C. massive, polished. D. 'Champagne' with applied gold 'bâton' indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary second and 30 minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. ' Feuille' gold hands. M. 13''', rhodiumed, 'fausses-côtes' decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In good condition. Diam. 33 mm.
HKD 200,000 - 250,000
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
C. massive, polished and satined. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary dial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the lunations. 'Dauphine' gold hands. M. 27-460 O, rhodiumed, 'fausses-côtes' decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 37 mm.
HKD 150,000 - 175,000
CHF 30,000 - 35,000
Sold: HKD 264,500
C. massive, polished, concave bezel, sapphire crystal. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary 30 minutes register and seconds dials, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the lunations. 'Dauphine' gold hands. M. 13"' O, rhodiumed, 'fausses-cotes' decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 38 mm.
HKD 400,000 - 450,000
CHF 80,000 - 90,000
Sold: HKD 598,000
C. massive, polished, concave bezel. D. mat silver with applied gold Arabic numerals + auxiliary second and 30 minute register dials, graduations for the days of the month, outer minutes, seconds and tachometer indications, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the lunations. ' Dauphine' gold hands. M. 13"' O, rhodiumed, 'fausses-cotes' decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
HKD 900,000 - 1,100,000
CHF 180,000 - 220,000
Gloria a Rouen, circa 1690. K'ang Hsi.
Extremely rare and very important early quarter repeating silver cased Louis XIV 'onion' without ' fusee'. Double body silver covered gilt brass case, an earl's crown engraved on the back, the gilt brass dial rim pierced and engraved with scrolled foliage. White enamel dial with Roman numerals (hair cracks.) Single blued steel hand. Very important gilt brass full plate movement with 'a mphore' pillars, fixed barrel with a 30 hour power reserve indication revolving disc on the back plate, verge escapement, plain steel three armed balance, early balance-spring with Barrow type worm screw regulation. Gilt brass cock pierced and engraved in such a way the balance spring can be seen. Ruby endstone. Very unusual early quarter repeating train specially devided for the caliber of watches only set with a single hand. The loading lever is set between the dial and the front plate, therefore the pendant can't be used as usual to wind it and the movement has to be hinged in the case at six o'clock in order to allow the loading piston to pass through the bezel, in front of the pendant. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
HKD 100,000 - 125,000
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: HKD 230,000
Jn. Champion, London, circa 1770. Ch'ien Lung.
Very fine and important 20-carat gold and enamel agate and gem set pair case watch bearing the symbols of the Chinese Imperial Family. Double body outer case, the pierced and chased ruby set bezel with agate pannels, the heavily chiselled and pierced back with a small painted enamel portrait in a diamond set frame and two emerald and ruby set imperial dragoons, ruby and emerald set bow. Double body inner case pierced and engraved with foliage flowers and a mask. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel 'poker' hands. Gilt brass dust cap. Gilt brass full plate movement with column pillars, ' fusee' and chain, verge escapement, with plain steel three armed balance and an English cock, repeating on the bell by depressing the pendant. In very good condition. Diam. 48 mm.
HKD 300,000 - 400,000
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
Lepine Invenit et Fecit No 5661, circa 1790. Chia Ch'ing.
Rare and very important 18-carat gold quarter dumb repeating watch with woolf tooth gearing and a special escapement. Massive double body polished case with invisible hinges and a fixed bezel, opening by twisting the pendant, characteristic of Lepine's work. Gilt brass cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals and red outer minute ring (slightly restored and with hair cracks). Gold 'croissant' hands. Characteristic Lepine caliber, gilt brass movement with free standing barrel, woolf toothed train of wheel, virgule escapement with gold escape wheel, plain brass three armed balance and polished steel endpiece. Repeating on the case with a single massive polished steel hammer and a typical Lepine's repeating train. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
HKD 60,000 - 70,000
CHF 12,000 - 14,000
Sold: HKD 86,250
Grant, Fleet street, London, No 2284, Hallmarked 1789. Chia Ch'ing.
Rare 18-carat gold watch with a special escapement. Massive three body polished case with fixed cuvette Eccentric white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold 'arrow' hands. Gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, duplex escapement with cut bimetallic two armed balance, blued steel helical balance spring, and ruby endstone. In very good condition. Diam. 61 mm.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: HKD 36,800
Breguet & Fils, No 1341, circa 1805. Chia Ch'ing.
Good 18-carat gold 'montre de souscription, moyenne grandeur'. Original Morocco fitted case with a spare glass and a gold key. Massive three body'Empire' engine turned case with reeded band, made by Jolly (master mark). Typical white enamel 'souscription' dial with Breguet numerals and secrete signature. Blued steel single 'souscription' nand. Fine gilt brass typical 'souscription' movement with central barrel, Breguet ruby cylinder, plain gilt brass three armed balance, 'parachute' suspension and Breguet compensation curb. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
HKD 110,000 - 130,000
CHF 22,000 - 26,000
French, Royal Exchange, London, No 10955, Hallmarked 1846. Tao Kuang.
Very fine 18-carat gold hunting cased minute repeating 'grande and petite sonnerie' clock watch with calendar and special escapement made for the Spanish market. In original fitted case with a spare glass and an extra silver dial with applied gold Roman numerals, inner calendar ring and outer gold floral decoration, engraved overall with scrolled foliage. Massive five body 'bassine et filet' case, engraved overall, including the revers of the covers, the inner bezel and the gold cuvette on both sides, with flowers and scrolled inhabited foliage, the cover and the back with further Cupids and the head of a man. White enamel dial (Willis) with Roman numerals and inner calendar ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass 18"' three quarter plate double train movement with going barrels, duplex escapement, cut bimetallic balance, ruby endpiece. 'Grande et petite sonnerie' train, independant from the repeating train. Striking on gong by means of a slide on the band. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
HKD 300,000 - 400,000
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
Johan Pechan, watchmaker to François 1 st, Emperor of Austria in Wien, circa 1800. Chia Ch'ing.
Very rare world time, calendar dead seconds double face watch with special escapement. Double body case with reeded band and engine turned back, gilt brass cuvette with apertures for the calendar and the second subsidiary dial set on the rear face of the movement. White enamel dial with Roman numerals (haircracks) inner small revolving disc with a twenty-four hour chapter giving the time for fifty cities of the world, in red for day time, in black for the night, applied central blued steel decorative plate with gold stars, moon and sun. Good full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, double wheel duplex escapement with plain three armed plain polished steel balance and ruby endstone. In good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
HKD 400,000 - 500,000
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
Dm. Rubino Jose Castilla, Swiss, circa 1820 Chia Ch'ing.
Unusual 18-carat gold 'grande et petite sonnerie' quarter repeating clock watch with a decorated dial and a special escapement. Three body 'Empire' polished case with reeded band. Glazed gilt brass cuvette. Fine gold dial with Breguet numerals on enamelled reserve, outer enamelled minute ring, centre with a finely painted enamel scene of an Empire battle. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass partly skeletolized double train movement with going barrels, virgule escapement with plain three armed polished steel balance. Striking and repeating on gongs with visible 'grande, petite sonnerie' and repeating work. In very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
HKD 90,000 - 100,000
CHF 18,000 - 20,000
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1820, Chia Ch'ing.
18-carat gold quarter repeating watch with a decorated dial. Three body 'Empire' case with reeded band and engine turned back (rubbed). Gilt brass cuvette. Very fine gold dial with Breguet numerals in enamelled reserves, outer blue minute ring (restored), fine enamel painted ruperstral scene at the centre. Blued steel 'scoties' hands. Gilt brass full plate movement with conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with plain brass three armed balance, continental cock with turquoise endstone. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
HKD 20,000 - 30,000
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: HKD 19,550
Henry Capt, Genève, circa 1800 (signed on the movement dust rim). Chia Ch'ing.
Fine and rare 18-carat gold quarter repeating musical watch with two automatons. Double body 'Empire' case with reeded band and engine turned back. Gilt brass cuvette. Small gold off-set dial with Breguet numerals and engine turned centre. Steel 'spade' hands with blued tips. Gold dial plate with an engraved classical landscape and below the dial, an applied three coloured chiselled gold automaton pastoral scene, depicting a lady playing on the lyra and a shepherd playing the pan pipe. Gilt brass full plate double train movement, with cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, brass plain three armed balance with diamond endstone, English type cock, partly sunk on an applied gilt brass plate engraved with scrolls. Musical train with six piled up steel blades and a pointed barrel. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
HKD 200,000 - 250,000
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Sold: HKD 161,000
Henry Capt, Geneve, circa 1800 (signed on the movement dust rim). Chia Ch'ing.
Fine and rare 18-carat gold and enamel quarter repeating musical watch with three automatons. Double body 'Empire' case with reeded band and engine turned back, three coloured gold chiselled garland on the bezel and the edge of the back. Gilt brass cuvette. Small gold off-set dial with Breguet numerals and engine turned centre. Steel spade hands with blued tips. Gold dial plate with a painted enamel classical landscape (slightly restored) and below the dial an applied three coloured chiselled gold automaton scene, depicting a lady playing on the lyra and a Cupid on a swing. Gilt brass full plate, double train movement, with cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, brass plain three armed balance with diamond endstone, English type cock partly sunk on an applied gilt brass plate engraved with scrolls. Musical train with six piled up steel blades and a pointed barrel. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
HKD 200,000 - 250,000
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Piguet-Meylan, Genève, circa 1820. Chia Ch'ing
Good 18-carat gold and enamel pearl set musical centre second watch for the Chinese market. Four body case with pearl set bezel, the band, the pendant and the bow with 'champlevé' enamelled decoration, finely flowers painted on the light green enamelled back with split pearls set on the edge. Gilt brass enamelled engine turned cuvette (slightly restored). Gilt brass double train movement with fixed barrels, cylinder escapement with plain brass three armed balance. Musical train with pointed disc and 22 vibrating steel blades. In good condition. Diam. 53 mm.
HKD 200,000 - 250,000
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Ilbery, London, No 2441, Swiss, crics 1840. Tao Kuang.
Good 18-carat gold and enamel pearl set centre second watch for the Chinese market. Double body case with pearl set fixed bezel, pendant and bow, enamel flowers painted on the back on a blue translucent enamel over engine turning with split pearls set on the edge. Gilt brass glazed cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer minute and second ring. Pierced blued steel hands Gilt brass movement, 6 jewels, Chinese caliber engraved overall, with free standing barrel, duplex escapement, three armed bimetallic balance with poising weights. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
HKD 100,000 - 125,000
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Ilbery, London, No 6622, Swiss, circa 1830. Tao Kuang.
18-carat gold and enamel centre second watch for the Chinese market. Double body case, the fixed bezel and the pendant with 'champlevé' enamelled decoration, flowers painted on the back on a blue translucent enamel over engine turning (slightly restored), further ' champlevé' decoration on the edge. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer minute and second ring. Gold 'arrow' hands. Gilt brass movement, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel and engraved bridges, duplex escapement with plain 5 armed polished steel balance, diamond endstone. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
HKD 100,000 - 125,000
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Just and Son, London, No 2170, Swiss, circa 1840. Tao Kuang.
Fine 18-carat gold and enamel pearl set, centre second watch for the Chinese market. Double body case with split pearl set fixed bezel, pendant and bow, enamel flowers finely painted on the back over a green background with split pearls set on the edge. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer second and minute ring. Gold 'cuiller' hands. Fine gilt brass movement, Chinese caliber engraved overall, 6 jewels, with free standing barrel, duplex escapement, plain brass three armed balance and diamond endstone. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
HKD 125,000 - 150,000
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
Very fine 18-carat gold and enamel hunting cased diamond set watch for the Turkish market. Massive four body 'bassine et filet' engraved case, the cover with a painted enamel view of Constantinople, Ste Sophie Mosque on the background, outer rose diamond set and 'champlevé' enamelled chased scroll decoration. Similar ornament on the back with a fine painted composition of flowers on the foreground and a mosque on the back. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Turkish numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold 'pear' hands. Gilt brass keyless half plate 18"' movement, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring with unusual micrometric index. Diam. 52 mm.
HKD 150,000 - 175,000
CHF 30,000 - 35,000