Gold Feathers and Flowers Ilbery, London, No. 5809, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815. Very rare and highly decorative 18K gold and enamel center seconds watch with decoration entirely composed of gold paillons and with special escapement.

C. Three-body, the back in translucent dark blue enamel over spiral engine-turning centered with a gold rosette encircled with a paillon peacock feather frame, the border with a very fine gold, green and red paillon vine motif, the bezels, pendant and bow, with champlevé enameled decoration. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track with 15 minute/seconds Arabic markers. Gold "heart" hands. M. 50 mm. (22???), hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, ruby duplex escapement, plain polished steel five-arm balance, flat balance spring with index regulator and diamond endstone, large gilt brass cock chased with flowers and scrolled foliage. Gilt brass dust cap. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 59 mm.

By the River Ilbery, London, No. 6425 and 6426, circa 1818. Exceptionally fine and very rare pearl-set 18K gold and painted on enamel true pair of watches with special escapements, made for the Chinese market.

C. Three-body, spring-loaded back cover very finely painted on enamel with a river bank scene with an Alpine landscape in the background, a tree, lavishly enhanced with half pearls forming a portal, half pearl-set bezels, champlevé enamel band, pendant and bow forming foliate and geometrical patterns, scalloped edges decorated with champlevé enamel in a foliate pattern, gold and enamel hinged cuvette entirely decorated with repeated patterns. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "heart" hands. M. 49 mm. (22???), gilt brass fully engraved "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, diamond endstone. Signed on the movement. Diam. 62 mm.

"Moses" Unsigned, attributed to Dubois, Neuchâtel, No. 1, circa 1800. Extremely rare and very fine large 18K pink gold, enamel and pearl-set watch, probably the first ?Moses? automaton, with independent Jacquemart quarter-repeating on a bell and special escapement.

C. Three body, massive, polished, with the bell mounted in a highly unusual way to the band, wound from the back. D. Small eccentric white enamel with Arabic chapters, gilt outer minute track. Gold "spade" hands. Set at the left of a gold plate finely enameled with the people of Israel against Mount Sinai, the all-seeing eye of the God in the background in translucent gold, with applied raised varicolored gold plate chased with rocks, foliage and figures of Moses and five supplicants, a cave below revealing a further plate decorated in enamel and engraved gold with applied gold cherub jacks flanking an altar to Love. M. 53 mm. (23 1/2???), frosted gilt full plate with fixed barrel, virgule escapement, brass escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, skeletonized polished steel cock, highly polished steel-work set on the backplate, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, the automaton of complicated combination of wheels, levers, racks and cams is activated by the same pendant, via switch lever protruding from under the dial at 1 o?clock. Punched on the movement with numeral "1", case punched with Neuchâtel chevron gold mark, casemaker?s mark "FTD" and number 4536. Diam. 66 mm.

William Anthony, London, No. 1935, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800. Magnificent and extremely rare 18K gold and enamel, eight day-going, pearl- and diamond-set oval watch with special escapement.

C. Double-body, the back of Imperial blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, double row calibrated split pearl-set border, the very fine applied diamond- and pearl-set navette decoration centered with a large diamond, borders with azure champlevé enamel oval rim with geometrical pattern of opaque white and translucent red enamels. Double row calibrated split pearl-set bezel and pendant. Hinged gilt brass cuvette mounted to the movement ring. D. White enamel, eccentric chapter ring set at the top with radial Roman numerals and outer half-minute divisions, subsidiary seconds set symmetrically in the lower part. Gold "arrow" hands. M. Oval, 44 x 55.6 mm. (20 x 25???), gilt brass bridge caliber fully chased and engraved with scrolling foliage, 9 jewels, free-standing barrel, five wheel train, ruby duplex escapement, plain polished steel curved five-arm balance, flat balance spring, diamond endstone. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Dim. 95 x 57 mm.

Geneva, attributable to Frères Rochat, made for the Chinese market, circa 1820. Extremely rare and magnificent pair of gold and enamel pearl- and diamond-set singing bird pistols.

C. Made entirely of gold and enamel in the form of a double-barreled flintlock pistol, conjoined hexagonal barrels in translucent dark blue enamel over flinqué with gold scrollwork simulating damascene work, the opening set with diamonds and terminating with hinged panel enameled on the outside with black enamel and inside painted with a bird among flowers, the gold pan sides with rectangular gold plaques with concave corners, one depicting a sleeping lion, the other an antelope with black enamel border in diamond-set frame, the bottom of the pan decorated with a pattern of alternating straps of gold and black enamel, the grips with translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turning with pearl-set rosette in the middle with rose-cut diamond in the center, lower edge set with half pearls, upper edge decorated with wreath of laurel leaves made of graduated half pearls and black enamel, the back of the grip decorated with gold and black enamel fine crossing pattern with scrolling set with graduated half pearls. The top edge set with half pearls, gold matted and engraved hammers, the head of the flint vise engraved with lion?s heads, gold vise nuts terminated with diamonds, agate flints, gold pan covers mirror polished inside and engraved with acanthus leaves on the outside with their springs terminating with diamonds, opening under the right pan cover for sound, three barrel-like ramrod pipes, the ramrod containing the key for the watch. M. Rectangular, two tier, each slightly different, 115 x 29 mm, brass, reversed fusee and chain, six cams set on the extension of the second wheel arbor controlling the sound (whistle), the bird?s movements (turning, flapping wings, opening the beak and moving tail) controlled by two cams set on the same arbor between the plates, unusual mechanism for lifting and retrieving the bird, where both functions have their own mechanisms, each with its own spring, circular bellows. Punched with unidentified mark on chain ring of one of the pistols. Dim. Length 145 mm., width 38 mm.

La leçon de chant Frères Rochat, Geneva, No. 120, made for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Exceptional and unique large rectangular 18K gold and enamel pearl- and diamond-set large singing bird box featuring two birds with rare forward movement of the head and body.

C. Four-body, the center of the front lid with aperture for large very finely painted on enamel medallion with flowers and fruits, which when lifted reveals two birds rising over a realistically painted enamel nest with straw and flowers and champlevé enamel border. Between them is a vase with diamond-set flowers, at which the birds appear to peck. The birds rotate, turn their heads, move their heads back and forth, lean forward, flap their wings and and tails and open their beaks to sing, one after the other. The top panel decorated with gold scrolling and champlevé foliate and floral patterns against pink champlevé enamel, outer edges and aperture set with half pearls, one side hinged revealing the key compartment. Side panels and the base decorated with translucent green enamel over double pattern engine-turning with frames of white and pink champlevé enamel and blue enamel flowers. M. Rectangular, 100 x 65 mm. brass, large going barrel, twelve cams and a whistle with sliding piston for the song?s modulation. The cams rotate four times per song and lift one step every rotation, allowing a long duration of singing. Addfitional set of four cams mounted on the extension of the third wheel for controlling the bird movement. Cam and fusee-like chain controlling the raising of the medallion and the birds. Punched with the maker?s mark FR and serial number on the inside of the front plate. Diam. 105 x 72 x 40 mm.

Seaside Village Scene France, Musique de Genève à 6 airs, No. 33472, the painting stamped Deforge, Boulevard Montparnasse, Md. Couleurs A Paris, circa 1860. Very fine and rare eight day-going hour- and half hour-striking musical painting with clock, with echo activated at 12 o?clock, music playing on demand.

C. Gilt wood framed, oil on canvas, depicting a French seaside town, a church on the left with the clock in its bell-tower. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute markers. Blued steel hands. M. Brass, square, with going barrels for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, pendulum with silk suspension. Striking on a gong with two hammers, with count wheel on the back plate. Additional brass movement for the carillon playing at 12 o?clock, striking on two gongs with its own two hammers, fly regulator released by main movement, striking train at 12 o?clock. 6 tune musical movement with 13 cm. brass pinned cylinder. Dim. 98 x 80 cm., including the frame.

The Musical Scent Flask Jaquet Droz, London, casemaker?s mark "M&P", Geneva, made for the Chinese market, circa 1790. Exceptionally rare and very fine gold and enamel, emerald- and half pearl-set musical scent flask fitted with a watch with visible diamond-set balance, a carillon, and a mirrored compartment .

C. Front decorated with exceptionally fine engine-turned decoration with aperture for the dial and the balance, bezels set with emeralds and half pearls, small rectangular engraved base finished with alternating emeralds and half pearls, hinged bottom revealing the mirrored compartment, cylindrical top decorated with translucent green enamel leaves on matte background finished with a ring of alternating emeralds and half pearls, rocaille stopper decorated with emeralds and half pearls which also unscrews to reveal the key for the watch and the music, edges and sides with laurel leaf and flower decoration in translucent green, blue and white enamel and half pearls, the back decorated with flinqué similarly to the front, a central medallion with a very finely chiseled lady reading under a tree in varicolored gold, both front and back panels are hinged to reveal the watch and the musical movement respectively. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer dots for minutes with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold "beetle and poker" hands. M. Shaped like a vase with two handles, gilt brass, fully engraved, going barrel, cylinder escapement with three-arm silver balance with diamond-set rim. Musical movement: going barrel also the pin drum, five hammers striking on 5-bell carillon, adjustable stop levers controlling the strength and the length of each tone, five-wheel train with the fourth one set in adjustable eccentric bushing as a governor. Signed on the movement, the stopper punched with the goldsmith?s mark. Dim. 12 x 5 x 3 cm.

Pierre Jaquet Droz, A la Chaux-de-Fonds, circa 1770. Extremely fine and rare, red tortoiseshell veneered and ormolu eight day-going, hour and half-hour striking and hour-repeating musical bracket clock with eight tunes playing on the hour or on demand.

C. Rectangular, tortoiseshell veneered brass mounted with gilt bronze vine branch applied on the canted corners, rocaille feet, the pediment with pine-cone finials and surmounted by a fine gilt bronze branch of foliage and flowers, the side panel with gilt brass frets, and external bronze handles, left panel with tune indicator, right panel with repeating cord. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. The gilt brass dial plate with applied gilt bronze foliage scrolls beneath the dial, below six o?clock aperture for music/silence. M. Brass, rectangular, with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, half seconds-beating pendulum with silk suspension. Striking train with fusee and chain, the count wheel on the back plate. Striking and repeating on a bell, the pull-cord repeating train with rack and levers on the back plate. Musical movement: brass, set below the going train, double fusee and double chain, wooden cylinder with brass pins, bellows with twelve pewter pipes, fly governor with two adjustable blades. A disc on the left side panel allows the tune selection. Signed on the movement, the mainspring signed G. Langin, known to be the spring maker of the Jaquet Droz workshop. Dim. 84 x 44 x 26 cm.

Mercury Swiss, attributable to Meuron, made for the Italian Market, circa 1790. Very rare and very fine ebonized and gilt wood eight-day-going, bracket clock, striking hours and quarters, repeating with 12-tune music playing on the hour and on demand.

C. Square, molded top with gilt statue of Mercury with his winged helmet and a money pouch in his right hand, two gilt putti at his side, with front decorated over red fabric with applied gilt wood garlands of flowers and scrolling foliate pattern, top with aperture for the dial, lower part with aperture for enamel 12-tune change dial, pierced side panels for sound, the right one with cord to activate the music, the left one with cord to activate the repeater. Bracket with a finial at the bottom and rich gilt wood garland decoration. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures at 4 and 8 o?clock, regulating aperture at 12 o?clock with setting the pendulum in motion aperture below. Gilt elaborate hands. M. Rectangular, brass, going barrels both for the going and striking trains, verge escapement with silk suspension, rack striking of typical Neuchatel design, pull repeat. Musical movement: double barrel with double fusee set one below the other, 15 poplar pipes, 15 valves, brass pinned cylinder, fly governor with worm gearing. Dim. Height. 106 cm, (140 with the bracket). Base width 55 cm.

Christian Kintzing a Neuwied, cabinet by David Roentgen, made for Comte Florimond de Mercy-Argenteau, Austrian Ambassador to the Courts of Louis XV and Louis XVI, with original music composed by Christoph Willbald Gluck, circa 1778. Exceptionally fine, rare and important Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany organ and dulcimer eight day-going, four-tune astronomical musical longcase clock fitted with center seconds, date, phases of the moon and striking hours and half-hours with automatic or on demand tune change.

C. Mahogany, rectangular, top with canted corners supported by ormolu consoles with acanthus leaves hung with laurel swags, masks of young women mask flanked by grapevines, arched hood surmounted by an ormolu figure of Apollo with his lyre, the front with glazed door with ormolu caryatids surmounted by ormolu urns hung with grapevine garlands, sides with hinged door fitted with a panel of green silk, the interior with mahogany trellis-work, paneled trunk with canted corners de-corated with ormolu grapevines, sides with hinged doors fitted with panels of green silk and with mahogany trellis on the interior framed by ormolu beaded frame, rectangular plinth, dado decorated with ormolu rosettes, canted corners with ormolu busts of young women and acanthus leaves, ormolu covered consoles, rectangular feet fitted with ormolu plaques. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures at 4, 6 and 8 o?clock, inner Arabic date ring, set on gilt dial plate decorated with putti at each corner, top silvered arch with aperture for phases of the moon with its age sector, outermost with tune selection sector (Andante, Menuet, Polonaise, Allegro). The striking and music control levers are placed in the following manner: the lever outside 9 o?clock is for striking/silent of the striking movement, when set to the left, the music plays every hour, when set to the middle, every three hours, and to the right, no music, the lever at 3 o?clock controls the carillon: with the lever up it plays twice, with lever down it plays once. M. Heavy brass, three-train with heavy weights, anchor escapement, bob pendulum, rack striking, pinned brass barrel (28 x 14 cm), organ with two rows of 36 pipes and a dulcimer with 28 hammers, large rectangular bellows, control lever for controlling the pitch of the sound on the right side. Signed on the movement. Dim. Height 330 cm., width 73 cm., depth 45 cm.

Brosse à Bordeaux (France), circa 1840. Very rare, highly unusual, fine gilt brass and marble table regulator with escapement à coup perdu, overhanging pendulum and highly unusual power system.

C. Carrara marble base of six molded rectangular pieces, separated by gilt brass, four fluted columns with twisted finials, four steel rod frame finished with white marble top with four torch finials at the corners and one larger one at the top, the bottom of the frame fitted with gilt brass structure holding two pear-shaped weights. D. Silvered, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at the top. Unusual "Cardinal stick" and "poker" blued steel hands. M. Brass, two weights wound by a chain and system of pulleys and cords, five-wheel train, chronometer escapement, ruby impulse pallet, overhanging mercury pendulum, spring suspension. Signed on the dial. Diam. Height 125 cm, width 50 cm.

The Lyre Brosse à Bordeaux (France), circa 1840. Extremely rare, highly unusual and very fine 9-day going brass and marble table regulator with unusual constant force escapement à coup perdu, friction roller bearings, power reserve indication, overhanging pendulum and thermometer.

C. Lyre-shaped on rectangular pedestal with molded base, whole on white marble with gilt bronze ring for the glass dome, front with winding aperture with rhomboidal gilt plaque, gilt bronze rectangular feet, winding from the base so as to avoid having to remove the glass dome. D. Silvered and matted, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds below 12 o?clock, winding sector at 6 o?clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, H-shaped, going barrel, housed in the pedestal, steel rod with transmitting power to the visible escapement set at the top via gimbaled connection, unidirectional unusual impulse by a lever fitted with adjustable weight for the strength of the impulse with one pivot set on friction roller, mechanism with a large gold fly with the arbors set on a friction roller at one side for uplifting the impulse lever, overhanging pendulum in ruby jewels, with micrometric length adjustment, micrometric spring-loaded beat adjustment of unusual construction, gridiron pendulum with three steel arms and two brass ones, thermometer with adjustable spring-loaded knob. Signed on the dial. Dim. Height 74 cm, base width 28 cm.

Brosse à Bordeaux (France), No 24, circa 1830. Very fine and unusual 2-day marine chrono-meter of special construction.

C. Two-body, mahogany, top with sliding panel to reveal the dial, fixed brass handles, lock in front, bracket for key in the left rear corner. Gimbaled bowl with poising weight at the bottom, threaded glazed bezel. D. Silvered, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 96 mm, brass, 3/4-plate, going barrel, Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, unusual cut bimetallic compensation balance with brass arm and bimetallic rims screwed to the arm bracket, Earnshaw-type trapezoidal sliding temperature weights, two mean-time screws, blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring with terminal curves fastened to adjustable stud. Signed on the dial. Dim. 20 x 20 x 18 cm.

Lépine A Paris, Horloger du Roy, No. 1242, with hallmark used between July 14, 1767 and July 13, 1768. Very fine, rare and important 20K multicolored gold quarter-repeating à toc watch of a new design invented by Lépine.

C. Two-body, Louis XV, back centered with a medaillon with applied flower vase, applied foliate garlands at the edges, bezels en suite, extended hinge. D. White enamel, signed "Arnaud" on the reverse, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 4 o?clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 38.8 mm, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, Lépine repetition system without chain and with both hour and quarter racks fitted on the repeater winding arbor, activation lever acting on the cam set under the hour cam, all-or-nothing mechanism with movable star wheel, repeating on gold blocks fixed to the case by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 45 mm.

Moss Agate Flasks James Cox, London, No. 631 & 632, circa 1770, made for the Chinese market. Exceptionally rare and very fine pair of moss agate and 20K gold diamond-set scent flask fitted with clockwatches striking the hours and mirrored compartments.

C. Very fine moss agate flasks overlaid with repoussé gold with rocailles, flower vase, the watch apertures with classical columns on each side and flowers, the stoppers decorated en suite, bottoms with hinged mirrored compartment with diamond-set edge, the tops also with diamond-set edge, backs with aperture for setting the watch, small gold shell-like bolt in front under the watch to activate the repeater. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot track with five-minute Arabic markers, two winding apertures; at 6 o?clock for the going train, at 10 o?clock for the repeater. Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. M. 27 mm. (12???), frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock pierced and engraved with asymmetrical scrolling. Signed on the movement. Dim. 15 x 6 x 3 cm

A. Lange & Söhne, Glasshütte, B/ Dresden, No. 48010, circa 1900. Very fine and rare silver keyless free-sprung deck chronometer beating half-seconds with special escapement.

C. Four-body, "Jürgens", polished, silver, hinged cuvette. D. Silver, radial champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 47.5 mm. (21???), 3/4-plate frosted gilt, 20 jewels, 5 gold châtons, one in steel with diamond. Grossmann type pivoted detent escapement, to 22 mm. diameter cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and mean time screws, blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring with both terminal curves, diamond endstone. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 62 mm.

Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glasshütte, circa 1900. Extremely rare and very fine 18K gold hunting-cased double-train Grande Complication astronomical clockwatch with grande et petite sonnerie, minute-repeating, perpetual calendar, phases of the moon and split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute register.

C. Four-body, massive "Louis XV", polished, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement, double lift spring, pushbutton at 12 o?clock for activating chronograph, at 11 o?clock for split-seconds, lever protruding from under the bezel at 6 o?clock for changing from grande to petite sonnerie, another at 11:30 for striking/silent. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five-minute/seconds red Arabic markers, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four-year leap cycle concentric with minute register, and subsidiary seconds with phases of the moon aperture. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 44 mm. (20???), nickel, 3/4-plate, 43 jewels, some in chatons, straight line Glashütte lever escapement with gold escape wheel and pallet fork banking in a pin hole, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and mean time screws, roller jewel inserted in the arm, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, chronograph and split-seconds mechanism on the back plate, repeating on gongs by tripping a small bolt in the band. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 63 mm.

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Grande Complication", No. 10/50, Ref. 3770. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples in 1995. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, astronomic, minute-repeating, self-winding, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with 44 hours autonomy, square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by original box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, case back with screws, pyramidal bezel, curved straight lugs, screwed-down winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. white enamel with applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, the week and the months, apertures for the year and moon phases. Bâton yellow gold hands. M. Cal 79091, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 68 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam: 44 mm.

Cartier, France, "Bracelet Montre Tortue Or", No. 22302, movement No. 40736. Entered in the registers on April 24, 1929, sold in 1931. Exceptional and unique Art Deco, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. two-body, solid, polished, shaped, screws on the band to attach the case back bearing the monogram "F.H.C.", wide bezel, concave lugs. D. matte silver with enameled radial Roman numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 11''', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Signed Cartier on the dial, European Watch & Clock Co. on the movement, and numbered on the case. Dim. 32 x 40 mm.