Ilbery, London, No. 6249, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl set.

C. Double body, Empire, with fixed bezel, the band with a fine champleve enamel floral decoration on a black ground, split-pearl set bezels pendant and bow with a champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel painted with a family scene, a young couple presenting a peach to their child. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade " hands. M. 22 "' , gilt brass, Chinese calibre, with free standing barrel, entirely engraved, single wheel duplex escapement, plain polished steel five-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator and diamond end-stone. Signed on the movement. Diam. 58 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 863469, case No. 636429, Ref. 1518, 1st series, made in 1945. Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, concave bezel. D. matt silver with applied pink gold large Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the clays of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Feuille " pink gold hands. M. 13''' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.

Swiss, No. 1485, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. "Homage to the Hero " Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl set, quarter repeating watch with centre seconds.

C. Four body, "Empire" with split-pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, the band with azure and red champleve enamelled decoration the back inset with a fine enamel panel painted with a scene featuring Ulysse, Helen and Neoptoleme paying tribute to Achilles' tomb. Hinged glazed gold cuvette decorated with champleve enamelled flowers and butterfly over a blue ground. D. Silver engine-turned with applied gold Roman numerals, the centre engraved with a rosette. M. 20"', gilt brass, partly engraved with foliage, Lepine type calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Diam. 55 mm.

Dimier, Fleurier, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1860. "The Poet" Fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel, pearl set, eight day going, dead centre seconds watch.

C. Three body, Empire with split-pearl set bezels, the band, pendant and bow with blue and azure, formal champleve enamelled decoration, the back enamel panel painted with a scene depicting a poet or playwright whose work is torn between Music and Drama. Hinged glazed gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer minute and seconds ring. Blued-steel spoon pattern hands. M. Gilt brass, eight clay going fully engraved Tixier calibre with twin free standing barrels barrels, Jacot dead beat duplex escapement, three-arm with wedge shaped and partly blued-steel weights, flat balance spring and regulator. Chinese signature on the movement. Diam. 56 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, "Calatrava", "Amagnetic", No. 732434, case No. 315242, Ref. 96, circa 1965. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine " gold hands. M. 27-400 AM, Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, "Calatrava", "Amagnetic", No. 733490, case No 319930, Ref. 96 , circa 1970. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton " gold hands. M. 27-400 AM , Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, gold lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, "Calatrava", No. 729101, case No. 310220, Ref. 2545, circa 1960. Very fine and rare, waterproof, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, screwed back. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" gold hands. M. 12 '' -400 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self= compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 868256, case No. 672221, Ref. 130, circa 1953. Very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. massive, polished. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 13 '' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed, , Diam. 32 mm.

Ilbery, London, No. 6306, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815. Very fine 18K gold and enamel centre seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champleve enamelled decoration, a fine pastoral scene of domestic life, with a man, in front of a horse, thrashing his young son, while his young daughter strives to refrain him. Gold hinged cuvette with engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold pierced hands. M. 22"', blued steel, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, three- arm steel balance with three trapezoidal weights and screws, fiat balance spring and diamond end-stone. Signed on the inner side of the cuvette. Diam. 60 mm.

Ilbery, London, No. 6869, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1815. Very fine 18K gold, enamel and pearl set centre seconds watch with special escapement.

C. Three body, Empire with split pearl set bezels, pendant and bow, the back inset with a panel enamelled with a painted hunting scene within a splitpearl inlaid frame, against a red flinque enamel ground. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a rosette and further decoration on the border. D. White enamel with Roman hour numerals, and outer minute ring and seconds ring. Polished gold spoon pattern hands. M. Gilt brass, Chinese calibre fully engraved with a foliage decoration, free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement with brass escape wheel and three-arm balance with wedge shaped and partly blued-steel weights, flat balance spring and regulator. Signed on the movement. Diam. 58 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 868983, case No. 2616381, Ref. 1436, made in 1959, sold on 17 December 1960. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman ' s wristwatch with square button split-second chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. massive, polished. D. matt silver with applied gold Breguet numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille " gold hands. M. 13''' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator, the winding-crown is also for the stop and reunite functions of the splitsecond hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Accompanied by Extract from Archives.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 973191, case No. 663513, Ref. 2441, so-called "Pagoda", circa 1951. Very fine rectangular "bombe", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. massive, polished, satined, concave sides, pillar shaped lugs, "bombe" crystal. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Roman numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton " gold hands. M. 9 "'-90, tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 41 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 1119177, case No. 328463, Ref. 3448, circa 1972. Very fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, satined. D. matt silver with applied yellow gold indexes, graduation for the clays of the month, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Dauphine " yellow gold hands. M. 27-460 Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Diam. 37 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 972512, case No. 659861, Ref. 2442, so-called "Banana", circa 1950. Fine and rare rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. flared, massive, polished, "bombe" crystal. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. "Baton" gold hands. M. 9 '' -90 rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 43 mm.

Breguet, Swiss, No. 8980, circa 1800. "Le Vice et la Vertu" Very fine and unusual 18K gold watch with concealed enamel painted erotic scene.

C. Three body, Directoire with concealed hinge, polished. A very finely painted enamel scene within a concealed compartment in the back, features a young maiden in a landscape, resisting the advances of a suitor. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer minutes ring. Gold half-moon hands. M. Hinged gilt brass, slim Hessen's calibre the barrel passing through the back plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Apocryphal signature on the dial and back plate. Diam. 53 mm.

Swiss, circa 1820. "Mais ou sont mes vertex annees!" Fine and very rare 18K gold watch, the inner painted automaton scene with concealed erotic automata.

C. Three body, Empire, polished, the band chased with a foliage decoration. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "scoties " hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. The back plate covered with a multi-coloured gold automaton scene applied on a finely painted enamel bedroom scene. The applied automaton figures represent an aged lady dreaming of the pleasures of her youth, revealed by means of a bolt in the dial plate. The automaton movements are driven by an independent wheel train with fixed barrel. Diam. 57 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No 724311, case No 313045, Ref. 2523/1, made in 1965, sold on 17 October 1974. Extremely fine and rare, "World Time", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with two crowns, "guilloche" dial and skeleton luminescent hands. Accompanied by 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet "a mailles" with fitted box and certificate.

C. massive, polished, lapidated lugs. D. matt silver, revolving ring dial bearing the names of 41 cities in the world, at the centre, a "guilloche" silver medallion with applied pink gold indexes, concentric, revolving dial in 24 hours for the nocturnal and diurnal hours. The winding-crown on the 3 adjusts the hours and the 24 hours ring; the winding-crown on the 9 turns the ring with the names of the cities. Pink gold fancy hands. M. 12 "'-400 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Geneva, circa 1815, the enamel painted in the manner of Isaac Adam. "La Petite Sainte Famille" Magnificent gold and enamel musical snuff box with concealed erotic automaton scene.

C. Rectangular, the hinged snuff compartment lid with a finely painted scene depicting the Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and the infant St. John, the Baptist, after the painting by Giulio Romano, now in the Louvre (small old repair near edge). The body decorated with blue guilloche enamel over a black gothik trellis design, the rounded corners with stylised pine cone motifs in white, black and blue champleve enamel with chased decoration. Base panel decorated with blue and black guilloche enamel en suite with the sides, with concealed thumb piece and opening to reveal the erotic automaton scene, painted in enamels on gold and inset within a chased frame (small invisible repair). A gentleman in splendid oriental style costume attends stylishly and with variations in speed and strength to a lady draped deliciously on a chaise longue, while another gentleman furtively observes the scene. In the background a small painting on the wall provides additional stimulation or perhaps a reminder of an alternate technique. M. Two-tune pin-barrel musical movement with the comb teeth in groups of three. Additional wheel train for off-set winding and small section of fusee chain activating the automaton off a segmented wheel attached to the pin-barrel. Stop/Start and Tune change detents in the edge of the case. M. Bordier signed on the musical movement. F. Alibert scratched signature along the comb block. Jean-Georges Remond Master mark inside the box. Dims. 90 x 69 x 34 mm.

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 799000, case No. 311261, Ref. 3449, made in 1961, sold on 15 September 1965 to a Patek Philippe retailer. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. massive, polished, stepped bezel, lapidated straight lugs. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes, graduation for the clays of the month, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Dauphine " gold hands. M. 23-300 Q, Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

Breguet No. 3126, made on special request in 1980. Very fine 18K gold, keyless minute repeating watch, carillon on three gongs. Accompanied by green fitted box and certificate.

C. Double body, massive, "forme collier", polished with reeded band. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, outer minute ring and eccentric subsidiary seconds on chapter "III". Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Glazed 20"', gilt brass, fully engraved with foliage decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on three gongs with three hammers and slide in the band. Signed on the dial, back of the case and movement. Diam. 55 mm.