3883 lots

LOT 323

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, MUSICAL WATCH WITH CONCEALED EROTIC AUTOMATON SCENE, YELLOW GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

An extremely fine and rare, large, 18k gold and painting on enamel, manual wind musical watch with concealed erotic automaton scene, activated with the music on demand by pressing the pendant. White enamel dial, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blue steel spear hands.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 3,200 - 5,300

USD 3,400 - 5,600

HKD 26,000 - 43,300

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Year Circa 1810

Diameter 57 mm.

Caliber 22''', gilt brass full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, pierced and chased foliate continental type balance cock, silvered regulation dial. Pinned barrel musical movement driving the automata by a series of levers and cams, activated at will by pressing the pendant..

Sold: CHF 12,500

LOT 327

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

ADOLPH LANGE, GERMANY, GUILLAUME-TYPE BALANCE, YELLOW GOLD

A very fine, 18k yellow gold, manual wind keyless, open faced pocket watch with Lange's Guillaume-type balance.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 1,100 - 2,200

USD 1,150 - 2,300

HKD 8,700 - 17,400

Brand Adolph Lange, Germany

Year Circa 1900

Movement No. 8400

Case No. 8400

Diameter 53 mm.

Caliber 18''', A. Lange 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 16 jewels some set in gold chatons, straight-line escapement, gold pallet fork, gold escape wheel, Lange`s Guillaume-type balance with timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.

Signature Dial and movement, case signed M. Goldsmith

Sold: CHF 3,000

LOT 328

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

ATTRIBUTABLE TO EUGÈNE LECOULTRE, RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR WITH INTEGRAL SUNDIAL AND COMPASS, 18K GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Very fine and very rare, open face, keyless 18K gold pocket watch with perpetual calendar, fly-back date with integral hidden under the lid a compass and a sundial.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 7,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,400 - 13,700

USD 7,800 - 14,400

HKD 61,000 - 114,000

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Year Circa 1860

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 53 mm.

Caliber 19''', nickel plated, 19 jewels, bar bridges, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.

Signature Movement and case numbered

Sold: CHF 25,000

LOT 330

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, SWITZERLAND, SILVER

A very fine, silver, manual wind keyless pocket watch with silver dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds.

Grading System: AA

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,600 - 2,700

USD 1,700 - 2,800

HKD 13,000 - 21,700

Brand Vacheron Constantin, Switzerland

Year Circa 1915

Movement No. 372189

Case No. 229676

Diameter 50 mm.

Caliber 19''', frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring.

Signature Dial, case (with initials) and movement

Accessories Original certificate

Sold: CHF 6,500

LOT 333

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

PATEK PHILIPPE, SWITZERLAND, MINUTE REPEATER HUNTING CASE, YELLOW GOLD

A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind minute-repeating, keyless, hunting cased pocket watch. Enamel dial with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track with gold colored Arabic five-minute markers, subsidiary seconds with gold colored Arabic numerals.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 10,600 - 15,800

USD 11,100 - 16,700

HKD 87,000 - 130,000

Brand Patek Philippe, Switzerland

Year Circa 1890

Movement No. 80970

Case No. 204265

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 20’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised and calibrated straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swanneck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band

Signature Dial, case and movement

Sold: CHF 16,250

LOT 334

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

F. A. ROBERT CHARRUE, SWITZERLAND, PELLATON-TYPE CARRIAGE WITH SPRING DETENT ESCAPEMENT, YELLOW GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

An exceptionally fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind open face keyless pocket chronometer, glazed back, band with chased laurel-leaf decoration, polished bezels. One-minute tourbillon chronometer, Pellaton-type carriage with spring detent escapement. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel, "Breguet" hands.

Grading System:

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

EUR 42,100 - 64,000

USD 44,300 - 67,000

HKD 348,000 - 520,000

Brand F. A. Robert Charrue, Switzerland

Year completed in 1936

Movement No. 1936

Diameter 53 mm.

Caliber 20 ''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration with narrow straps, 3/4 plate based on Pellaton calibre, three-arm Pellaton-type carriage with spring detent escapement, cut anibal-steel Guillaume compensation balance with gold screws, special steel alloy balance-springwith Phillips outer terminal curve, index regulator with gold scale plate and micrometric pin adjustment, jeweled to the center, escapement with end stones, pin-set.

Signature Movement

Sold: CHF 137,500

LOT 335

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

C. PROST, SWITZERLAND, ONE-MINUTE GUINAND TYPE III TOURBILLON REGULATOR MADE IN VEVEY, YELLOW GOLD

A very fine and important, 18k yellow gold, manual wind hunting cased pocket chronometer with one minute tourbillon regulator with type 3 carriage by Ernest Guinand

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 40,000

EUR 21,100 - 42,100

USD 22,200 - 44,300

HKD 174,000 - 348,000

Brand C. Prost, Switzerland

Year Circa 1890

Case No. 3071

Diameter 52

Caliber 19''', nickel-plated, gold wheel train, 15 jewels in gold châtons, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with Phillips curv, Guinand type III polished steel tourbillon carriage with gold index scale and amplitude-controlling device.

Signature Dial and movement

LOT 336

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

LUCIEN SANDOZ & FILS, SWITZERLAND, TOURBILLON,WITH PIVOTED DETENT ESCAPEMENT, YELLOW GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A very fine and important 18k gold, manual wind hunting cased keyless pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement and one minute tourbillon regulator.

Grading System:

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

EUR 15,800 - 26,300

USD 16,700 - 27,700

HKD 130,000 - 218,000

Brand Lucien Sandoz & fils, Switzerland

Year Circa 1890

Case No. 76143

Diameter 57 mm.

Caliber 20"', LeCoultre calibre, nickel plated, "a vagues" decoration, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. One minute tourbillon regulator with polished-steel elaborated three-arm Grether first type of carriage.

Signature Dial and movement

Sold: CHF 18,750

LOT 339

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

AUDEMARS PIGUET, SWITZERLAND, PERPETUAL CALENDAR WITH BREGUET NUMBER, WHITE GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A very fine, rare and elegant slim 18k white gold, manual wind keyless, astronomical Art Deco dress watch with perpetual calendar and phases and age of the moon.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 20,000

EUR 10,600 - 21,100

USD 11,100 - 22,200

HKD 87,000 - 174,000

Brand Audemars Piguet, Switzerland

Year Sold the 20.08.1929

Movement No. 33566

Case No. 33566

Diameter 46 mm.

Caliber 17''' SUFQ #3, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjustments, Breguet balance spring.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Audemars Piguet ''certificat d'authenticité'' from 15.03.2023

Sold: CHF 9,375

LOT 340

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GERMANY, A. LANGE & SÖHNE LANGE DOUBLE CHRONOGRAPH SYSTEM, PINK GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A heavy, 18k pink gold, manual wind keyless, hunting-cased pocket watch with 1st Quality movement with Lange's Guillaume-type balance, Lange double-chronograph system with single push-piece for all four functions via one column wheel.chronograph button at 6 governing all four functions. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions concentric with fifths of a second chronograph divisions, outermost red Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register. Louis XV gold hour and minute hands, blued steel chronograph hands.

Grading System:

CHF 20,000 - 40,000

EUR 21,100 - 42,100

USD 22,200 - 44,300

HKD 174,000 - 348,000

Brand A. Lange & Söhne, Germany

Year Made 1905

Movement No. 42623

Case No. 42623

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 19''', matte gilt, 1st Quality, 21 jewels in screwed gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement with gold fork and escape wheel, Lange bimetallic compensation balance cut in the manner of Guillaume, gold temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with terminal curve, foliate engraved cock, diamond endstone, swan-neck micrometer regulator, visible mechanism for the four-function chronograph.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Sold: CHF 27,500

LOT 342

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

HAAS NEVEUX QUARTER-REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Extremely fine and equally rare, large and heavy, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, hunting-cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.
"bassine et filets" shaped case, polished band, matted covers. Hinged gold cuvette.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 10,600 - 15,800

USD 11,100 - 16,700

HKD 87,000 - 130,000

Brand B. Haas Jeune, Switzerland

Year Circa 1890

Movement No. 18853

Case No. 15573

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 57 mm.

Caliber 19''', matte gilt three-quarter-plate, 23 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Sold: CHF 10,625

LOT 343

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

WORLD TIME WITH 8 TIME ZONE

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Very fine 18K gold, keyless, astronomical, double-face, 8 time zone watch with triple calendar, phases and age of the moon.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,300 - 8,500

USD 4,500 - 8,900

HKD 34,700 - 70,000

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Model The Royal Astronomer

Year Circa 1890

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 19''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.

Sold: CHF 11,875

LOT 344

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GERMANY, DEUTSCHE UHRENFABRIKATION, PINK GOLD

A fine, 18k pink gold, manual wind open face pocket watch with Lange's Guillaume-type balance

Grading System: A

CHF 1,150 - 2,100

EUR 1,200 - 2,200

USD 1,300 - 2,400

HKD 9,900 - 18,200

Brand A. Lange & Söhne, Germany

Year Circa 1880

Movement No. 29655

Case No. 29655

Diameter 52 mm.

Caliber 19```, Glashütte 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 18 jewels, gold chatons with blued steel screws, straight line Glashütte escapement, gold pallet fork and escape wheel, banking with a pin and hole, Lange Guillaume-type balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, the terminal stud adjustable by a screw, diamond endstone, engraved balance cock, index regulator.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Sold: CHF 2,250

LOT 346

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GERMANY, ANCHOR CHRONOMETER, GLASHÜTTE-SA, DEUTSCHE UHRENFABRIKATION, PINK GOLD

A very fine, large and heavy, 18k pink gold, manual wind hunting case pocket lever chronometer with Lange Guillaume balance. White enamel, three-piece with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands.

Grading System: AA

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,200 - 4,300

USD 2,300 - 4,500

HKD 17,400 - 34,700

Brand A. Lange & Söhne, Germany

Year Circa 1901

Movement No. 44783

Case No. 44783

Diameter 58 mm.

Caliber 20''', Glashütte 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 25 jewels, gold chatons with blued steel screws, straight line Glashütte escapement, gold pallet fork and escape wheel, banking with a pin and hole, Lange Guillaume-type balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, the terminal stud adjustable by a screw, diamond endstone, engraved balance cock, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw,.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Original box and blank certificate

Sold: CHF 13,750

LOT 348

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

ULYSSE NARDIN, SWITZERLAND, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPLICATED WATCH MADE BY ULYSSE NARDIN, YELLOW GOLD

An exceptionally fine and probably unique 18k gold hunting-cased, manual wind Large and heavy, Grande Complication astronomical pocket watch with Grande, Petite Sonnerie et Silence, clockwatch with minute-repeating, instantaneous perpetual calendar and phases of the moon.

Grading System:

CHF 30,000 - 60,000

EUR 31,600 - 64,000

USD 33,300 - 67,000

HKD 260,000 - 520,000

Brand Ulysse Nardin, Switzerland

Year Made 1909

Movement No. 14255

Case No. 14255

Diameter 60 mm.

Caliber 20''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, tandem winding, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through small pushbutton at 12 o'clock, "silent" governor, grande/petite switch lever at 6 o'clock.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Copy of Ulysse Nardin overhaul invoice from Jun 2006 and a letter from Ulysse Nardin about the watch

Sold: CHF 62,500

LOT 349

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

CHARLES BARBEZAT-BAILLOT, SWITZERLAND, THE CHERUB MUSICIANS, THREE HAMMER CARILLON MINUTE REPEATER & AUTOMATON WATCH WITH FOUR ACTIONS, YELLOW GOLD

A fine and very rare, 18k yellow gold, manual wind carillon minute-repeating with three hammers on three gongs, 18K gold hunting cased, keyless pocket watch with painted on enamel automaton jacks with four actions. Small enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, flanked by polychrome painted on enamel cherub musicians repeating hours, quarters, and minutes on bells and a tambourine, two further polychrome musicians below, the putti to the left rising when the repeat slide is activated, the whole on a matte gilt plate. Blued steel spade hands.

Grading System:

CHF 22,000 - 42,000

EUR 23,200 - 44,200

USD 24,400 - 46,600

HKD 192,000 - 364,000

Brand Charles Barbezat-Baillot , Switzerland

Model THE CHERUB MUSICIANS

Year Circa 1890

Case No. 12709

Diameter 56 mm.

Caliber 20''', matte gilt, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating with three hammers on three gongs activated by a slide on the band.

Signature punched AF & Ce and numbered.

Sold: CHF 32,500

LOT 350

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

MONTANDON LOCLE, SWITZERLAND, "CHRONOS", MINUTE-REPEATER WITH AUTOMATON JACKS, MOVEMENT BY LECOULTRE, YELLOW GOLD

A fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind hunting case, Small off-white enamel dial, gold paillon "shadowed" Roman numerals, outer gold paillon minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, central paillon rosette, flanked by polychrome painted on enamel Chronos and cherubs repeating hours, quarters, and minutes on bells, the whole on a polished steel plate.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 12,700 - 19,000

USD 13,300 - 20,000

HKD 104,000 - 156,000

Brand Montandon Locle, Switzerland

Model "Chronos"

Year Circa 1890

Movement No. 1924

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 20''', rhodium-plated, 35 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.

Signature LeCoultre under one hammer, movement signed Montandon le Locle

Sold: CHF 18,750

LOT 359

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

ATTRIBUTED TO PIGUET & CAPT., SWITZERLAND, YELLOW GOLD

A very fine and extremely rare 18k. varicoloured gold and painted on enamel, manual wind attributed to Piguet & Capt rose-diamond set ring watch with two automata.Oval top housing the watch and the automata, rose-cut diamond set bezel, the head is fitted to the hinged shank with runners and on its underside a shutter gives access to the winding and setting squares.Eccentric dial, white enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. A varicoloured gold couple, she on a swing, he standing pushing the swing, a dolphin fountain curves around the visible, rose diamond-set balance. The whole mounted on an oval painted on enamel background with a garden.

Grading System:

CHF 50,000 - 100,000

EUR 53,000 - 106,000

USD 56,000 - 112,000

HKD 434,000 - 870,000

Brand Attributed to Piguet & Capt., Switzerland

Year Circa 1810

Material 18K yellow gold

Length 38

Width 24

Caliber 16.5 x 30.6 mm, oval, plain brass, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel, three curved arm rose diamond-set balance, flat balance spring. The automaton is driven by an independent five-wheel train and activated by a small lever on the side.

Sold: CHF 60,000

LOT 361

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

PATEK PHILIPPE EARLY PERPETUAL CALENDAR, 18K YELLOW GOLD

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A fine and early rare, manual wind, open face, 18k gold perpetual calendar pocket watch.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

EUR 15,800 - 26,300

USD 16,700 - 27,700

HKD 130,000 - 218,000

Brand Patek Philippe, Switzerland

Year Sold on 26th March 1891

Movement No. 65283

Case No. 202893

Material 18K pink gold

Diameter 52 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, nickel plated, 21 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight line lever escapement “a moustaches”, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Sold: CHF 22,500

LOT 363

Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

PATEK PHILIPPE, SWITZERLAND, REF. 803, LADY LIBERTY COIN WATCH, BREGUET NUMERALS, YELLOW GOLD

A fine and rare, 22k yellow gold, manual wind watch set in a 22k Twenty dollars Lady Liberty coin

Grading System: AAA

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

EUR 15,800 - 26,300

USD 16,700 - 27,700

HKD 130,000 - 218,000

Brand Patek Philippe, Switzerland

Model Lady Liberty coin watch

Reference 803

Movement No. 801065

Case No. 509106

Diameter 34

Caliber 177, 18 jewels

Signature Dial, case and movement signed

Sold: CHF 27,500