J. F. Bautte à Genève, No. 63467, circa 1840.Fine 18K gold and enamel very slim watch.
C. Four-body with scalloped edge with chased pierced bezels, engine-turned back with painted champlevé enamelled flowers and further engraved decoration. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. Frosted silver with Roman numerals and engraved with floral decoration. Gold Breguet hands. M. 14???, gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 4 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System: AA
HKD 7,200 - 8,800
USD 900 - 1,100
C. Four-body, bezel, pendant and bow with blue champlevé enamelled decoration, the back panel painted with a small Swiss lakeside landscape, the Mont Blanc in the background, split-pearl inlaid outer blue enamelled decoration. Hinged gold cuvette.D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 9???, frosted and gilt, bar calibre with going barrel, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 23 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,400 - 2,800
Sold: CHF 1,610
J. F. Bautte & Cie. à Genève, No. 66650, circa 1840.Fine 18K gold and enamel, miniature watch.
C. Four body with ribbed band and polished bezel, the back engine-turned in a vermicelli pattern and centred with a small powder blue champlevé flinqué enamelled rosette. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Frosted silver with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 7''', frosted and gilt, bar calibre with going barrel, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 18 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,830
C. Four body, bezel, pendant and bow with blue champlevé enamelled decoration, the back panel painted with a small Swiss lake side landscape, the Mont Blanc in the background, split-pearl inlaid outer blue enamelled decoration. Hinged gold cuvette.D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 9''', frosted and gilt, bar calibre with going barrel, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 23 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
Sold: CHF 2,990
J. F. Bautte & Cie, à Genève, No. 76057, circa 1850.Fine and rare, small 18K gold, montre à tact.
C. Four body, massive "forme quatre baguettes", the engine-turned back, with gold touch pins on the band, the large revolving à tact hand, engraved with scrolls. Gold cuvette with an aperture allowing the tact hand to be caught by the tact wheel and engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "fleurs-de-lys" hands.M. 14 1/2''', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel,18 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 40 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 4,600
Bautte & Moynier a Geneve, No. 38610, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold and enamel watch.
C. Double body, fully decorated in high relief with chased leaves and enamelled floral ornaments against a matted ground. D. Frosted gold with Roman numerals, border and centre with two-coloured gold cast floral decoration. Gold Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: A
HKD 14,000 - 17,000
USD 2,000 - 2,400
Sold: HKD 14,950
C. Three body outer fully engraved with foliage enhanced by white and blue champleve enamelled decoration, the back centred with a composition of summer flowers. Inner decorated en suite, the back centred with a painted romantic scene of a mother with her daughter. The cases are made in such a way that the inner case can be turned in the outer case so that the watch can be used either as an open face or as a hunter. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. Silver with Roman numerals, engraved with foliage and flowers. Blued steel hands. M. 9 1/2"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
Bautte & Moynier a Geneve, No. 38610, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold and enamel watch.
C. Double body, fully decorated in high relief with chased leaves and enamelled floral ornaments against a matted ground. D. Matted gold with Roman numerals, border and centre with two coloured gold cast floral decoration. Gold Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: AA
USD 1,800 - 2,200
Sold: USD 2,070
C. Fully decorated with white champleve enamelled decoration over a black ground, the watch with spring loaded bezel is set on a bracelet made of inter-linked double U and bar elements. D. Fully decorated with flowers and foliage over a black ground and centred with hour and minute apertures. 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 cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Dim. of the watch frame: 50 x 48 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 19,550
C. Four body with split-pearl set bezel and bow, the split-pearl pave-set back centred with a faceted fancy Alexanclrite. Matching Brooch designed as a bird. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with violet Arabic numerals. Gold "spade" hands. M. 9 1/2"', gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 35 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes " with reeled band, the back applied with a Ducal crown against a blue enamel ground, outer white and blue interlaced champleve enamelled decoration. Matching chatelaine decorated with a gold monogram applied on a blue enamel ground, ribbon knot at the top and accompanied by matching seal and key. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 11 1/2''', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, eight jewels, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 31 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
Sold: CHF 6,900
Bautte & Moynier, Geneve, No. 35965, circa 1830. Very fine 18K gold, pearl-set watch.
C. Double body, entirely decorated with groups of split-pearls over a matted ground with further chased leaf decoration. D. Matted gold with raised polished gold Roman numerals, chased garland of flowers on the border, the centre with a floral decoration in a rosette pattern. Gold Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass, flat calibre built on a single plate, drawn from that invented by Hessen, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the movement. In perfect condition. Diam. 44 mm.
HKD 62,000 - 77,000
USD 8,000 - 10,000
C. Three body, "bassine pincee", the back engineturned with white and azure champleve enamel floral and foliage engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. 16"', gilt brass, eight jewels, Bagnolet inverted calibre with the free standing barrel and the train of wheel sunk in the single plate engraved on the reverse with a floral decoration. Cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Female winding squares. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 42 mm.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
C. Four body, massive, entirely chased in high relief with a ruby-set floral decoration over a matted ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed on the cuvette and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 3,910
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" engineturned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with aperture for the digital jumping hours, large eccentric minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hands. M. 18"' gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,450
C. massiccia, in tre pezzi, fondello con perle incastonate. Q. in smalto con cifre romane. Lancette " Poire" in ottone dorato. M.19"' dorato, 17 rubini, scappamento ad ancora "Moustaches", bilancere bimetallico con spirale Breguet. Controfondello e cassa marcati. In ottime condizioni. Diam: 47 min.
ITL 3,300 - 3,800
C. The grip of translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turning with split-petrls set borders, the watch concealed on the end of the butt, the cover with rose-diamond set border, chased with decoration and centred with an emerald. Diamond-set back centred with an opal cabochon. Gold plates, finely chased with a dog on one face, a rabbit on the reverse and framed with rosediamonds. The barrel of cobalt blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, decorated with paillonne scroll design simulating damascene work. The perfume is spread out through the pistils of a gold lotus flower with enamelled petals, which is shot out of the barrel, released by the percussion of the diamond-set hammer when the trigger is depressed. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "spade" bands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain bass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. In ver), good condition in a later red leather fitted box. Dim. 111 x 55 mm. Estima te : ****
HKD 0 - 0
C. massiccia, interamente decorata di smalto rosso translucido su "guilloché" e smalto blu cobalto damascato da "paillon" d'oro e orlata di perle fini incastonate. Un coperchio decorato di smalto rosso e circondato di perle, copre il quadrante dell'orologio in smalto bianco con cifre romane. Armando il cane della pistola, in oro cesellato, il grilletto esce dall'apposito alloggiamento, dove si trova la firma. Premendolo si libera il meccanismo che scatta verso la canna ottagonale e, istantaneamente, un flore di loto con corolla di petali smaltati, appare aprendosi e lasciando vaporizzare i, dai pistilli, il profumo in esso contenuto. Due piccole piastre in oro, poste simmetricamente ai lati, e contornate di perle, incise raffiguranti una lepre ed un cane. Q. in smalto bianco con numeri romani. Lancette " Poire " in acciaio brunito. M. a gabbia in ottone dorato, pilastrini cilindirici, conoide con catena, scappamento a verga, bilancere in ottone a tre bracci. Spirale piana, con incisa in ottone dorato. Firmato nell' alloggiamento del grilletto. In ottime condizioni. Dim.: 111 x 55 mm.
ITL 200,000 - 220,000
C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes", fully enamelled with floral and foliage champlevé decoration on a black ground, a Royal crest on the back. Gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18-, gilt brass with going barrel, 4 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, parachute suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
HKD 20,000 - 22,500
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: HKD 34,466
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" with reeded band, the back engraved with scrolled foliage in a " vermicelli" pattern. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 5, 5"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 16 mm. Total weight: 5gr.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000