489 lots

LOT 21

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax?. Produced circa 1945. Very fine, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date calendar and moon phases.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied gold dart and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale, graduation for the days of the month concentric to the moon phase aperture, apertures for the days of the week and the month. Pink gold "Dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 481, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 35,000 - 50,000

EUR 3,700 - 5,300

USD 4,500 - 6,500

Sold: HKD 57,500

LOT 22

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Universal Genève, "Uni-Compax". Produced circa 1945. Fine, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished, concave lugs, snap on back with dedication inscription. D. Gilt with applied pink gold bâton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary constant seconds, 45 minute register, outer tachometer graduation, inner telemeter. Gilt steel ?Feuille? hands. M. Cal. 285, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,000

USD 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: HKD 16,100

LOT 23

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Universal Genève, ?Climate-Proof Compax?, Ref. 124116. Produced in the 1950s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold, gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic and dart markers, subsidiary constant seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer and inner telemeter. Pink gold ?Feuille? hands. M. Cal. 285, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, gilt dust cap.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 17,000 - 22,000

EUR 1,800 - 2,300

USD 2,200 - 2,800

Sold: HKD 20,700

LOT 24

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Universal Genève, "Compax". Produced in the 1960s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units/h., lapidated lugs. D. White with black painted bâton indexes, black subsidiary guilloché dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Steel "Dauphine" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 1873, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signedDiam. 36 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 6,000 - 10,000

EUR 650 - 1,100

USD 800 - 1,300

Sold: HKD 8,625

LOT 25

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

John Taylor, London, No. 1181, circa 1875. Fine and rare large gilt brass pair-cased center-seconds watch with a stop feature, made for the Chinese market.

C. Outer: two-body, back engraved with a flower vase, bezels engraved with floral pattern. Inner: two-body, ?bassine? polished. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 63 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steelbalance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with ruby endstone, lever protruding from under the bezel at 9 o?clock for stopping the watch for precision time setting.Signed on the movement.Diam. 90 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 5,300 - 7,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500

Sold: HKD 32,200

LOT 26

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Swiss, in the English style, for the Chinese market, circa 1775. Fine and rare gilt pair-cased center-seconds clockwatch striking hours and quarters with à tact option.

C. Outer: two-body, band pierced for sound, polished back. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, band pierced and engraved for sound, back engraved with rosette. D. White enamel, reverse numbered 16314 and signed with initials of the dialmaker, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 40 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock, Neuchatel type striking system with hours and quarters on the same cam, striking/silent lever at 3 o?clock, à tact lever at 9.Diam. 64 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 30,000 - 37,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,000

USD 3,800 - 4,800

Sold: HKD 23,000

LOT 27

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Travers, London, No. 1259, Swiss movement, for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Fine and rare gilt, pair-cased clockwatch striking hours and quarters with à tact option, accompanied by a gold chain with Peking marks.

C. Outer: two-body, band pierced for sound, back engraved with basket of flowers. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, band pierced and engraved for sound, polished back. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 41 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock, Neuchatel type striking system with hours and quarters on the same cam, striking/silent lever at 3 o?clock, à tact lever at 9.Signed on the movement, chain with Peking (Beijing) marks.Diam. 64 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 30,000 - 37,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,000

USD 3,800 - 4,800

Sold: HKD 24,150

LOT 28

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Maurice Ditisheim, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 2828, circa 1895. Fine 18K gold hunting cased keyless quarter-repeating watch with automaton Jacks.

C. Six-body, ?bassine?, engine-turned covers, polished band, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. D. Small off-white enamel, radial Roman numerals separated by gold paillons, outer gold paillon minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds, flanked by two knights repeating hours and quarters on bells, the whole on translucent Imperial blue enamel over engine-turning. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 44 mm (20???), frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Case punched with maker?s trademark registered on April 4, 1892. Diam. 56 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 5,300 - 7,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500

Sold: HKD 50,600

LOT 29

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

J. Ullmann & Co, Chaux-de-Fonds, Hong Kong, Shanghai & Tientsin, No. 85782, circa 1920. Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased, keyless, double-train, Grande Sonnerie Carillon clockwatch with ?trip? minute-repeating.

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine turned covers, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 40 mm, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating and striking on three gongs, repeating via tripping small pushbutton at 6 o?clock, silence/stiking lever protruding from under the bezel at 1 o?clock.Signed on dial and case. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 5,300 - 7,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500

Sold: HKD 66,700

LOT 30

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

J. Ullmann & Co., Chaux-de-Fonds, Hong Kong & Shanghai, made for the Chinese market circa 1910. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set hunting-cased keyless quarter-repeating lady?s pendant watch, made for the Chinese market.

C. Six-body, ?Empire?, both covers with translucent Imperial blue enamel over ?spinning? engine-turning, centers painted with a mandolin, musical score and roses, pearl-set bezels, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 31 mm, frosted gilt, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 38 mm.J. Ullmann & Co., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Fleurier, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin and Vladivostok.

Grading System: AA

HKD 30,000 - 37,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,000

USD 3,800 - 4,800

Sold: HKD 34,500

LOT 31

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Setting The Birds Free J. Ullmann & Co, Chaux-de-Fonds, Hong Kong, Shanghai & Tientsin, No. 8041, circa 1890. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set hunting-cased, keyless, minute repeating lady's pendant watch, made for Chinese market.

C. Four-body, 'Empire', spring-loaded front cover painted on enamel with two ladies opening a cage door to let the birds fly away, scarlet enamel background, back with portrait of a lady wearing a pearl necklace and a blue hair ribbon set with diamonds, against scarlet translucent enamel over engine-turning, bezels set with half pearls, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 34 mm (14'''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by a slide on the band, lever-set.Diam. 39 mm.A watch with very similar portrait was in the Lord Sandberg Collection (Antiquorum, March 31, 2001, lot 89.)

Grading System: AA

HKD 30,000 - 43,000

EUR 3,400 - 4,500

USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: HKD 98,900

LOT 32

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Bouquet of Flowers Fleurier, circa 1835, made for the Chinese market. Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set center-seconds watch with special movement and ruby duplex escapement.

C. Two-body, "Chinese", back finely painted with a bouquet of flowers on pink enamel background, half-pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, gold spring-loaded glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel ?Tulip? hands.M. 48 mm (21???), polished steel, "Chinese" caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement with ruby rest insert and steel impulse pallet, plain three-arm steel balance with wedged weight, blued steel balance-spring.Diam. 58 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 100,000 - 125,000

EUR 11,000 - 13,000

USD 13,000 - 16,000

Sold: HKD 184,000

LOT 33

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Bouquet of Flowers Fleurier, made for the Chinese market circa 1850. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel watch with engraved Tixier movement.

C. Two-body, ?Chinese?, back painted with bouquet offlowers, champlevé enamel bezels, bow and pendant, glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Gilt ?Spade? hands.M. 48 mm (21???), gilt brass fully engraved Tixier ?Chinese? caliber, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, steel three-arm balance with blued steel wings, flat balance spring.Diam. 57 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 45,000 - 60,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,500

USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: HKD 66,700

LOT 34

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Whampoa Anchorage Just & Son, No. 1888, probably made by Bovet in Fleurier, circa 1840. Very fine and important18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds watch with duplex escapement, made for the Chinese market.

C. Two-body, ?Chinese? type, spring-loaded back very finely painted with a junk in the foreground, the background with the 9-story Whampoa Pagoda against dramatic clouds, champlevé enamel bezels, pendant, and bow, spring-loaded silver gilt cuvette attached to the movement ring. D. Silver, slightly convex, matte, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions,outermost seconds divided into fifths. Gold ?spoon? hands.M. 50 mm (22???), gilt brass fully engraved ?Chinese? caliber, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement with ruby restand steel impulse pallets, plain steel five-arm balance, flatbalance spring.Signed on the movement, case punched with prestige marks.Diam. 59 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 250,000 - 300,000

EUR 26,000 - 32,000

USD 32,000 - 38,000

Sold: HKD 460,000

LOT 35

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Bovet, Fleurier, No. 346, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel, center-seconds watch with special movement.

C. Two-body, ?Chinese? type, back painted on enamel with bouquet of flowers, champlevé enamel bezels, pendant, and bow, gold glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel ?Spoon? hands. M. 38 mm (17???), polished steel, "Chinese"caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, duplex escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, blued steel balance-spring.Signed on the movement.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

EUR 5,300 - 7,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500

Sold: HKD 80,500

LOT 36

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Titus and Berenice Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, No. 46287, made for the Chinese market, circa 1840. Fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds watch with duplex escapement.

C. Two-body, "Chinese" style, with the gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring, spring-loaded back finely painted on enamel with Titus and Berenice, a sunset in the background, roses growing on a stone barrier to the left, bezels with a repeated champlevé enamel pattern of white flowers on a translucent scarlet ground. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers. Gold "Spade" hands. M. 47 mm (21'''), gilt brass, fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, 11 jewels, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement with ruby rest insert and steel impulse pallet, three-arm plain steel balance, blued steel balance spring, diamond endstone.Signed on the movement.Diam. 55 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 150,000 - 180,000

EUR 16,000 - 19,000

USD 19,000 - 23,000

Sold: HKD 310,500

LOT 37

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Courting Doves Vaucher, Fleurier, made for the Chinese market, circa 1835. Fine and rare 18K gold and enamel center-seconds watch with special movement and duplex escapement.

C. Two-body, the back featuring two enamel techniques: champlevé and painted enamel depicting courting doves on a black ground, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated in champlevé foliage on a rose ground, gold glazed cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman hours, outer minute and second divisions, Arabic fifteen minutes/seconds. Blued steel "Spoon" hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), polished steel, ?Chinese? caliber with steel wheels and standing barrel, 6 jewels, ruby duplex escapement with ruby rest insert and steel impulse pallet, plain five-arm steel balance, blued steel balance-spring. Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 54 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 90,000 - 110,000

EUR 9,500 - 12,000

USD 12,000 - 14,000

Sold: HKD 109,250

LOT 38

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Bouquet of Flowers Just & Son, London, No. 3927, made for the Chinese market, circa 1845. Fine 18K gold and enamel center-seconds watch.

C. Two-body, ?Lepine? type, back finely painted on enamel with bouquet of flowers, champlevé enamel borders forming rocailles, en suite front bezel, gold cuvette hinged to the movement ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 45 mm (20???), gilt brass fully engraved ?Chinese? caliber, free-standing barrel, lateral counterpoised lever escapement with the lift on the pallets in the English style, 3-arm steel balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the movement. Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 100,000 - 125,000

EUR 11,000 - 0

USD 13,000 - 16,000

LOT 39

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

Bouquet of Flowers Just & Son, London, No. 2821 and 2822, made for the Chinese market circa 1835. Fine and very rare true pair of 18K gold and painted on enamel center-seconds watches.

C. Two-body, ?Chinese? type, backs centered with painted on enamel bouquet of flowers on translucent scarlet background over engine-turning, champlevé azure and translucent scarlet borders, bezels, bow and pendant in azure champlevé enamel, gold hinged spring-loaded cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel ?Tulip? hands.M. 45 mm (20???), gilt brass fully engraved ?Chinese? caliber, free-standing barrel, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, 3-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the movements.Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System:

HKD 125,000 - 150,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 19,000

Sold: HKD 195,500

LOT 40

Important Watches, Collector's Wristw... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

The Mandarin Duck Bovet, London, No. 831, made for the Chinese market circa 1830. Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel pearl-set, special escapement, center-seconds watch, made for the Chinese market.

C. Two-body, ?Chinese?, No. 577, back cover depicting a finely painted on enamel Mandarin Duck, seating on a rocky outcrop, bezels set with half pearls and decorated in red and blue champlevé enamel, spring-loaded gold cuvette hinged tothe movement ring, pendant and bow decorated en suite.D. White enamel, radial Roman chapters, outer minute and quarter second divisions, fifteen minute/seconds Arabic numerals with fifteen-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Gold ?Spoon? hands. M. 47 mm (21???), gilt brass fully engraved ?Chinese?caliber, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement with ruby rest insert and steel impulse pallet, plain steel three-arm balance with blued steel wedged weights, flat balance spring.Signed on the movement, case punched with Geneva mark and ?B? in lozenge. Diam. 58 mm.A very similar watch, with a nightingale, was in the Lord Sandberg Collection.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 125,000 - 150,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000

USD 16,000 - 19,000

Sold: HKD 143,750