ATTRIBUTABLE TO MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE & CO., GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, VINAIGRETTE (PERFUME-BOX), YELLOW GOLD
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
An exceptional Formed as a rosebud, the petals enamelled in shades of pink, with green leaves, set with borders of pearls and centre set with rose-cut diamonds; the reverse of red guilloché (engine-turned) enamel over a chased rosebud, with black, light blue, and green enamelled borders; with rosette diaper-work grille.Grading System: 
CHF 15,000 - 35,000
EUR 15,800 - 36,900
USD 16,700 - 38,800
HKD 130,000 - 304,000
Brand attributable to Moulinié, Bautte & Co., Geneva, Switzerland
Year Circa 1805
Length 46
Width 27
Accessories Original box
Sold: CHF 18,750
Grading System:
CHF 25,000 - 35,000
EUR 25,500 - 35,600
USD 28,200 - 39,400
HKD 222,000 - 310,000
Brand attributable to Moulinié, Bautte & Co., Geneva, Switzerland
Model made for the Chinese market
Year circa 1805
Material 18K yellow gold, enamel, pearls, diamonds
Dimensions 46 X 27 mm.
Accessories Original box
Sold: CHF 35,000
BAUME & Co. POCKET WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD
Grading System: A
HKD 4,100 - 8,200
EUR 550 - 1,050
CHF 500 - 1,000
USD 550 - 1,050
Brand Bautte & Co, Les Breuleux (Franches-Montagnes, Jura)
Year circa 1965
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 40 mm.
Caliber Peseux 330, 17 jewels (signed "C.A. Baume")
Signature dial and movement
Accessories satin and gold chain
Sold: HKD 5,125
SPECIALY MADE FOR POLISH NOBLEMAN ‘’MELENIEWSKI’’
Front cover with finely painted coat of arms of the Kopacz Meleniewski family on a royal blue ground, the back cover with foliate engraved à tact hand and painted on enamel initials «UM» beneath a painted-on enamel Polish Noble Crown. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a sidereal time chart for each month with dates and hours, minutes and seconds. Engine-turned with polished borders, coin-edge band with gold pins for the à tact.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with gothic letters at each five-minutes spelling the name «U. Meleniewski», subsidiary seconds.
Grading System:
CHF 10,000 - 20,000
HKD 85,000 - 170,000
USD 10,900 - 21,700
EUR 9,400 - 18,700
Brand Bautte & Co
Model Montre à Tact
Year Circa 1850
Movement No. 72428
Case No. 72428
Caliber 17’’’, matte gilt bar caliber, 12 jewels, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator
Dimensions 45.5 mm
Signature Dial, Case and Movement
Sold: CHF 12,500
ROSSEL & FILS Pocket watch; 18K yellow gold and enamel
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator.
Grading System: AA
HKD 16,000 - 23,400
USD 2,000 - 3,000
CHF 1,900 - 2,790
Brand Rossel & Fils, Geneva
Model “Successeurs de J.-F. Bautte & Cie”
Year Circa 1900
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 90 239 (by “R B”)
Diameter 47.5 mm.
Weight 88 gr. (approx.)
Caliber 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement
Signature cuvette (dome)
Sold: HKD 12,500
Diameter 37,5 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
HKD 8,000 - 16,000
USD 1,000 - 2,000
Brand Unsigned
Sold: CHF 1,187
Very fine,18K gold keyless open face pocket watch, chronograph with center second and Chronometer movement. ‘’Bulletin de marche’’ from 23 October 1885.
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,500 - 3,500
HKD 12,000 - 28,000
USD 1,500 - 3,500
Brand Bautte
Year Circa 1885
Calibre 18’’’, rhodium-plated, decoration, 21 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with meantime and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator
Case No. 98400
Diameter 52 mm
Signature Case
Accessories Accompanied by the original Bulletin de Marche of the Geneva observatory
Sold: CHF 4,000
18K yellow gold and enamel, pair-cased “cabriolet”, key-winding, round-shaped, pendant-watch; silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial. Case-back and outer-case engraved and polychrome enamelled in champlevé with decoration en taille d’épargne showing a bunch of flowers and foliages imitating the cloisonné-work on black background.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 48,000 - 65,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,150
USD 6,150 - 8,300
Brand Jean-François Bautte
Year Circa 1840
Movement No. 55 974
Calibre 10’’’, cylinder escapement
Case No. 55 974
Diameter Inner-case Ø 27.8 mm. / outer-case Ø 34.1 mm
Signature Cuvette (dome).
Accessories Later fitted box (early-20th century, signed T. Martin & Co., London, succ. to Henry Capt), short gold chain with winding-key.
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with silver guilloché engine-turned dial with aperture for the digital hours and subsidiary seconds at 6. Case-back and bezel engraved and black enamelled in champlevé with decoration en taille d'épargne of friezes and foliages.
Grading System: AA
HKD 12,000 - 16,000
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
USD 1,500 - 2,000
Brand Bautte & Moynier
Year circa 1830-1840
Calibre 18''', gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Caliber 18''', gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 46 mm.
Signature cuvette
Sold: HKD 15,625
BAUTTE & MOYNIER DECORATIVE POCKET WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped with scallop-edged (12 lobes), pocket watch, with silver guilloché engine-turned dial, Case-back and bezel engraved and polychrome enamelled in champlevé with decoration of friezes and foliages.
Grading System: AA
HKD 18,000 - 22,000
CHF 2,300 - 2,850
USD 2,300 - 2,900
Brand Bautte & Moynier
Year circa 1830
Calibre 145'', 4/5 plate, gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring
Case No. 38 222
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Caliber 145'', 4/5 plate, gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 43 mm.
Signature movement
Accessories matching 18K yellow gold and enamel short chainand winding-key
Sold: HKD 25,000
MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE & CO. "VINAIGRETTE"; 18K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL AND TURQUOISES
"Geneva and the Mont-Blanc view From Bellevue". 18K yellow gold, enamel and turquoise-set, horizontal rectangularshaped "Vinaigrette" with slightly concave hinged lid; cover with flowers decor; base and band decorated with guilloché engine-turned motifs. The lid chased with a quatrefoil set with 27 turquoises; the interior with hinged grille pierced and chased with formal foliage for the sponge compartment; the inside lid with a horizontal rectangular-shaped panel painted on polychrome enamel on gold showing a landscape with Geneva and the Mont-Blanc view from Bellevue.
Grading System: AAA
HKD 20,000 - 27,000
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
USD 2,500 - 3,500
Brand Moulinié, Bautte & Co.
Year Circa 1804-1808
Case No. 209
Material 18K yellow gold, enamel and turquoises
Dimensions 13.5 x 32 x 26.8 mm
Signature case
Sold: HKD 25,000
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Three-body, the sound-board in 18K gold ''filigrane'', the sound-hole with ''filigrane''gold foliage and green and black enamel decoration in the center ,raised gold wreath border, the back of the sound-chest with alternating 2 ogivals translucent red enamel segments and gold segments with chased foliage. White enamel, Breguet numerals. Gold Breguet hands. 17 mm., hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylndrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock, rack and pinion regulator with a silver plate.Grading System: AAA
CHF 13,000 - 18,000
HKD 104,000 - 144,000
USD 13,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 12,500
The grips of translucent scarlet enamel over flinqué grounds decorated with small gold rosettes on black champlevé enamel with gold flowers, the borders set with half pearls. Gold plates, finely chased with a dog on one side and a rabbit on the other, framed with half pearls. The barrels of cobalt blue translucent champlevé enamel over flinqué grounds, with a raised gold scroll design simulating damascene work. The perfume is released through the pistils of gold lotus flowers with enamelled petls, which are shot out of the barrel. The act of cocking the hammer winds the mechanism, also lowering the trigger. The watch is concealed in the end of the butt, the spring-loaded front and back covers with half pearl-set borders, decorated with flinqué rosettes and centeredwith half pearls. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold "spearhead" hands. 15 mm. ø, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, continental cock pierced and engraved. In a Chinese fitted box with original keys decorated with matching scarlet enamel over flinqué engraving and white enamel borders.
Grading System:
CHF 350,000 - 550,000
HKD 2,800,000 - 4,400,000
USD 350,000 - 550,000
Sold: CHF 413,000
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Two-body, sprung and hinged bezel set with split-pearls and seed pearls, the back set entirely with graduated split-pearls, pendant and bow decorated to match. Small offset gold with black enamel radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Gold hands. 6 mm., rhodium plated threequarter plate, spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance recessed within the movement, flat balance spring, index regulator.Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
HKD 48,000 - 64,000
USD 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: CHF 3,500
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,500 - 21,000
USD 1,600 - 2,700
Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned case, polished bezel and back rim. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver sunray engine-turned, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. 40 mm. frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance with flat balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a plunge in the bow stem. Cuvette signed.
Grading System: A
HKD 11,000 - 20,000
USD 1,400 - 2,600
CHF 1,500 - 2,700
Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned case, polished bezel and back rim. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver sunray engine-turned, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. 40 mm. frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance with flat balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a plunge in the bow stem. Cuvette signed.
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,500 - 21,000
USD 1,600 - 2,700
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Four-body, bassine et filets, polished bezel, reeded band, the back decorated with a painted on enamel scene of two Royal ladies in a landscape, foliate enamel and engraved gold border. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel hands. 27 mm., matte gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed.Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,500 - 21,000
USD 1,600 - 2,700
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned case, polished bezel and back rim. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver sunray engine-turned, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 40 mm, frosted gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance with flat balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a plunge in the bow stem. Cuvette signed. DIAM. 46 mm
Grading System: A
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
USD 1,600 - 2,600
HKD 12,500 - 20,000
C. Four-body, bassine et fi lets, polished bezel, reeded band, the back decorated with a painted on enamel scene of a Swiss lake view, foliate dark blue enamel border on an engraved ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Gold spade hands. M. 31 mm., matte gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Case punched ?JB?. Diam. 35 mm.
Grading System: A
HKD 16,000 - 32,000
USD 2,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,600 - 3,200