Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 819751, case No. 294006, Ref. 96. Production of this reference started in 1932. The present watch was made in 1928 and sold on June 5, 1934.Fine and very early, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle and the "Extrait des Registres".

C. three-body, solid, polished, back with monogram "F.V.E.", flat bezel, concave lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. "Alpha" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 12 ''', stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 30 mm.

Cortebert, Swiss, No. 593158, case No. 1544181, circa 1928.Very fine and very rare 18K two-tone gold and enamel keyless Art Deco "chevalier" "Highest Quality" watch, destined, most likely, for Barcelona Exhibition of 1929.

C. Three-piece, hexagonal, asymmetrically shaped, yellow gold bezels with blue enamel champlevé stripe, back cover in white gold with black enamel sharp geometrical figure with engraved flowers inside, large white gold bow smoothly extending from the band, white gold hinged stand for making it a desk clock. D. Silver, matte and whitened, following the shape of the case, applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "cathedral" hands. M. 35 mm. (15 1/2'''), rhdium-plated, 17 jewels, 5 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, gold wheel train.Signed on the dial.Dim. Height 50 mm, width 47 mm

Cortebert, Swiss, No. 593157, case No. 1544182, circa 1928.Very fine and very rare 18K two-tone gold and enamel keyless Art Deco "chevalier" "Highest Quality" watch, destined, most likely, for Barcelona Exhibition of 1929.

C. Three-piece, square with canted corners, white gold bezels, back cover in yellow gold with champlevé raised green, red, blue and black geometrical design with Egyptian accent, large yellow gold bow engraved in laurel leaves, smoothly extending from the band, yellow gold hinged stand for making it a desk clock. D. Silver, two-toned, following the shape of the case, applied white gold Breguet numerals over matted and whitened background, outer minute track, brushed square center, subsidiary seonds. White gold "cathedral" hands.M. 35 mm. (15 1/2'''), rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, 5 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, gold wheel train.Signed on the dial.Dim. Hight 50 mm, width 42 mm

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 811154, case No. 604805. Produced circa 1928.Very fine and rare, Art Deco, rectangular, 18K yellow and white gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. two-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, bezel and sides decorated with engravings, hooded stepped lugs with a white gold bar, flat top crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds hand. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 10''', gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 33 mm.

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 819503, case No. 417807, circa 1928.Very fine 18K gold keyless center-seconds watch with special dial.

C. Three-piece, "variée", polished, with matted back and band. D. Two-tone silver, three matted and whitened rings with, respectively, applied gold hour chapter with radial Roman numerals and indexes, champlevé minute track, outermost champlevé seconds track, stoned center. Gold "feuilles" hands. M. 38 mm. (17'''), cal. 21h, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, 8 positions, straight line "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, spring-loademicrometric regulator.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, No. 92053, circa 1928.Extremely rare and very fine two-tone 18K gold keyless Art Deco dress pocket watch.

C. Three-piece, yellow gold back and florally engraved band, white gold bezels engraved with laurel leaf pattern, yellow gold pendant with geometrical white gold bow. D. silvered, applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, outer champlevé minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold Breguet hands. M. 38 mm., nickel, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, top ones in gold settings, 8 adjustments, straight line lever escapement, cut Guillaume type anibal-brass compensation balance, special alloy Breguet blance spring, micrometric "swan-neck" regulator.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jump Hour", No.38740. Produced in 1928.Very fine and rare, rectangular, flat, jump-hour, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. two body, solid, polished, reeded sides and lugs D. apertures for the jump-hour and the digital minute indications, two matte silver revolving discs with painted Arabic numerals for the hours and the minutes. M. Cal. 10''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Movement signed.Dim. 26 x 37 mm.

Rowlands, Smith St., London, No. 10151, hallmarked 1928-29.Fine, 18K gold, keyless watch with 36-hour winding indicator.

C. four-body, "bassine" with split bezels, polished, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds, sunk up-and-down indicator at 12 o?clock. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. 40 mm, frosted gilt 3/4-plate, fusee and chain, 19 jewels, lateral English lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone.Movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneva, No. 19685, circa 1928. Very fine and rare silver center-seconds, keyless, dead half-seconds deck chronometer in ebony fitted box.

C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, glazed back. D. White enamel, bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds ring. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 45 mm (20???), frosted gilt half plate, Earnshaw-type spring detent chronometer escapement, steel escape wheel, Guillaume anibal-brass balance with special balance spring with outer terminal curve, 15 jewels, escapement capped, cock with diamond endstone. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 64 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 816951, case No. 414537. Produced circa 1928. Very fine, large, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold Art Deco gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. two-body, shaped, solid, polished, hinged case back, circular straight lugs. D. matte silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Spade Skeleton" radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 11''' rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 44 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 813529, case No. 606160. Produced circa 1928. Very fine and rare rectangular Art Deco 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Spade" white gold hands. M. Cal. 10''' gilt brass, 15 jewels, lever escapement "à moustache", cut bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 36 mm.

Breguet, No. 1971, "Bulletin de 2ème classe de l'Observatoire de Besançon", sold to Bugatti on April 20, 1928. Very fine and important, keyless, silver, split-seconds chronograph watch with 60-minute register.

C. four-body, "bassine", polished, concealed hinge, hinged silver cuvette, crown push-button at 12 o'clock for start/stop and return to zero, at 11 o'clock for split-seconds. D. white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 43 mm. (19 '''), gilt brass, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, visible split-seconds chronograph work. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Diam. 53 mm.

Cartier, New York, Art Deco commemoration cigar box with clock presented by The United States Polo Association after the match Argentina vs. United States held in September 1928. Fine and interesting silver, gold and coral cigar box fitted with an eight day-going clock.

The box: rectangular, hinged top with gold edges and pierced gold corner appliqués, inscription in the center, square coral-color molded hard stone feet set in fluted silver, front panel fitted with the clock, the gold bezel set with the same hard stone, each side with pierced gold ornament finished with fleur de lis. Clock movement fitted in a two-piece, drum type case with detachable plain back. D. Rectangular, silvered and matted, printed radial Roman numerals. Gold "spade" hands. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2???), rhodium plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial, movement signed Concord Watch Co., box with inscription giving details of the competition. Dim. 19 x 12 x 7 cm.

Walter Prendel, Groïtzsch I/SA, started 1927, finished 1928. Exceptional and unique large double-barrel, six-minute flying tourbillon regulator with inclined balance and 30-hour winding indicator pocket chronometer.

C. 900 silver with gold hinges and lips, ?variée?, ?grande gouge?, with stepped bezels, silver hinged glazed cuvette, No. 1928 made by Karl Richter of Glashütte. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds at 3 o?clock, sunk up-and-down indicator symmetrically at 9 o?clock. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 47.2 mm. (21???), 13 mm. thick, nickel, half plate, Helwig two barrel system, each with six turns of which only four are utilized by means of a stop work, going train with unusual, almost triangular, involute teeth, 23 jewels, 6-minute flying tourbillon driven from the center wheel, extremely delicate Helwig-type carriage built around the third wheel pinion carrying the fourth wheel and the lateral lever escapement with gold calibrated pallet fork, having a special poising pin protruding between the lever and the escape wheel, convex entry pallet, concave exit pallet to equalize both lifts, Guillaume anibal-brass, cut-bimetallic, 30o inclined, compensation balance with eight gold temperature adjustment screws and four gold quarter screws, free-sprung blued special steel alloy balance spring with outer terminal curve, the pallet fork is inclined 23o and the escape wheel 15o, Stanley type (English patent No. 5062 of March 21, 1891) differential type winding indicator with transmission to the dial through pierced barrel arbor, pin-set. Signed on dial and movement, case signed by the casemaker. Diam. 60.6 mm., 18 mm. thick (with crystal).

Robert et Courvoisier, Swiss, No. 19285, circa 1820. Fine, silver hunting-cased watch with day, date and painted enamel dial.

C. two-body, polished, spring-loaded front cover, gilt brass hinged dust-cap. D. white enamel, eccentric Breguet hour chapter set above 6 o?clock, outer minute divisions, day and date subsidiary dials at 10 and 2 o?clock respec-tively, the top with painted allegorical figure of a lady in neoclassical dress holding a dish in her left hand, wind-ing aperture in the hour chapter. ?Breguet? gold hands. M. 46.2 mm (20'''), hinged gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with dia-mond endstone. Dial, movement and dust cap signed. Diam. 57 mm.

Waltham Mass., U.S.A., "Vanguard", No. 26921358, circa 1928.Very fine and rare, 14K gold, keyless, Railroad Grade watch 30-hour winding indicator and with Lossier's Inner Terminal Hairspring.

C. two-body, "bassine" by "Wadsworth", polished, screwed bezel, monogrammed back. D. white enamel, bold Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds, sunk up/down indicator below 12 o'clock. Blued steel "Double Swell Spade" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, bridge caliber, damascened, 23 jewels, the top ones in gold settings, adjusted to 6 positions, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with outer and inner terminal curvesmicrometric regulator.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 52.8 mm.

Cartier, Paris. Produced circa 1928.Very fine, platinum, keyless dress watch with center-seconds.

C. two-body, knife-edge, polished, inscription inside back cover. D. silvered, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 36.7 mm., nickel, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, 8 adjustments.Dial signed, movement and case signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc.Diam. 47 mm.

Montre de sac à volets, Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 408702, case by Verger, Paris, No. 11574. Produced circa 1928.Very fine, 18K gold keyless purse watch.

C. rectangular, the front engraved with a geometrical pattern reminiscent of early photographic apparatus, the back with five parallel lines on each side, gold thumb bars and sliding shutters revealing the dial. D. silver, matte, applied gold Arabic numerals, outer minute ring. Gold "Cathédrale" hands. M. 23.3 mm., rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, 5 adjustments.Movement signed, Verger's stamp on the case.Dim. 49x37 mm.

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 405016, case No. 253654, circa 1928.Very fine and rare, Art Deco, rectangular, 18K yellow gold and platinum gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, hinged and engraved case back, black "champlevé" enamel geometrical decoration on the bezel, platinum sides, hidden lugs, onyx cabochon on the winding-crown. D. matte silver with painted Arabic numerals. "Cathédrale" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 9''' rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 33 mm.

Elegant Art Deco Ruby and Diamond Strap Bracelet, circa 1928Two repeated sections, each centrally set with an oval, faceted, Burmese ruby of approx. 1 ct. - approx. 2 cts. total weight, each ruby flanked by 4 square-cut diamonds within a background of round diamonds, the diamonds having a total weight of approx. 9 cts.; the two sections linked by a diamond-set square, bridged with channel-set, square-cut rubies, mounted in platinum and measuring approx. 7 1/2 inches (19 cm.) (the clasp was more recently modified).