250 lots

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

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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

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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

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?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

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?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

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?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

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?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

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?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

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?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

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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

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?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

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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

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?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

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?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

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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

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"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

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?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

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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

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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