C. Rectangular, covered with tortoiseshell. D. Silver engine-turned with luminescent Arabic numerals. Gold pierced interlaced hands. M. Gilt brass rectangular, European Watch & Clock Co., 13 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted in two positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with gilt push piece on the side. Signed on the dial. Dim. 61 x 51 x 31 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
C. Rectangular silver, overlaid with gold engineturned in a concentric pattern with white champleve enamelled borders and bezel, top and side panels centred with small diamond-set rosettes, agate rectangular base. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Rose-cut diamond-set hands. M. Gilt brass rectangular with going barrel, straight line lever escapement set on the back plate, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial. Dim. 66 x 49 x 41 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
C. Agate rectangular, designed as a desk-clock with pen-rest, the face applied with a square plaque of gold, engine-turned in a sunburst pattern and set with four sapphire cabochons. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals. Gold hands with sapphire set pivot. M. Nickel plated, cal. 55, 13 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self compensating balance spring. Signed on the dial, case and movement. Dim. 11 x 7,5 cm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
C. Double body Directoire, polished. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. hiner small subsidiary dials for the dates, the leap year cycle, the days of the week, the phase and age of the moon, the seconds and the months with indication of their number of days. Gold "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
J. Chambon a Paris, No. 5686, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold centre seconds watch with triple calendar.
C. Double body Louis XVI, polished. D. White enamel eccentric with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, symmetrical subsidiary dials for months with indication of their number of days and dates and days of the week, centre second on the bezel's border. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. ' Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,325
Pierre Kern a Bruxelles, No. 10243, circa 1800. Fine 18K gold watch with date.
C. Double body, Directoire, polished. D. White enamel with gilt foliage decoration, Arabic numerals and inner calendar ring. Gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain bass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end piece. Hinged, spring loaded gilt brass dust cap. Signed on the dial, dust cap and back plate. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 500 - 600
Sold: CHF 1,380
Swiss, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating skeleton watch.
C. Double body, Empire, with glazed back and reeded band. Hinged glazed gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate, fully skeletonised, the back plate pierced and chased with foliage and flowers, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, the polished steel repeating work set on the back plate. Diam. 55 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 5,060
Huard a Paris, No. 4821, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with special escapement.
C. Four body, "forme collier", engine-turned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 19'" , gilt brass with free standing barrel, steel and gold double wheel duplex escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with Breguet "pare-chute" suspension, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
C. Four body, Empire with reeled band, the back engine-turned in a sunburst pattern and centred with a blank cartouche. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 12 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. Diam. 59 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 11,500
C. Three body, "Empire " polished with reeded band, by joly (Master mark) No. 1816. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt-brass double trains with going barrels, Breguet overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Grande and Petite Sonnetze striking with selection levers on the movement, repeating on gongs with button on the pendant. Signed on the dial and cuvette Diam. 58 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 14,000
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Three body, Empire by joly (Master Mark), No. 249, the back engine-turned in a sunburst pattern and engraved with a monogram in a cartouche. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold skeletonised Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, typical Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Striking on the case by depressing the pendant with a massive polished steel single hammer, the repeating train and work, similar to that invented by jean Antoine Lepine. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 52 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 5,290
Gillion a Paris, No. 10722, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold watch with digital jumping hours.
C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes ", engineturned, the cover with eccentric dial aperture and subsidiary small, aperture for digital jumping hour. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with digital hour aperture and eccentric Arabic minute ring. Blued steel single Breguet hand. M. 18 " ', gilt brass, bar calibre, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 47 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 2,200 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 2,760
Moricand & Degranges a Geneve, No. 53103, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold, turquoise and ruby-set watch.
C. Double body, entirely covered by a beaded decoration the back in a scalloped pattern set with turquoises and rubies. D. Gold engine-turned with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "scoties" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 42 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 2,875
Capt & Freundler a Geneve, No. 254, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold and enamel, watch.
C. Double body, fully decorated with black and white champleve enamelled weaved decoration in a sunburst pattern. Hinged gilt-brass cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring with outer gold cast floral decoration. Blued-steel "scotties" hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, and flat balance spring, gilt-brass continental balance cock with garnet end-stone. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 42 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 1,600 - 2,000
Sold: CHF 1,840
Swiss, circa 1840. Fine 18K gold watch with eccentric dial and visible balance.
C. Double body, "forme quatre baguettes", engineturned. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold engineturned with Roman numerals on a small eccentric polished chapter ring below the balance aperture. M. 17"', gilt brass, bar calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, rose-cut diamond-set balance with flat balance spring and regulator. Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,000 - 2,400
Sold: CHF 2,300
C. Three body, "bassine pincee", the cover with eccentric dial aperture, engine-turned in a vermicelli pattern with painted champleve enamelled Summer flowers above the dial aperture on the cover and on the centre of the back. D. Eccentric silver with Roman numerals sunk on the silver dial plate engraved with flowers and foliage. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 12 1/5"', gilt brass, eight jewels, Bagnolet inverted calibre with the free standing barrel and the train of wheel sunk in the single plate engraved on the reverse with technical details and a floral decoration matching that of the dial-plate. Cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Female winding squares. Diam. 35 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 2,000 - 2,400
C. massive, polished, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9" ' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 30 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
C. massive, polished, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9"' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 30 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. massive, polished, half-moon shaped lugs, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9"' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case. Dim. 22 x 33 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 14,000 - 16,000
C. massive, polished, sapphireset winding-crown. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals. "Baton" blued steel hands. M. 9"' signed Cartier, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 30 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 4,000 - 4,500