridge, apertures at 9 for alarm setting with Roman numerals, date aperture at 3 with Arabic numerals. Blued steel "moon" hands. M. 88 mm, circular, gilt brass, cylindrical pillars, going and striking train barrels, alarm barrel mounted on the backplate, modified Dent crank lever escapement driven by a pivoted brass roller rotating within an irregular double-fan shaped aperture in the upper end of the lever, the center of the lever circling the hand arbors, the lower end engaging with a pivoted brass roller mounted on the balance staff, balance wheel pivots jeweled, 3-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a bell. Movement signed and numbered. Dim. 13,5 x 12.5 x 8 cm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 10,350

LOT 173

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

So-called ?Banana? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 974284, case No. 671677, Ref. 2442. Made in 1951, sold on December 12th, 1952. Very fine and very rare, rectangular flared, "bombé", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded lugs, two-facet crystal. D. Matte silvered gold with applied yellow gold dart and dot indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau-shaped, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 43 mm. Thickness 9,5 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

LOT 174

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

?French 1579? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867261. Case made by Patek Philippe France in the style of a Ref. 1579, no 70. Movement and dial sold in 1949. Very fine and rare, oversized 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, faceted teardrop lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23-jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12,5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

USD 40,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

LOT 175

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

?Yellow Calatrava Ref. 533? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868530, case No. 672201, Ref. 533. Made in 1953, sold on May 24th, 1954. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, 30- minute register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold IV and XII and bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30- minute register, outer 1/5th seconds chronograph divisions and outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13'''-130, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance-spring and swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

USD 40,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 64,400

LOT 176

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

Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 762008, case No. 688732, Ref. 2526, fourth generation. Sold on June 8, 1956. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with diamond-set dial and white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Recently serviced by Patek Philippe and accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body solid, polished, screwed-down case back, rounded bezel. D. Matte silver with applied white gold bâton and baguette diamond-set indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 12'''-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator,18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 40,000 - 50,000

USD 47,000 - 62,000

Sold: CHF 149,250

LOT 177

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

"Pink 3970E" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876160, Ref. 3970E. Made circa 1992. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes, 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. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27- 70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 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 - 95,000

Sold: CHF 109,250

LOT 178

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

?Calibre 360 concept chronograph Prototype? Tag Heuer, "Calibre 360 chronograph", the world?s first mechanical wristwatch with 100th of a second diablotine. Produced in 2005 for the 2005 Basel Fair. Exceptional, self-winding, water-resistant, Grade 5 Titanium (Ti5) gentleman's wristwatch with two trains, round button chronograph, 1/100th second diablotine, 100 minute power reserve and 10 minute register in apertures, and Tag Heuer stainless steel deployant clasp. Prototype to be sold by Antiquorum for the benefit of the Geneva Musée de l'Horlogerie. Generously donated by Jean Christophe Babin, CEO of Tag Heurer.

C. Three-body, polished, glazed case back with 6 screws, sloped bezel, down-turned faceted lugs, sapphire crystals, chronograph pushers in the band the start stop pusher with red tip .D. Black applied steel Arabic five minute markers outer minute/fifth second divisions, applied central stainless steel panel with ?fausses cotes? decoration, 100th of a second diablotine and apertures for the hour and minute registers. Luminous steel "skeletonized" hands. M. Cal. 360, Rhodium plated, two train, tandem winding the chronograph train with monometallic balance (Vph 360,000) and micrometer regulator, the going train, self-winding with straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41.5 mm. Thickness 17 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 179

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

Attributed to Wenger, circa 1925.

Collection of 34 watch case designs for Omega, from the Art Deco period, in various styles, including Renaissance?, ?Louis XV?, ?Louis XVI?, ?Egyptian?, ?Chinoiserie?, etc., gouache on colored cardboard.

CHF 4,500 - 5,500

EUR 3,000 - 3,600

USD 3,500 - 4,300

Sold: CHF 8,625

LOT 180

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

Sphaera Mundi seu Cosmographia Demonstrativa, Joseph Blancano,

1635, 232 pages. Vellum bound with Constructio Instrumenti ad Horologia Solaria, Joseph Blancano, 1635, 24 pages. Including tables and engravings. With the mention ?Superiorum Permissu?

CHF 3,000 - 4,500

EUR 2,000 - 3,000

USD 2,300 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,600

LOT 181

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

Sold: CHF 4,830

LOT 182

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

Della Computatione de Tempi, Giovanni Padovanio, Verona, 1590, 86 pages. With the mention ?Con licenza della Santa Inquisitione?.

Including numerous illustrations, with two additional red ink engravings of astrolabes with mobile index.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,600

USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 5,520

LOT 183

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

Règle Artificielle du Temps, Henry Sully,

à Paris, 1737, 433 pages. New edition with commentary by Julien Le Roy. Leather-bound. With 5 additional engraved fold-out plates.

CHF 1,500 - 2,300

EUR 1,000 - 1,500

USD 1,200 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 2,990

LOT 184

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

Méthode Nouvelle et Générale pour tracer facilement des cadrans solaires, M. de la Prise,

Caen, 1781, 144 pages, With 22 additonal engraved fold-out plates.

CHF 1,200 - 1,800

EUR 800 - 1,200

USD 950 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 1,380

LOT 185

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

?Oignon Alarm? Dumergue, Angoulesme, France. Made circa 1690. Fine and rare, large silver oignon watch with single-hand and alarm.

C. Two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, pierced and engraved band decorated with inhabited foliage and a winged cherub, split bezel, polished back, loose ring pendant. D. Silver, large champlevé radial Roman numerals on matted background, half hour divisions, inner revolving alarm disc with Arabic numerals and steel hour pointer. Single blued steel alarm-setting hand. M. 49 mm, gilt brass, full plate with vase pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with large steel three-arm asymmetrical spokes to give room for the winding arbor, short flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XIV balance cock, pierced and engraved with foliage and birds, Tompion-type rack and pinion regulator with silver dial, alarm with fixed pierced and engraved brass barrel, steel train, single hammer striking a bell fixed inside the back of the case. Movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

EUR 9,000 - 12,000

USD 11,000 - 14,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

LOT 186

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

?Rock Crystal Case? "BS" (probably Bunbek), German, circa 1620. Very fine and rare rock crystal and gilt metal small prebalance spring, single-hand lady's pendant watch.

C. Two-body, octagonal, back and cover made of faceted rock crystal, en suite bezel fitted into a gilt brass frame, round pendant, loose ring, small finial. D. Gilt brass with applied silver radial Roman chapter ring. Steel "arrow" hand. M. Oval, 25 x 19 mm, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical baluster pillars, short train, verge escapement, steel circular foliot, small irregular cock. Movement signed. Dim. 48 x 25 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

LOT 187

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

?Perseus and Andromeda? Nicolas Forfaict, Paris, circa 1620. Fine and rare silver and brass octagonal pre balance-spring single-hand watch.

C. Three-body, "fermée", front cover engraved with the three graces, the top engraved with the rapt of Europe, eight facets engraved with Hercules, a Nymph, a burning heart and scrolling, the back with Perseus coming to the rescue of Andromeda, who is chained to a rock, a sea monster emerging from the water, eight facets engraved with classical warriors, a winged cherub's head, scrolling, the band silver over gilt brass engraved with winged Cherub's heads and scrolling. D. Silver ring with Roman numerals applied to a gilt bronze octagonal plate engraved with Leda and the Swan at the top, a winged cherub's head at the bottom center with a rural scene, sides with scrolling. Single steel "fleur-de-lis" hand. M. Octagonal, 39.5 x 27 mm, full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and cat-gut, short three-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, flat balance spring. Signed on the movement. Dim. 52 x 30 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 17,825

LOT 188

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

?Early Balance Spring? Claude Raillard a Paris. Made circa 1685. Very fine, silver, early balance spring pendant watch with alarm and single hand and without fusee.

C. Two-body, ?bassine? polished split bezel, polished back, the band finely pierced and engraved with inhabited scrolling foliage, a pair of engraved dolphins flanking the pendant, turned pendant with loose ring bow. D. Silver, champlevé, radial Roman numerals and lozenge half-hour markers, inner quarter hour ring, central alarm disc with radial Arabic numerals, fixed steel tulip pointer. Blued steel hand. M. 37 mm., hinged gilt-brass full plate with turned vase pillars, fixed spring barrel, short four-wheel train set on the periphery, verge escapement, plain threearm steel balance with rack and pinion regulator, early balance spring, gilt-brass balance cock pierced and engraved in three separated openwork sectors allowing the balance spring to be seen, small irregular foot secured by a screw, delicate blued-steel spring and click for the ratchet wheel set-up. Steel alarm train with foliate pierced gilt brass spring barrel, sounding on a bell mounted in the back of the case. Movement signed. Diam. 44 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 7,475

LOT 189

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

?La Chasse? Jaques Morel, Geneva, circa 1690. Fine and rare, silver, pair-cased, early balance spring, single-hand pocket watch with alarm.

C. Outer: two-body, silver and leather-covered copper, silver studs and ringed sound holes. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, split bezel, polished back, the band pierced and engraved with a huntsman and dogs chasing a hare amongst inhabited foliage, loose ring pendant. D. Silver with radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions, center with revolving silver alarm disc with champlevé radial Arabic numerals and fitted with steel ?tulip? hour pointer. Blued steel ?poker? alarm setting hand. M. 37 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with vase pillars, fusee and chain, 4-wheel train set on the periphery of the plates, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved foliate continental balance cock, regulation slide, steel alarm train with gilt brass pierced foliate spring barrel. Movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,200 - 8,000

USD 6,200 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

LOT 190

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

?Coach Watch? Jean Drouynot a Poitiers, France. Made circa 1660. Very fine and rare, early and small, silver, singlehand pre balance-spring hour-striking coach watch.

C. Two-body, "bassine", deep back with curved-in band pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, polished back, loose ring pendant, split bezel. D. Silver, hinged, champlevé with bold radial Roman numerals separated by small rosettes, inner quarter hour ring, center engraved with flowers, outer engraved gilt border. Blued steel large fleur-de-lis hand. M. 64 mm., gilt metal, full plate with turned vase pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with flat balance spring (originally pre-balance spring foliot), engraved and foliate pierced single-footed small cock, worm and wheel mainspring set-up, striking train driven from a foliate pierced fixed barrel, silver numbered count wheel mounted on the back plate, striking with single hammer on a large pork-pie bell mounted in the back of the case. Movement signed. Diam. 84 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000

USD 27,000 - 35,000

LOT 191

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

?Foliage and Scrolls? Abraham Louis Morant, Berne, circa 1680. Fine and rare, small, silver hour- and half hour-striking, pre-balance spring single-hand coach watch.

C. Two-body, "bassine" with deep back, band pierced and engraved with inhabited scrolling foliage and centered by two griffin heads beneath a coronet, two shutters for winding apertures. D. White enamel, large radial Roman numerals, inner half hour indications. Blued steel single "poker" hand. M. 57 mm., hinged, gilt brass, entirely engraved full plate with baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring (converted), single-footed cock, count wheel on the back plate, worm gear mainspring set up with engraved tension scale. Signed on the movement. Diam. 70 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,000 - 6,500

USD 4,700 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

LOT 192

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

?Oignon? Dumont Frères à Besançon. Made circa 1700. Fine and very rare leather-covered gilt brass single-hand oignon watch, wound through the center.

C. Two-body, oignon, covered in leather and tooled in gold with elaborate rosette, bezel tooled in gold with repeated pattern, loose ring pendant. D. Chased gilt brass with white enamel cartouches, blue radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour track, the center chased with exotic birds and foliage. Blued steel hand. M. 46 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance spring, large continental balance cock pierced and chased with stylized foliage, rack and pinion regulator with silver dial. Signed on the movement. Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,500 - 7,500

EUR 3,500 - 5,000

USD 4,300 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 5,750

LOT 193

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

?Very Thin? Courvoisier Freres, No. 12098. Made circa 1820. Very fine, very thin, 18K gold pocket watch with gilded polychrome enamel dial.

C. Two-body, ?bassine?, engine turned. D. Small, white enamel with dauphine Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer border finely decorated with pastel pink, blue and green enamel panels painted with gilt flowers and leaves, black edging. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49 mm., full plate, frosted gilt, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm steel balance, blued steel flat balance spring, shaped and pierced steel cock with two screws, index regulator. Dial signed, the reverse inscribed ?No. 1? and with illegible signature? ******d?. Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,200

USD 4,500 - 6,200

LOT 194

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

?Garden of Eden? Swiss. Made circa 1815. Fine and unusual silver "Adam and Eve" animated watch with date.

C. Two-body, Empire, master mark JM, polished with ribbed band. D. Enamel, small eccentric with Breguet numerals, outer minute markers and Arabic quarter hour numerals, inner date ring numbered from 1 - 31, the upper half decorated with a fine painted scene of a lion and a stork in a landscape, glazed aperture above the dial with the serpent revolving around a small painted scene featuring Adam and Eve beneath the apple tree in the Garden of Eden. Engraved fancy gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental balance cock with polished steel end-piece, index regulator. Diam. 60 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 5,500 - 6,500

EUR 3,600 - 4,200

USD 4,300 - 5,000

LOT 195

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

?The River God? Breguet & Fils, Geneva, No. 15217. Movement attributable to Decombaz. Made circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold, quarter striking, minute-repeating clock watch with four gongs.

C. Four-body, "Empire" with reeded band, the back chased with a seated figure of a river god below a shining sun and crossed oak and palm fronds. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned in a rosette pattern with radial Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring. Blued-steel "spade" hands with polished tips. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, double train with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, cylinder escapement, plain polished steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Hour and quarter striking train with polished-steel count wheel on the back plate, striking on two square polished-steel gongs with two hammers. Minute repeating on two square polished steel gongs by depressing the pendant with independent work. Apocryphal signature on the dial and the cuvette. Diam. 61 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

EUR 12,000 - 14,000

USD 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 196

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

?Flowers and Foliage? François Baronneau a Paris. Made circa 1640. Very fine and rare, silver pre balance-spring small coach watch with single hand and alarm.

C. Two-body, ?bassine?, bezel with engraved ring to secure the crystal, polished back, the band finely pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, turned and flat pendant with loose ring bow. D. Gilt brass chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys half hour markers, inner silver alarm disc with radial Arabic numerals, fixed gilt brass ?tulip? pointer. Gilt brass ?tulip? hand. M. 50 mm., gilt brass full-plate, baluster pillars, fusee with gut line, short four-wheel train, verge escapement, steel two-arm balance wheel without spring, pierced and foliate engraved balance cock with irregular small foot, secured by a pin, blued steel ratchet wheel and click set-up. Alarm train with steel wheels and foliate pierced gilt brass spring barrel, sounding on a bell mounted in the back of the case. Movement signed. Diam. 68 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 13,000 - 20,000

USD 16,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

LOT 197

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

?The Bath of Bathsheba? Painting on enamel attributed to the Frères Huaud. Made in Berlin, circa 1700. Very fine and very rare gold and enamel snuffbox.

C. Rectangular, the gold framework cast, chased and engraved with stylized leaves and scrolls, the corners as fluted columns hung with swags, hinged lid, set with an enamel plaque depicting the Bath of Bathsheba, the interior set with a beveled mirror within a scalloped border, the sides and base enameled with biblical and classical scenes, the front depicting Samson & Delilah, the back depicting Venus and Adonis and the base depicting the fountain in the garden of Love, each side depicting scenes allegorical of youth and old age. Gold frame numbered 300. Dim. 74 x 54 x 36 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 109,250

LOT 198

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

?The Continence of Scipio? A. Friolet au Locle. The enamel attributable to George Michael Moser. Made circa 1770. Very fine, extremely rare and important, quarter-repeating, 18K gold and painted on enamel pair-cased pocket watch.

C. Outer: two-body, the bezel and border decorated with cast and chased floral garlands in high relief and chased scrollwork, the back set with a finely painted on enamel panel depicting ?The Continence of Scipio?. Inner: two-body, pierced, chased and engraved decoration. Gilt metal dust cover. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals. Pierced gold hands. M. 31 mm., hinged, frosted gilt with tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance with jeweled top-pivot, flat blued steel balance spring, chased scrollwork balance cock with single foot in the English manner, silver regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on a bell mounted in the back of the case. Movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

USD 20,000 - 23,000

Sold: CHF 25,300

LOT 199

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

?Venus and Adonis? Johann Georg Puitner, No. 1. the case signed by Martin Langpour, Augsburg, circa 1740. Very fine and rare, large, repoussé silver pair cased four-train coach watch with hour and quarter striking and repeating, date, alarm and silver and leather covered outer case.

C. Outer: two-body, leather-covered, silver rims and pierced central rosette, sound holes around the bezel and back. Inner: two-body, silver repousse, pierced and finely chased with a scene of Venus and Adonis within an architectural scroll border, bezel decorated to match, loose ring pendant. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, inner alarm setting ring, outer date and Arabic five minute numerals. Blued steel pierced hands. M. 78 mm., frosted gilt full-plate, conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, engraved fixed barrels for the striking and alarm trains, brass three-arm balance, short balance spring, pierced and chased continental type balance cock, polished steel endplate, silvered numbered regulation dial with steel pointer, striking on a bell mounted in the back of the case, strike/silent lever and repeat push in the engraved gilt dial plate border. Movement signed. Diam. 118 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 16,000 - 23,000

USD 20,000 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 46,000

LOT 200

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

?Pink Ref. 3424? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 857631, case No. 2628344, Ref. 3424, designed by Gilbert Albert. Made in 1968, sold in 1968. Very fine and very rare, asymmetrical, rhomboid, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, rhomboid, polished and brushed, polished bezel, stepped sides. D. Matte silver, rhomboid, with painted indexes. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 8??? 85, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 39 mm. Thickness 7 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 28,000 - 33,000

EUR 18,000 - 21,000

USD 22,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 74,750