233 lots

LOT 161

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Datejust TURN-O-GRAPH", Ref. 116264. Made in 2004. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel and white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, white gold revolving faceted andgraduated bezel, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Black with applied steel indexes and tritium dots. Tritium-coatedsteel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 40,000 - 50,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

LOT 162

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

M & M, Geneve, made for Felix Samper et Cie., A Paris, No. 44011, circa 1875. Fine and rare gold, pearl and rose cut diamond-set lady's keyless pendant watch and chatelaine.

C. Four-body, hinged pearl set bezel and bow, the pendant set with a sin-glerose cut diamond on each side, polished band, hinged back cover setwith alternating lines of graduated rose diamonds and split pearls, thecenter set with a large split pearl, pearl border. Hinged gold cuvette. Gold,rose diamond and pearl set chatelaine en suite, silver gilt hinged bar onthe reverse. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals and red Arabicfive minute markers, outer minute track. Gold ?fancy? hands.M. 26 mm., frosted gilt, wolf's tooth winding, cylinder escapement, giltthree-arm flat-rim balance, blued steel flat balance spring.Diam. 31 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 4,500 - 5,500

USD 6,000 - 7,000

LOT 163

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneve, No. 15325, case No. 16589, circa 1912. Very fine 18K white gold Belle Epoque, opalescent, painted on enamel, diamond and opal-set lady's keyless pendant watch.

C. Four-body, circular, opalescent guilloché enamel bezel with whiteenamel line border, decorated band mounted with diamond-set ribbonand flowers, pendant drop opal below, back cover overlaid with opales-centenamel on an engine turned ground and painted with rose flowerand leaf swags, rose cut diamond-set border and applied latticeframework set with an oval opal, the winding crown set with a cabochonsapphire, 18K white gold necklace chain. Hinged gold cuvette.D. Frosted gilt, black painted Arabic numerals and outer minute track.Blackened steel spade hands. M. 20 mm., rhodium-plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic com-pensationbalance, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial and cuvette.Diam 24 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 4,500 - 5,500

USD 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: HKD 43,700

LOT 164

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Geneva, No. 3, circa 1875. Very fine and rare 18K gold, painted on enamel, rose cut diamond and pearl-set cruciform pendant watch with separate crowns for winding and hand setting.

C. Three-body, stepped, cruciform, the top outlined with black champleve enamel and set with pearls, oval sprunghinged cover over the dial set with a painted on enamel portrait of a female saint surrounded by rose cutdiamonds, release catch at the base of the upper crucifix, hinged back with bright cut border, fixed ring suspen-sionloop with movable tapered loop. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steelhands. M. 50 x 32 mm., frosted gilt, linear wheel train with cross-shaped wheel plate, linear wheel train, twocrowns, one for the winding and one for the hand setting, cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, bluedsteel flat spiral balance spring.Dim. 64 x 48 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 70,000 - 80,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,000

USD 9,000 - 11,000

LOT 165

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Geneva, No.243745, circa 1890. Fine 14K gold, painted on enamel and rose diamond-set lady's pendant watch in the form of a fan.

C. Four-body, fan-shaped with scalloped edge, the body decorated with blue and black champleve enamel, sprungand hinged front cover released by depresing a button in the crown, overlaid with a painted on enamel scene ofa shepherdess in a landscape and set with four rose cut diamonds, hinged back cover decorated with an enamellakeside view. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Off-white enamel dial with blue radial Roman numerals, gold dot minuteindicators. Gold spade hands. M. 23 mm., frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, gilt three-arm balance, bluedsteel flat spring.Dim. 38 x 38 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 23,000 - 27,000

EUR 2,300 - 2,700

USD 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 166

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Geneva, circa 1930. Rare, Art Deco, ivory Egyptian Revival singing bird box.

C. Rectangular with canted corners, the top and sides carved with scenes of ancient Egyptian monuments, raisedon stylised bust feet, hinged singing bird cover set with an oval ivory plaque carved with a view of the pyramidsat Giza. M. Rectangular, brass, large spring barrel with cams around the circumference geared to a fly and saw-toothedrack operating the feathered singing bird with moving beak, wings and tail.Dim. 160 x 112 x 68 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 23,000 - 27,000

EUR 2,300 - 2,700

USD 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: HKD 40,250

LOT 167

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

L'Epine, No. 9840, circa 1830. Fine 18k gold and champlevé enamel pocket watch with jump hours.

C. Four-body, hinged bezel with black, white, blue and gold champlevé enamel decoration, stem, bow and bandsimilarly decorated, hinged and sprung back cover decorated with gold scrolling foliage and black, white and bluechamplevé enamel. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, engine turned, eccentric minutes chapter ring with bâton anddot markers and Arabic quarter minute markers, subsidiary seconds, aperture for the Arabic jump hour numer-als.Gold hand. M. 47 mm., frosted gilt, Lépine caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued steelflat balance spring, index regulator.Dial and cuvette signed.Diam. 53 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 23,000 - 27,000

EUR 2,300 - 2,700

USD 3,000 - 3,500

LOT 168

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Attributable to Lépine, No. 20844, circa 1830. Fine and rare18K gold and enamel pocket watch with jump hours.

C. Four-body, hinged bezel decorated with stylised gold foliage and black champleve enamel, black champleveenameled band and stem, hinged back decorated with gold foliage and black champleve enamel. Hinged goldcuvette. D. Silver, engine turned, eccentric minute chapter ring with dot and Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds,aperture for the Arabic jump hour numerals. Blued steel hand. M. 33 mm., frosted gilt, Lépine caliber, cylinderescapement, three-arm flat-rim brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring.Numbered on the cuvette.Diam. 39 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 3,000 - 4,000

USD 4,000 - 5,000

LOT 169

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Geneva, No. 1297, circa 1810. Fine and rare, gold, enamel and pearl-set musical snuff box set with a center-seconds watch. Accompanied by a gold and enamel key.

C. Three-body, overlaid with panels of translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground, black and goldchamplevé enamel borders of stylized leaf and line motifs, hinged lid with circular pearl set bezel, hinged baseenclosing a compartment for snuff. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and Arabic quarter minutemarkers, outer seconds divisions, mounted on a rectangular polished gold plate with dark blue champleve enameldecoration of flowers and foliage within a stylized border. M. 78 x 40 mm., sur plateau, the watch train withstanding barrel and male key fitting, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, regulator arm protrudingthrough a slot to the side of the dial, independantly activated musical movement with standing barrel, sectionalcomb of 20 teeth playing against each side of the pinned disc. Gold and enamel male key.Numbered on the reverse of the dial mask, movement and case. The inside of the case scratched "Bald".Dim. 82 x 43 x 17 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000

USD 11,000 - 13,000

Sold: HKD 109,250

LOT 170

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

?Windmill? Louis Duchène & Fils, Geneve, No.54812, circa 1800. Very fine 18K gold, painted on enamel pocket watch with windmill automata.

C. Three-body, "Empire", hinged pearl set bezel, the band decorated with white, blue and gold champleve enamel,glazed hinged back with pearl border, finely painted Geneva enamel and engraved gold alpine scene of cattle andgoats watering in a mountain stream, engraved gold windmill and fir tree with white champleve enamel detail,the windmill with rotating sails. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarterhour markers. Pierced tipped-hands. M. 40 mm., frosted gilt with flared turned pillars, fusee and chain, vergeescapement, the upper pivot of the contrate wheel extended through the back of the case to power the windmillsails, pierced and chased continental balance cock.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 47 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,000

USD 6,500 - 7,500

Sold: HKD 74,750

LOT 171

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Bordier a Pallise, No.13372 / 2849, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold, enamel and split pearl-set quarter-repeating pocket watch

C. Two-piece, Louis XVI, hinged bezel set with split pearls, the back overlaid with translucent enamel on an engineturned ground, pearl set border. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarterhour markers. Gilt Breguet hands. M. 38 mm., frosted gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, vergeescapement, brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, repeating the hours and quarters on a bellactivated by depressing the pendant.Signed and numbered on the movement.Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: A

HKD 40,000 - 45,000

EUR 4,000 - 4,500

USD 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: HKD 46,000

LOT 173

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

?Blue Bouquet? Barrauds, Cornhill, London, No. 9102, made for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Very rare and fine large 18K gold painted on enamel, pearl-set watch.

C. Three-body, "Empire" with fixed cuvette, reedd band, splitpearl-set bezels pendant and bow, the back painted on enamelwith a fine bouquet of summer flowers against translucent blue enamel overzig-zag engine-turning, the border decorated in champlevé enamel. Spring-loaded back opened by a push-piecein the pendant. D. Off-white enamel with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade and poker"hands. M. 51 mm (23'''), hinged, full-plate, gilt, going barrel, cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, brass four-armbalance, the balance and the steel escape wheel jeweled, both with ruby end-stones, flat balance spring withJoseph Bosley patented regulator, gilded cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage. Gilded dust-cap finelyengraved with scrolling foliage.Signed on the back plate and numbered on the dial.Diam. 62 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 125,000 - 150,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

LOT 174

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, No.9275, for the Chinese Market, London hallmarks for 1818 - 1819. Fine and historically important 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set royal presentation watch bearing King George III?s cipher.

C. Three-piece, "Chinese" reeded band, hinged split-pearl set bezel, stem and bow decorated with blue and whitechampleve enamel and set with pearls, hinged back with pearl border, overlaid with dark blue translucent enamelon an engine turned ground, scalloped white and pale green champleve enamel border, mounted with the rosediamond set cypher of King George III with a crown above. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outerminute divisions, large subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hour and minute hands. M. 40 mm., gilt full-plate, ringedcylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, steel flat-rim three-arm balance, finely chased andengraved single footed cock and furniture, diamond endstone. Signed on the movement, numbered on the dial,movement and case. The movement and case punched with the initials I.MC for James McCabe.Diam. 52 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 110,000 - 130,000

EUR 11,000 - 13,000

USD 14,000 - 17,000

LOT 175

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

?Romance? Bovet, Fleurier, No. 883, made for the Chinese market, circa 1850. Fine 18K gold, painted on enamel and split pearl set center-seconds pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "Chinese", bezel set with split pearls, band decorated with red, blue and white enamel, similarlydecorated stem and bow set with split pearls, sprung and hinged back cover set with a painted on enamel of twoyoung lovers in a park, split pearl set border. Sprung and hinged glazed cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Romannumerals, outer seconds divisions and Arabic quarter markers. Blued steel "Chinese" hands.M. Mirror polished steel movement, free-standing barrel, duplex escapement, bimetallic compensation balancewith blued steel compensation weights, index regulator.Signed on the movement.Diam. 65 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 125,000 - 150,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: HKD 149,500

LOT 176

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

?The Serpent Attack? Bovet, Fleurier, No. 9, enamel attributed to P. Amédée, made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Very fine, gilt silver and painted on enamel, large pearl-set center-seconds watch with special movement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, the back painted on enamel with a large serpent attacking a lady and her Hindu escort,riding on an elephant, pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, glazed cuvette mounted to the movement adapter ring.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and 15-minute markers. Blued steel "spoon"hands. M. 54 mm (24???), highly polished steel "Chinese" caliber, jeweled to the center, free-standing barrel, coun-terpoisedlateral lever escapement with a ruby-set tail, three-arm steel balance with blued steel?ax? weights. Dial, case (in Chinese characters) and movement signed.Diam. 62 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 90,000 - 100,000

EUR 9,000 - 10,000

USD 12,000 - 14,000

Sold: HKD 345,000

LOT 177

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Patek Philippe & Co., No. 76771, case No. 202583, made for Julian Y. Duprat in 1889 - 1890. Extremely fine and important 18K gold antimagnetic hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with special movement and dial.

C. Four body, "pommes", polished, sprung and hinged front cover with engraved monogram, milled edges,hinged back. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, letter numerals spelling "Julian Duprat", outer minute indi-cationsand Arabic five minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 41 mm., rhodium-plated,"fausses cotes" decoration, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement with goldfork, diamond pallets, ruby locking pin and blued steel roller, cut bimetallic compensation balance with goldtemperature screws and platinum meantime screws, palladium Breguet balance spring, escape wheel andbalance wheel pivots with gold jewel caps, index regulator.Signed on the movement, cuvette and case. Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AAA

HKD 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,500

USD 3,000 - 4,500

Sold: HKD 46,000

LOT 178

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 38588, circa 1872. Fine 18K gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Four-body, engine turned hinged and sprung front cover with chased foliate monogram and polished border,polished band, hinged engine turned back with polished border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radialRoman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18.5''', frosted gilt,wolf's tooth winding, straight line "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, bluedsteel flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette, numbered on the case, cuvette, reverse of the dial and movement.Diam. 51 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,500

USD 3,000 - 4,500

LOT 179

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

?A. Kisseleff? Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 120948, case No. 231599, circa 1902. Fine and rare 18K pink gold keyless half open-faced pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Four-body, polished, hinged wide curved bezel, inner bezel, hinged back with filled monogram ?A.K.?, hingedgold cuvette with filled inscription ?A. Kisseleff?. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, sunksubsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17''', frosted gilt, wolf's tooth winding, straight line"moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel spiral spring with overcoil,cam adjustment to the regulator.Signed on the case, dial and movement.Diam 46 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 4,000 - 6,000

USD 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: HKD 32,200

LOT 180

Important Watches Collector's Wristwa... The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 957529, case No.512080, Ref. 2485. Made in 1952. Very fine, square, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte pink with applied Arabic numerals andgold "b?ton" indexes, subsidiary seconds, outer minute rings. Pink gold "b?ton" hands. M. Cal. 10'''-200, rhodiumplated, "fausses-c?tes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-com-pensatingBreguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 28 x 38 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 55,000 - 70,000

EUR 5,500 - 7,000

USD 7,000 - 9,000