356 lots

LOT 131

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Tank Obus - St. Christopher Cartier, Paris, "Tank Obus", No. 21407/1519. Made in 1928. Very fine and very rare, square, 18K yellow gold and champleve enamel wristwatch with special champleve enamel ?St. Christopher? back and a Cartier 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier box.

C. Square, two-body, solid, polished, four screws on the band, ogival lugs, black champleve radial Roman numerals on the wide bezel, inner minute track, the back decorated with a dark blue champleve enamel depicting St. Christopher and the inscription ?EXALTATION, 1901-1927, Paris and After?. D. Small, square, matte silver. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 10''', signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., case with Cartier numbers. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

USD 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 26,400

LOT 210

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

White Gold Art Deco Dress Watch Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, movement No. 813720, case No. 604459. Retailed by The Frank Herschede Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Made for Chas. A. Sargeant, circa 1928. Very fine, thin, 18K white gold and enamel, keyless, Art Deco dress watch.

C. Three-body, ?bassine carrure ronde?, bezel and bow with black geometrical art deco enamel decoration, band with geometrical repeated pattern in high relief, back with black enamel cartouche and the name ?Chas. A. Sargeant?. D. Satine silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 17???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapment, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed, movement engraved with retailer?s name Diam. 44.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,400

LOT 313

Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po... Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

Tiges Obus Cartier, Paris, No. 4839/ 17374, "Savonnette rectangulaire, tiges obus". Made circa 1928. Very fine and extremely rare, rectangular, 18K yellow gold and enamel wristwatch with concealed dial and winding crown and an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Rectangular, polished, hinged and sprung cover over the dial decorated with a blue champleve enamel filet, bezel with four screws, ogival lugs. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 9 1/2'", by European Watch & Clock Co. Inc., rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, self compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, case and movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc. Dim. 24 x 33 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

USD 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 15,600

Sold: CHF 840

LOT 355

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

Specially made for Alberto Santos Dumont in 1928 L. Leroy & Cie, Horlogers a Paris, ?Chronographe dedoublant?, No. 20105, case No. 16017. Ordered by Henri Dumont and made especially for Alberto Santos Dumont in 1928. Extremely fine and historically important, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and progressive 30-minute register.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished band and border, engine-turned back with engraved foliate monogram HD, button for start/stop and return-to-zero of the chronograph in the crown, split-seconds pushbutton at 11 o?clock. Hinged gold cuvette inscribed ?Mai 1928, No. 20105, Henri Dumont, Mouvement de Chronographe dedoublant Execute specialement pour M. Santos Dumont par L. Leroy & Cie?. D. Matte silver, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost fifths of a second chronograph divisions, subsidiary 30-minute register at 12 o?clock, subsidiary seconds at 6 o?clock, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 40 mm, 18???, frosted gilt bar caliber, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, large-diameter cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 75,000 - 100,000

USD 70,000 - 95,000

EUR 50,000 - 65,000

Sold: CHF 960

LOT 21

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, May 10, 2009

Doctor?s Chronograph Rolex, case No. 119283, Ref. 1983/2572. Made circa 1930. Fine and rare, nickel-chrome, keyless dress watch with chronograph, register and pulsation scale. Accompanied by a fitted Rolex box.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, stepped band, recessed winding crown, hinged back cover. D. Brushed silver, black Breguet numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, 30-minute register dial at 12, subsidiary seconds at 6, outer blue pulsometer graduation. Blued steel spade hands. M. 17''', rhodium plated three-quarter plate, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

USD 3,500 - 5,200

EUR 2,600 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 4,800

LOT 150

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, May 10, 2009

Two-Tone Case Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva, Switzerland, movement No. 818123, case No. 607137. Made in 1928, sold on September 9th, 1929. Very fine and very rare, rectangular, wristwatch with an 18K white and yellow gold case. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, rectangular, yellow gold sides, hinged case-back, bombé crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold spade hands. M. 10''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement à moustache, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 25 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 5,200 - 7,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,300

Sold: CHF 7,200

LOT 329

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, May 10, 2009

Exceptional Split-Seconds of 1928 with Unique Luminous Dial, For Tiffany Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, retailed by Tiffany & Co, New York, movement No. 198206, case No. 415610. Made in 1928, sold on September 23rd, 1938. Extremely fine and unique due to its luminous dial, important and very early, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with singlebutton split-seconds chronograph, vertical 30-minute register and constant seconds, luminous dial, mobile lugs and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by a Tiffany & Co. box, the Extract from the Archives and a copy of the service and repair notice from Patek Philippe.

C. Four body, Officier, massive, polished, hinged case back, hinged curved gold screwed bar lugs, winding-crown also for start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph, single button on the band at 2 for stop and reunite of the split-seconds hand. Hinged gold cuvette with signature and number on the border. D. Matte silver with painted luminous Arabic numerals, vertical subsidiary seconds dial at 12 and 30-minute register at 6, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track with Arabic five-second numerals. Blued steel skeleton hands. M. Cal 13''', rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, split-seconds chronograph with visible work. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 34.5 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 700,000 - 1,200,000

USD 610,000 - 1,000,000

EUR 460,000 - 800,000

Sold: CHF 606,000

LOT 12

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

Gyromatic Girard-Perregaux, "Gyromatic, 39 Jewels", movement No. 3219280, case No. 8245794. Made in the 1960's. Fine and rare, center seconds, waterresistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, straight lugs, screwed-down case back, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Two-tone satiné silver with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, aperture for the gold-rimmed date. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. Gyromatic, rhodium-plated, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 800 - 1,200

USD 700 - 1,000

EUR 550 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,200

LOT 10

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P... New York, Mar 05, 2009

Desk Alarm Clock Cartier, No. 2180, circa 1928. Very fine and rare jade, enamel, coral and diamond desk alarm clock.

C. Square, jade, blue enamel chapter ring composed of applied gold Roman numerals, applied triangular coral and two applied diamonds at the tip of each indexes, brass folding stand. D. Black lacquer with abalone shell marquetry inlay depicting a Japanese woman in a garden. Single-cut diamond-set hands, third hand for alarm indication. M. 53 mm., 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Case signed, numbered on case and movement. Dim. 95 mm, square.

Grading System:

USD 9,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 10,000

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

Sold: USD 32,400

LOT 193

Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

Yellow Gold, Ref. 96 Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, ?Calatrava?, movement No. 819722, case No. 293971, Ref. 96. Made in 1928, encased in 1933, sold on November 23rd, 1935. Very fine and rare, early, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original Certificate of Origin and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, straight lugs, snap-on case back. D. Silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer engraved minute division. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. 12???, gilt brass, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm

Grading System: AA

CHF 4,000 - 5,500

USD 3,700 - 5,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 6,000

LOT 213

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... New York, Jun 18, 2008

Platinum Dress Watch Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 812315, case No. 417349. Made in 1925, sold on January 9th, 1928. Very fine and rare, keyless, platinum Art Deco dress watch. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-piece, demi-bassine, solid, polished, case back with rubyset monogram, winding crown set with ruby cabochon. D. Matte silver with applied Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute track, guilloche subsidiary seconds dial. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 16''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.

Grading System: AA

USD 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: USD 3,600

LOT 21

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

Girard-Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 31928, made before 1860. Fine, 18K yellow gold hunting cased, quarter repeating pocket watch with dead independent seconds.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", engine-turned, with ribbed band, hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic 5-minute and minute/seconds track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 19''', gilt brass double train with going barrels wound separately, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Independent seconds train with flirt on the escape wheel pinion and bolt in the band. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Diam. 50 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 43,000 - 53,000

USD 5,500 - 7,000

EUR 3,500 - 4,200

Sold: HKD 54,000

LOT 254

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

White Gold Art Deco Dress Watch Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, No. 813720, case No. 604459. Retailed by The Frank Herschede Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Made for Chas. A. Sargeant, circa 1928. Very fine, thin, 18K white gold and enamel, keyless, Art Deco dress watch.

C. Three-body, ?bassine carrure ronde?, bezel and bow with black geometrical art deco enamel decoration, band with geometrical repeated pattern in high relief, back with black enamel cartouche and the name ?Chas. A. Sargeant?. D. Satine silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 17???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapment, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed, movement engraved with retailer?s name Diam. 44.5 mm.

Grading System: AA

HKD 53,000 - 65,000

USD 7,000 - 8,500

EUR 4,300 - 5,200

LOT 293

Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ... Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

Pink Gold Square Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, No. 817722, case No. 616414, ref 439. Made in 1928, sold on April 9th, 1938. Fine and rare, early, square, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, flat wide bezel, straight curved lugs, snap-on case back. D. Brushed champagne, with baton indexes and Roman quarter-hour numerals, outer minute divisions. Black baton hands. M. 9"', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 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

HKD 45,000 - 60,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,600 - 5,000

LOT 368

The Collection of a European Nobleman Geneva, May 11, 2008

Royal Oak Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak?, Automatic, No. 1928, case No. E- 35124. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws securing 8 case back screws, screweddown hexagonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with clous de Paris decoration, applied luminous yellow gold baton markers, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2121, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

Grading System: A

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,800

USD 4,000 - 6,000

LOT 537

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Monopoussoir Rolex, case No. 25672, Ref. 2507. Made in 1928. Very fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with olive-shaped single button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, concave lugs. D. Silvered with yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer telemeter graduation, at the center, spiral tachometric scale graduated in 360. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal 12 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm, thickness 12 mm.

Grading System: AAA

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

USD 18,000 - 27,000

EUR 12,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 25,200

LOT 622

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 402696, case No. 253850. Made in 1928. Fine and very rare, thin keyless, platinum dress watch with chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute register.

C. Three-body, "bassine pincée", polished. D. Matte silver with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minutes/seconds and fifth second timing scale, 30-minute register at 12, subsidiary seconds at 6. Gold Breguet hands. M. Cal.19??? 26/12, rhodiumplated, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance-spring, Vacheron & Constantin micrometer regulator (Patent CH 101652, registered 1 November 1923). Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

USD 20,000 - 24,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 26,400

LOT 646

Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket... Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

Tank Obus ?St. Christopher? Cartier, Paris, "Tank Obus", No. 21407/1519. Made in 1928. Very fine and very rare, square, 18K yellow gold and champleve enamel wristwatch with special champleve enamel ?St. Christopher? back and a Cartier 18K yellow gold deployant clasp.

C. Square, two-body, solid, polished, four screws on the band, ogival lugs, black champleve radial Roman numerals on the wide bezel, inner minute track, the back decorated with a dark blue champleve enamel St. Christopher and the inscription ?EXALTATION, 1901-1927, Paris and After?. D. Small, square, matte silver. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 10''', signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., case with Cartier numbers. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 6 mm.

Grading System:

CHF 33,000 - 38,000

USD 30,000 - 34,000

EUR 20,000 - 24,000