Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, stepped claw lugs. D. Brushed silver with applied pink gold triangular indexes and Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 485, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
EUR 7,500 - 10,000
USD 10,000 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 17,700
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold faceted ?baton? indexes and Roman 6 and 12, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic five minute/second numerals, outer tachometer and concentric telemer graduations. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13??? 492 chronographe, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 16,000 - 20,000
USD 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 44,840
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, polished, curved bezel and band, large teardrop lugs, winding crown between the lugs at 6 o?clock, hinged back. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Yellow gold ?Breguet? hands. M. 13???, rhodiumplated, 29 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System: 
CHF 70,000 - 90,000
EUR 45,000 - 57,000
USD 55,000 - 72,000
Sold: CHF 76,700
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Three-body, ?bassine?, fixed pendant, hinged split bezel decorated with a continuous band of painted on enamel flowers, deeply curved band decorated with four scenes depicting: the visitation; Joseph?s dream; the Adoration of the Shepherds; Virgin and child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, intersected by panels of spring flowers, hinged back cover decorated with a scene of the ?Adoration of the Magi?, the interior decorated with the ?Rest on the Flight into Egypt?. D. Enamel, narrow white chapter ring with Radial Roman numerals, half-hour divisions and inner quarter-hour track, the center decorated with a scene of the Holy Family, gilt dial plate border engraved with stylised leaves. Single gilt brass hand. M. 34 mm., gilt brass, full plate, without minute wheel, divided tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, short flat balance spring, finely pierced and engraved cock with asymmetric pierced foliate foot, silver regulation disc. Movement signed. Diam. 41 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 200,000 - 250,000
EUR 125,000 - 160,000
USD 160,000 - 200,000
Sold: CHF 335,300
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Two-body, ?bassine? with inward edges, back finely painted on enamel depicting Venus pleading with Adonis not to go hunting, with two dogs on leashes, Amour behind, after Simon Vouet, band with four vignettes painted with rural scenes, castle ruins, Alpine scene, inside an impressive portal in the foreground with a large tree overshadowing it and Alpine scene in the background, small pendant, loose ring. D. White enamel, large radial Roman numeral ring with half-hour indexes, inner quarter-hour ring, center with finely painted scene depicting Venus attempting to entice Adonis, while he appears unmoved and impatient for the hunt. Gilt ?tulip? hand. M. 33 mm., hinged, gilt brass, full plate, baluster pillars, cat-gut fusee, short three-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot irregular pierced and engraved gilt cock secured by a screw, worm-gear and pinion mainspring set-up with silver scale plate. Signed on the movement. Diam. 39 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
EUR 25,000 - 38,000
USD 32,000 - 48,000
Sold: CHF 49,560
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Two-body, ?bassine?, deep back with inward edges, back finely painted on enamel depicting Juno in the clouds, two peacocks to her left, with a figure playing a rainbow as if it were a harp, and the figure of Zephyr, representing the wind, the band with four painted vignettes each with a house on a lake in an Alpine setting. Inside a castle with a passing traveler, gold bezel engraved with repeated pattern. D. White enamel, large ring with radial Roman numerals and half hour indexes, center finely painted with Flora holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a horn-of-plenty in the other. Blued steel ?poker? hand with counterpoise. M. 33 mm., gilt brass, full plate, Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, short three-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot symmetrically pierced and engraved gilt cock secured by a screw, worm-gear and pinion mainspring set-up with silver scale plate. Signed on the movement, case signed Huaud Le puisne Fecit. Diam. 40 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
EUR 25,000 - 38,000
USD 32,000 - 48,000
Sold: CHF 56,640
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, "Empire", polished and reeded bezels, engine-turned band and back, aperture for the sound at eight o'clock, opening automatically when barking is activated. Hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. Eccentric, white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, set at the top of a finely painted on enamel country scene, the lower half with applied varicolored gold automaton scene of a dog barking at a cat on a fence, the dog moving its head and the cat moving its tail with each movement of the bellows, a seated lady playing the guitar moves her arm, the whole on applied gold grass with foliage. Blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. 52 mm. (22'''), gilt brass half plate, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, three-arm gold balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, the repeating barking mechanism with a round bellows and whistle activated by depressing the pendant, sur plateau musical movement with pinned brass disc and 22 tuned steel teeth, activated on the hour or at will. Case stamped ?FO?, movement and cuvette stamped ?PM?, movement also scratch signed on the dial plate ?Fait par I. D. Piguet & Philippe Meylan, Geneve?. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 100,000 - 150,000
EUR 65,000 - 100,000
USD 80,000 - 120,000
Sold: CHF 290,500
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, the bezel and border of translucent imperial blue enamel set with graduated split-pearls, the band decorated with light blue, red and white enamel lozenges and flowerheads, the hinged and sprung back cover set with a very fine painted on enamel panel decorated with a bouquet of summer flowers against a pale green ground aperture for the sound at six o'clock, opening automatically when barking is activated, bolt at 1 o?clock to lock the repeat. Hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. Eccentric, gold, set at the top of a translucent imperial blue enamel engine-turned plate, polished Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions and engine turned center, lower part with applied varicolored gold automaton scene of a dog barking at a swan which appears to be hissing back, the dog nodding its head with each movement of the bellows. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 50 mm., gilt brass half-plate, free-standing barrel, cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel, plain three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, the repeating barking mechanism with round bellows and whistle activated by depressing the pendant. Punched with the maker's mark ?PM? in a lozenge inside the cuvette, the case back panel stamped with casemaker's mark ?I.E? in lozenge. Diam. 60 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 160,000 - 200,000
EUR 100,000 - 125,000
USD 130,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 391,300
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, "Empire", the back with a very finely painted on enamel portrait of a young lady in a red dress, yellow scarf, white headdress and grapes in her hair, emblematic of autumn, split pearl-set border, the outer border decorated with translucent imperial blue enamel and red and green split pearl-set enamel flowers, the band, pendant and bow decorated to match, the bezels set with split pearls, bolt at 6 o'clock to activate the music, lever at 4 o'clock protruding from under the cuvette for music/silent. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with a champleve enamel musical trophy. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gold ?lozenge? hands. M. 46 mm, gilt brass, going barrels, cylinder escapement, threearm gold balance with flat balance spring, index regulator, sur plateau musical movement with 23 vibrating teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial signed Vaucher, Fleurier, case punched with casemaker's mark ?FO?, movement punched with Piguet & Meylan?s mark ?PM?. Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 150,000 - 200,000
EUR 95,000 - 130,000
USD 120,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 312,900
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, No. 1483, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with translucent red, opaque pale blue and pale green ?champlevé? enamel with foliate motifs, set with alternate sized split-pearls, the band decorated to match, the back set with a finely painted on enamel panel depicting the blessing of David. Gold cuvette decorated with opaque pale green and translucent red enamel and gold foliage, apertures for the hand setting, going and musical trains. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric dot seconds divisions, Arabic 15-second numerals. Blued steel ?lozenge? hands. M. 47 mm., gilt, foliate chased and engraved in the Chinese taste, standing barrels for the going and musical trains, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant, sur plateau musical movement with 23 tuned blued steel teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, silence lever protruding from the edge of the cuvette, bolt to activate the music on the band. Dial signed on the reverse in Chinese characters, case stamped with the casemaker?s mark ?I.E?. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 160,000 - 200,000
EUR 100,000 - 130,000
USD 130,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 244,500
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, the bezels pendant and bow decorated with pink ?champlevé? enamel and set with split-pearls in a scalloped pattern, the band, stem and bow decorated with a blue, pale green, red and black enamel with flower and geometric patterns, the back cover set with a very finely painted on enamel panel depicting a young lady representing ?summer? wearing a cream wrap and with roses and pearls in her hair, imperial blue translucent enamel border with a wavy-line engine-turned ground. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with flowers and foliage in imperial blue champlevé enamel. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track with Arabic 15-second numerals. Blued steel ?serpentine? hands. M. 46 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, profusely chased and engraved with flowers and foliage in the Chinese taste, going barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Case punched with the casemaker?s mark ?FO?, movement punched with Piguet & Meylan?s mark ?PM? on the dial plate. Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 160,000 - 200,000
EUR 100,000 - 130,000
USD 130,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 424,900
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, the bezels pendant and bow set with split-pearls, the band with a blue enamel trellis pattern and set with seed pearls, the back cover set with a very finely painted on enamel panel depicting a mother with three children in a landscape. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with flowers and foliage in imperial blue champlevé enamel. D. White enamel by D. Massagli, Lucca, eccentric, the meantime dial in the upper half with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds in the lower half. Blued steel ?serpentine? hands. M. 46 mm., frosted gilt, standing barrel, jewelled cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial signed on the reverse ?D. Massagli, Lucca, Case punched with the casemaker?s mark ?FO?, movement punched with Piguet & Meylan?s mark ?PM? on the dial plate. Diam. 55 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 110,000 - 140,000
EUR 70,000 - 90,000
USD 90,000 - 115,000
Sold: CHF 164,000
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the months and four-year cycle, date, days of the week, seconds and moon phase aperture with lunar calendar. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 47 mm., 21???, frosted gilt, 33 jewels, twin barrel differential winding for the going and striking trains, button in the band to engage winding for the musical train, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters or quarters only and repeating with three hammers on three gongs activated by a trip-slide on the band, selection and silence levers protruding from the bezel. Musical movement: standing barrel, pinned brass cylinder mounted vertically within the movement, the pins acting against a nest of levers controlling the four hammers and playing on four gongs, playing on the hour or at will, activation lever and silence lever protruding from the cuvette. Case stamped ?AFG? and numbered 12307. Diam. 62.5 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 150,000 - 200,000
EUR 95,000 - 130,000
USD 120,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 346,500
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Three-body, ?bassine et filet?, brushed, the bezels, pendant and bow decorated with a black champlevé enamel Greek-key pattern, start/stop button in the crown, split-seconds button in the band at 11 o?clock. D. Brushed silver with upright Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds and fifths of a second divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the months and four-year cycle concentric with the 60-minute progressive register, date and days of the week, moonphase aperture with seconds and lunar calendar. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. SMCCRQV, 18???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 35 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral gold temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, visible steel chronograph work, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed E. Gübelin. Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 120,000 - 150,000
EUR 75,000 - 95,000
USD 95,000 - 120,000
Sold: CHF 141,000
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Two-body, ?early-type?, polished, concealed hinge. D. White enamel by Morimont, Breguet numerals, outer star minute indexes and fleur-de-lys five minute indexes, the lower half of the dial with subsidiary seconds and dial for the Republican calendar. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 47 mm., 21???, gilt three-quarter plate, cut-away for the going barrel and for the repeat spring, ruby cylinder escapement, uncompensated three-arm brass balance mounted on the dial-plate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with lever in the side of the dial plate, slides for stopping the balance wheel and regulating the repeat speed in the side of the dial plate, repeating with a single hammer on the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and dial plate signed. Diam. 53.5 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 50,000 - 60,000
EUR 32,000 - 38,000
USD 40,000 - 48,000
Sold: CHF 152,500
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", No. 498, by Joly (master mark), engine-turned. Dedicated gold cuvette secured by a screw, apertures for the winding and the regulator. D. Silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute chapter with dot indexes. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 43 mm., 19''', gilt, standing barrel, jeweled steel cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, all-or-nothing repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston between 1 and 2 o?clock. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 50,000 - 60,000
EUR 32,000 - 38,000
USD 40,000 - 48,000
Sold: CHF 100,300
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Three-body, ?hump-back?, polished with hinged bezel and back door. Four bun-feet and silver chain handle. D. Silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, concentric inner alarm setting ring with gold hand, engineturned center. Blued steel "spade" hands. Gilt brass engine-turned dial plate with signature and number plaques. M. "Hump-back", 13 x 10.5 cm., full plate, cylindrical pillars, two barrels for going and striking trains and barrel for the alarm, platform with straight line "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, quarter-repeating and striking on two gongs, Grande and Petite Sonnerie/Silent selection lever on the backplate, repeating button on the top. Dial signed. Dim. Height 15,5 cm., width 12 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 70,000 - 90,000
EUR 45,000 - 57,000
USD 55,000 - 72,000
Sold: CHF 146,750
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the back engine-turned with engraved foliate monogram. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel by Lucard (Place de Thionville), inner radial Roman numerals I-X, outer minutes and seconds track calibrated to 100 minutes/seconds, arrowhead five-second indexes. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 56 mm., frosted gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Harrison's maintaining power, five wheel train with specially cut numbers of teeth to produce decimal time, Berthoud's pivoted detent escapement, 10-toothed gold escape wheel, 3-arm riveted bimetallic compensation balance with three wedge-shaped temperature adjustment weights, steel mean time screws, the balance staff fitted with a brass stud and adjustment screw, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with Berthoud's stud with setting screw, three anti-friction rollers on the upper balance pivot, each one with a steel endplate. Dial, dial-plate and movement signed. Diam. 67 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 400,000 - 500,000
EUR 250,000 - 315,000
USD 320,000 - 400,000
Sold: CHF 447,300
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, antimagnetic dust protecting cap, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds tracks, outer tachometer scale. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13''' CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 160,000 - 200,000
EUR 100,000 - 130,000
USD 130,000 - 160,000
Important Collectors Wristwatches, P... Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
C. Three-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, faceted teardrop lugs. D. Matte silver with applied steel Arabic numerals and painted indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, minute/seconds and 1/5th second tracks, outer tachometer graduation. Blued steel "feuille" hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Grading System:
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EUR 0 - 0
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