Uhrenfabrik Union
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A Glashuette silver hunting case pocket watch in practically new condition
Movm. No. 86448, Case No. 86448, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1920, Weight 100 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, case design "Lucia".
Dial: Gilt.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Uhrenfabrik Union
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A Glashuette silver hunting case pocket watch in practically new condition
Movm. No. 86502, Case No. 86502, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1920, Weight 101 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, case design "Lucia", gold crown and hinges.
Dial: Gilt.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Deutsche Präzisionsuhr Original Glashütte eGmbH
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A very fine Glashuette hunting case pocket watch
Movm. No. 351226, Case No. 351226, Dimensions 51 mm, circa 1930, Weight 100 g, Origin Deutschland, Original box, Original certificate
Case: 14 K gold, guilloche pattern.
Dial: Gilt, 24h indicator.
Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The case was made to the highest quality standards, with a chequerboard pattern of polished and engine-turned squares. In addition, the gilt dial was applied with Arabic numerals in yellow gold and elegantly shaped pink gold Breguet hands.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Deutsche Präzisionsuhr Original Glashütte eGmbH
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A very fine Glashuette hunting case pocket watch
Movm. No. 103549, Case No. 103549, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1920, Weight 114 g, Origin Deutschland, Original box, Original certificate
Case: 14 K pink gold, smooth.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Heinrich Woldemar Schneider
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A historically interesting, early Glashuette pocket watch
Case No. 2831, Dimensions 46 mm, circa 1860/1890, Weight 77 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, lavishly engine-turned, gold bow.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Schneider’s watch manufactory This is a movement created by Adolf Schneider’s watch manufactory dating from the 1850s which was eventually fitted into a case by his son and main heir Heinrich Woldemar Schneider in the late 1880s. The difficult financial situation Heinrich Woldemar Schneider experienced was a consequence of having to pay out his four siblingsv who were also entitled to an inheritance. As H.W. Schneider was not able to fulfill the financial obligations, the company went into liquidation in 1893.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, slightly chipped. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Lange
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A rare Dresden half hunting case pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A
Movm. No. 7743, Case No. 7743, Dimensions 50 mm, circa 1871, Weight 113 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: 18 K gold, engraved monogram "UH", case design "Jürgens", gold dome with engraving, inlaid enamel Roman numerals.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
This movement does not yet feature the Glashuette sunburst finish, that was commonly used from the 1870s on. For protection against corrosion, the steel winding wheels were tempered in brown.
Case: very good, slightly rubbed. Dial: very good, hairline. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Lange & Söhne
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A collection of 16 gold pocket watches A lady's charming Glashuette hunting case pocket watch
Movm. No. 15259, Case No. 15259, Dimensions 37 mm, circa 1882, Weight 43 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: 18 K rose gold, engraved monogram and Baron's crown, case design "Lucia".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good, hairline. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Lange & Söhne
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A very fine, large and heavy Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - lever chronometer made in quality 1A, sold in 1901 for 583 Marks - formerly with rating certificate of the observatory Leipzig
Movm. No. 44783, Cal. 20''', Case No. 44783, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1901, Weight 157 g, Origin Deutschland, Original certificate
Case: 18 K pink gold, case design "Lucia", glazed movement.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, large gold screw compensation balance.
A marvellous piece in incredibly fine condition, epitomising the archetype of the Glasshütte lever chronometer.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
A. Lange & Söhne
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A collection of 4 interesting timepieces A Glashuette navigation deck watch of the German Kriegsmarine with fluorescent dial and 35h power reserve indication, assembled by company Andreas Huber, Munich-Berlin
Movm. No. 205662, Cal. 48, Case No. 205662, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1944, Weight 164 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver/silvered, push back.
Dial: Fluorescent.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good, worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Lange & Söhne
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A collection of 3 silver pocket watches A fine Glashuette pocket watch
Movm. No. 60869, Case No. 60869, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1908, Weight 110 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, guilloche pattern, case design "Jürgens".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Lange & Söhne
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A collection of 2 A. Lange & Söhne navigation deck watches A Glashuette navigation deck watch, assembled by company Andreas Huber Munich-Berlin
Movm. No. 201563, Cal. 48, Case No. 1055949, Dimensions 60 mm, circa 1942, Weight 174 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Karl W. Höhnel
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A collection of 1 seconds precision regulator and 1 escapement model A rare Glashuette precision regulator with adjustable lateral pendulum drive - 8-day power reserve and Strasser free escapement, created by S. Pahlow in November 1990
Movm. No. 11, Dimensions 1480 mm, circa 1920, Origin Deutschland
Case: Oak.
Dial: Silvered, made for "H. Lorenz gegr. 1830" (H. Lorenz established 1830).
Movm.: Rectangular brass movement, Graham escapement with adjustable steel pallets with inlaid sapphires, nickel steel compensation pendulum, pendulum spring suspension.
The clock is fitted with a free escapement made by S. Pahlow after Prof. Strasser’s design. The clock can be reverted to the original condition at any time, all original parts are available. A detailed description with documentation on Karl W. Höhnel can be found at: www.tourbillonsde/2016/s/b/Hoehnel/hoe.html.
Case: good, hairlines. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Uhrenfabrik Union Glocke
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A collection of 2 pocket watches A rare Glashuette hunting case pocket watch in a "Louis XV" case
Movm. No. 36889, Case No. 36889, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1899, Weight 104 g, Origin Deutschland/Schweiz
Case: 14 K pink gold, engraved monogram "FP", gold dome with presentation engraving: "Unserem lieben Vater zu seinem Geburtstage - Max Preiss, Ernst Neumärker, Georg Preiss, 1899".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
The so-called "Glocken-Union" (bell union) was a secondary brand established by the Dürrstein company in 1890 in Dresden. The watches are Swiss and carry no signature on the dial. The movement is stamped with a logo showing a bell surrounded by five stars.
Case: very good, dents. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Strasser & Rohde
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A rare Glashuette seconds precision regulator with four-week power reserve of high quality
Movm. No. 328, Dimensions 1540 mm, circa 1908, Origin Deutschland
Case: Oak.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Rectangular-shaped brass movement, Graham escapement with adjustable steel pallets with inlaid sapphires, nickel steel compensation pendulum type 11, pendulum spring suspension.
In 1875 Ludwig Strasser and Gustav Rohde founded the company "Strasser & Rohde" in Glashuette. It produced all differents kinds of precision pendulum clocks, among them clocks with inverted escapements. The product range also included marine chronometers, escapement models, precision tools, tachometers, time ball clocks, timer clocks for safes, pocket watches, coincidence clocks, stopwatches and other timers. In 1879 Strasser began to devote most of his time to the German watch and clockmaking school in Glashuette and eventually left the company. When Rohde retired, Wilhelm Kreis took over the company. Paul Weiss leased the company from Kreis in 1918 and later took it over when Kreis died. While Kreis had still sold about 300 Strasser & Rohde precision pendulum clocks, only a handful of them were sold during the time of Paul Weiß. The last pendulum clock by Strasser & Rohde was delivered to the observatory in Greece on June 19, 1959. It was a large type B I clock with 24 hour dial, lateral weight guiding system, electrical contacts and a Riefler J-pendulum.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Corum
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A rare neo-vintage wristwatch with date
Movm. No. 141659, Ref. 89B111 56M177, Cal. 2824, Case No. 442724, Dimensions 34 mm, circa 1989, Origin Schweiz, gold original clasp
Case: 18 K gold, screwed on back, reeded bezel, screwed crown.
Dial: Two-tone silvered, radial Arabic numerals, aperture for date.
Movm.: Automatic.
Case: very good, worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Vacheron & Constantin
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A large deck watch with 40h power reserve indicator. The watch was entered 1919 for the Geneva observatory competition "Chronomètres 1re Classe Mention Honorable" and achieved 711 points, which made it 29th of 81 chronometers. The chronometer also took part in the 1919/1920 chronometer test at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington and achieved the awarding "especially good" in the category "Kew - Class A" - with extract from the chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding
Movm. No. 379509, Dimensions 64 mm, circa 1919, Weight 190 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Silver, glazed back.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, Guillaume gold screw compensation balance,
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Henchoz Freres zugeschr./attr. to
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A rare pocket watch with split seconds chronograph and regulator dial
Case No. 2880, Dimensions 55 mm, circa 1900, Weight 133 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Sterling silver.
Dial: Enamel, peripheral hour dial with Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds at "4", 30 min. counter at "8".
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, monometallic screw balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Auch in Aehringen
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A rare South German pocket watch with regulator dial
Case No. a 070, Dimensions 55 mm, circa 1810, Weight 94 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, case maker's punch mark "CFA".
Dial: Enamel, eccentric chapter ring with radial Roman hours, unusual 108 division of the seconds scale.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, lateral balance stop lever for precise adjustment of the watch, cylinder escapement, five-arm brass balance, open worked and engraved, large central balance bridge with regulator scale.
The former Landrock collection owned a pocket watch signed "Auch in Oehringen" (HWV 5.82). The watch has been proven to be made by Johann Georg Auch (1766-1838), the brother of the famous Johann Jacob Auch (1765-1842), a student of Hahn. Like this watch it has distinctive features that are also present in Hahn’s pocket watches. The gilt brass movement has a very large balance with brass wheel and a cylinder escapement with rounded pallet face of the cylinder wheel teeth. The elaborate balance bridge is exquisitely ornamented. The watch features a stop function for the balance, which can be adjusted with a lateral lever. The scaling of the seconds display on the dial is unusual in steps of 108. Very little is known about Johann Georg Auch’s work for Philipp Matthäus Hahn. Johann Georg Auch called himself a watchmaker and after working for Hahn, he worked for his brother Johann Jacob in Ludwigsburg. In 1794 he lived and worked as mechanic and watchmaker in Ludwigsburg Circa 1800 Johann Georg moved to Öhringen, where he held a position as mechanic to the court of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen. Johann Georg Auch died in Öhringen in 1838.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, hairlines, chipped. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
William Reid
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(*) A large, high-quality pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement
Movm. No. 1891, Case No. 91, Dimensions 62 mm, circa 1803, Weight 216 g, Origin England
Case: Silver, case maker punch mark "DW".
Dial: Enamel, off-white.
Movm.: Brass full plate movement, keywind, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement, Z shaped bimetallic chronometer balance with 2 screws and 2 movable trapezoid weights, blued freesprung helical balance spring with both sides passing, chatoned endstone on balance.
Not much information is available about watchmaker William Reid. He had his business at Ball Alley in Lombard Street, LondonIm March 1830 he declared bankruptcy.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, hairline. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Brüder Hahn Hofmecanici à Stüttgardt
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A Stuttgart pocket watch of museum quality with regulator dial and centre seconds
Movm. No. 168, Case No. 9999, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1800, Weight 116 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Silver, case maker punch mark "IFB".
Dial: Enamel, Arabic hours and minutes at "12", outer five seconds divisions, central blued seconds hand.
Movm.: Full plate movement, keywind, open barrel, cylinder escapement, large five-arm brass balance, large open-worked central balance bridge decorated with foliage and a cock, engraved regulator scale.
The white enamel regulator dial features a main chapter ring with seconds and half seconds division and black Arabic quarters. A subdial at 12 o’clock shows a ring with Arabic hours and three Arabic quarters for the minutes, which are indicated by gold arrow hands.
The brothers Hahn, Christian Gottfried (* 1769) and Christoph Matthäus (1767-1833), worked in the workshop of their father Philipp Matthäus Hahn of Onstmettingen, Kornwestheim, and Echterdingen. Christian Gottfried and Christoph Matthäus went on to become "Hofmechanikus" (court mechanicians) in Stuttgart. Christian Gottfried was later recorded in Berlin and in America.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
John Roger Arnold
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(*) An extremely rare pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement and Z balance according to John Arnold in its mahogany deck watch box with sliding lid
Movm. No. 1977, Case No. 1977, Dimensions 54 mm, circa 1804, Weight 135 g, Origin England, Original box
Case: Silver, case maker's punch mark "TH" (Thomas Hardy).
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement according to John Arnold, Z-balance with 2 weights and 2 screws, freesprung blued helical balance spring with both sides passing terminal curves, very fine florally engraved balance cock, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
This is an extremely rare example of an Arnold pocket chronometer in exceptional and completely original condition.
John Roger Arnold (1769-1843) was born in 1769 as the son of the famous watchmaker John Arnold. The craft of watchmaking he began in 1783, first apprenticing with his father and from 1792 on with Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was admitted to the Freedom of the Clockmakers Company in 1796 and became a Master in 1817. After the death of his father, John Roger continued the company on his own until 1830. In this year he moved to Strand 48 and started a 10-year partnership with E.J. Dent; business went well during this time and the partners had the possiblitiy to research and experiment, in particular they investigated the influence of magnetism on chronometers. When the partnership ended in 1840, Arnold continued his work until his death in February 1843.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
John Penlington
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(*) An extremely rare pair-cased Liverpool pocket chronometer with "Peto-Cross" chronometer escapement according to James Peto
Movm. No. 386, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1834, Origin England
Case: Silver outer and inner case, case maker's punch marks "BK", movement protection cap.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement, Z shaped bimetallic chronometer balance with 2 screws and 2 movable trapezoid weights, blued balance spring, set diamond endstone on balance.
Provenance: - Albert Odmark Collection, Seattle
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Victor Kullberg
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A ship's chronometer with 56h power reserve indication and seconds contact device
Movm. No. 366, Case No. 366, Dimensions 195 x 190 x 190 mm, circa 1860, Origin England, Accessories
Case: Mahogany box, applied bone signature shield, screwed on handles, with lid and glass, brass gimbals and bowl, three-body.
Dial: Silvered, signed, numbered, inlaid Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds, gold spade hands.
Movm.: Brass movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement, chronometer balance with 2 weights and 6 screws, freesprung helical balance spring, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
Victor Kullberg was born at Visby on the island of Gothland, Sweden in 1824 and was apprenticed to a chronometer maker in 1840. On the completion of his training he was employed by Louis Urban Juergensen in Copenhagen, but was attracted to Britain at the time of the 1851 Exhibition. In Britain he remained as a maker of marine and pocket chronometers to which he brought several innovations. From 1860 onwards, thanks to the high quality of his machines and the efficiency of his new forms of auxiliary compensation, he consistently scored ratings in chronometrical competitions throughout the world and was awarded numerous gold and silver medals. With an international trade and reputation he was appointed chronometer maker to the Swedish and Norwegian navies in 1874 and, about a machine entered for the Greenwich trials of 1882, the Astronomer Royal reported that it was 'the finest chronometer they had ever had on trial'. Although unmarried, Kullberg had two sons. On their father's death, 7 July 1890, they jointly inherited the business with his nephew Peter John Wennerstrom. After the death of the nephews, Wennerstrom and his son bought out the other interests in the business. Subsequently it was continued by Sanfrid Lindquist and survived until the 2nk Wold War during which its premises were destroyed. Lit.: Paul M. Chamberlain "It's about Time", New York, page 435-437.
Case: very good, scratched, slightly rubbed. Dial: good, rubbed, damaged. Movm.: good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Brockbanks & Atkins
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A collection of 2 London ship's chronometers An impressive London ship's chronometer with 8 day-power reserve indication
Movm. No. 9356, Case No. 1460, Dimensions 210 x 200 x 205 mm, circa 1900, Origin England, Accessories
Case: Mahogany box, brass inlays, screwed-on bone shields, screwed on handles, three-part with lid, slide and sight glass, brass gimbals and bowl.
Dial: Silvered, inlaid Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds, 8 day-power reserve indicator, spade hands.
Movm.: Brass movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement, heavy chronometer balance with 2 weights and 2 screws, helical steel balance spring, diamond endstone.
In 1761 John Brookbank established a clock manufactory in London together with his brother Myles. Both brothers were members of the Clockmakers Company and had a reputation as makers of excellent chronometers. Thomas Earnshaw and Peto both worked for the Brockbanks brothers from time to time. Sometime between 1775 and 1815 John and Myles Brockbanks took Samuel Elliot Atkins into their company and began signing their watches "Brockbanks & Atkins".
Case: very good, hairline. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
John Roger Arnold
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A collection of 1 pocket watch and 6 interesting instruments A rare pocket chronometer with Arnold's spring detent escapement in a later solid 18 K gold consular case
Movm. No. 1850, Case No. 1850, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1802, Weight 161 g, Origin England, Accessories
Case: 18 K gold, case maker's punch mark "TH".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement according to John Arnold, bimetallic Z-balance with 2 weights and 2 screws, freesprung blued helical balance spring with terminal curves.
Provenance: Christies Geneva, 1977, Lot 93.
John Roger Arnold (1769-1843) was born in 1769 as the son of the famous watchmaker John Arnold. The craft of watchmaking he began in 1783, first apprenticing with his father and from 1792 on with Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was admitted to the Freedom of the Clockmakers Company in 1796 and became a Master in 1817. After the death of his father, John Roger continued the company on his own until 1830. In this year he moved to Strand 48 and started a 10-year partnership with E.J. Dent; business went well during this time and the partners had the possiblitiy to research and experiment, in particular they investigated the influence of magnetism on chronometers. When the partnership ended in 1840, Arnold continued his work until his death in 1843.
Case: very good, later custom made. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Emile Perret
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A precision hunting case pocket watch in mint condition, with pivoted detent chronometer escapement. In 1867 this chronometer was tested at the Neuchâtel observatory, where it finished in 18th place (48 participants) in the category "Chronomètres de Poche" - with extract from the chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding
Movm. No. 8033, Case No. 8033 27613, Dimensions 54 mm, circa 1865, Weight 132 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, fluted caseband, case maker's punch mark "AH".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, keywind, pink gold train, bimetallic chronometer balance.
This hunter watch comes with an impressive weight of 132 g. The guilloche pattern is in excellent condition and makes for a very pleasant feel, which is further enhanced by the nice size of the watch. The icing on the cake is the immaculate movement in original condition. The design is nearly identical to Jules Jürgensen’s pocket chronometers. In 1858 Jules Jürgensen entered a partnership with Emile Perret, who supplied him with ebauches.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Victor Kullberg
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(*) An exquisite precision pocket watch with 36h power reserve indication and spring detent escapement in its original box
Movm. No. 7134, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1910, Weight 152 g, Origin England, Original box
Case: 18 K gold, engraved monogram "WF", gold dome with presentation engraving: "Presented to Revd. William Fulton B.Sc.B.D. by Robert Sutherland 18th October 1913", case maker's punch mark "FT" (Frederick Thoms).
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, chain/fusee, optionally key winding or crown winding, gold screw compensation balance, freesprung, blued, helical balance spring, set diamond endstone on balance.
Reverend William Fulton (born 1876 in Glasgow) attended the universities of Glasgow, Marburg and Berlin and completed his studies as a Bachelor of Science of Maths and Astronomy. In1913 he got married to Annie Ida Sutherland. Fulton worked as a pastor and professor of Theology in England, Schottland and Ireland. Over the years he published many theological papers.
Victor Kullberg was born at Visby on the island of Gothland, Sweden in 1824 and was apprenticed to a chronometer maker in 1840. On the completion of his training he was employed by Louis Urban Juergensen in Copenhagen, but was attracted to Britain at the time of the 1851 Exhibition. In Britain he remained as a maker of marine and pocket chronometers to which he brought several innovations. From 1860 onwards, thanks to the high quality of his machines and the efficiency of his new forms of auxiliary compensation, he consistently scored ratings in chronometrical competitions throughout the world and was awarded numerous gold and silver medals. With an international trade and reputation he was appointed chronometer maker to the Swedish and Norwegian navies in 1874 and, about a machine entered for the Greenwich trials of 1882, the Astronomer Royal reported that it was 'the finest chronometer they had ever had on trial'. Although unmarried, Kullberg had two sons. On their father's death, 7 July 1890, they jointly inherited the business with his nephew Peter John Wennerstrom. After the death of the nephews, Wennerstrom and his son bought out the other interests in the business. Subsequently it was continued by Sanfrid Lindquist and survived until the 2nk Wold War during which its premises were destroyed. Lit.: Paul M. Chamberlain "It's about Time", New York, page 435-437.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Staatliche Berufsfachschule Furtwangen
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(*) A high quality seconds precision regulator, created at the Furtwangen watch and clockmaking school - 8-day power reserve
Dimensions 1490 mm, circa 1960, Origin Deutschland
Case: Oak.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Trapezoid gilt brass movement, Graham escapement with adjustable steel pallets, nickel steel compensation pendulum according to Riefler type K, pendulum spring suspension.
Made as a masterpiece by master clockmaker Leonard Wirtz in Cologne.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Vacheron & Constantin
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A collection of 1 deck watch and 1 silver pocket watch A high quality Geneva deck watch with indirect centre seconds and red centre seconds hand
Movm. No. 455108, Cal. 166, Case No. 342676, Dimensions 60 mm, circa 1947, Weight 154 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Sterling silver, punch mark "FFBA" (Fédération des Fabricants de boites argent).
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, large Guillaume gold screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
John Antes
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A rare, early London experimental chronometer with a combination of regulator and temperature compensation
Dimensions 120 mm, circa 1790, Origin England, Accessories
Case: Wood, black lacquered, brass bezel with bead pattern, glazed back side.
Dial: Enamel, three subsidiary chapter rings: hours and minutes at "3", auxiliary seconds at "9", date at "12", blued arrow hands.
Movm.: Full plate movement, brass, chain/fusee with maintaining-power mechanism, spring detent escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued balance spring with fine regulator and bimetallic temperature compensation slat, mirror-polished steel escape wheel with set diamond endstone.
According to the consignor this chronometer had recently been integrated in an upright wooden case. To enable winding, the bezel was revolved by 90 degrees. However, the balace swings were hampered by the vertical positioning and unsatisfactory for a chronometer. Now the timepiece is back in its original format as a table chronometer with the bezel in its original position. This experimental chronometer is illustrated and described in: Hans von Bertele "Marine- und Taschenchronometer", Munich 1981, page 207 and in Fritz von Osterhausen "Über Tischchronometer" Part 1 in "Uhren-Journal für Sammler klassischer Zeitmesser", Oct./Nov. 1992, p. 17f.
John Antes (active around 1787) is listed as an apprentice to William Addis. The accompanying pocket chronometer bears the hallmark of 1797 and is in the Clockmakers' Museum in London.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, restaurations, hairlines. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Jaeger-LeCoultre
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A rare, fine and very ornamental table clock with 8-days in-line movement and original tabernacle case
Case No. 533, Dimensions 105 x 75 x 40 mm, circa 1970, Origin Schweiz, Original box
Case: Steel, glazed on four sides.
Dial: Silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, skeletonized centre.
Movm.: Two bars in-line movement with large barrel, 8-days duration, Glucydur screw balance.
This exquisite Jaeger-LeCoultre table clock thrills with its minimalist design and attractive size. It has been recently revised and other than a few traces of patina on the dial, the clock is immaculate.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Sinclair Harding
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A very fine, astronomical, giant carriage clock with pivoted detent escapement, perpetual calendar, moon phase, equation of time, hour strike and repeating mechanism
Case No. 625/49, Dimensions 360 x 220 x 175 mm, circa 1990, Origin England
Case: Ebonized, brass inlays, glazed on five sides.
Dial: Gilt, silvered chapter ring for hour indication with Roman numerals, lavishly hand engraved background, silvered chapter rings for day and date indication, aperture for moon phase, moon age, zodiac and month, equation of time, silvered scale for regulation, blued Breguet hands.
Movm.: Rectangular-shaped brass movement, decorated, gilt, keywind, 2 x chain/fusee for going and striking train, 1 hammer / 1 bell, 8-day power reserve, solid movement pillars, platform with pivoted detent chronometer escapement, three-arm balance.
The "Makers of Fine Clocks", Sinclair Harding in Cheltenham, specialise in modern replicas of famous clocks and their technology. Since 1967 the firm dedicates itself to traditional English watchmaking. This 'table regulator' is one oft he most elegant pieces Sinclar Harding ever produced. The solid case is extremely heavy. The hand-engraved dial is the enbodiment of sophisticated elegance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
A. Hasler à Bienne
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A rare water level recorder for the water supply of the Wimmis gunpowder factory
Dimensions 730 x 430 x 265 mm, circa 1900, Origin Schweiz, Accessories
Case: Walnut, glazed.
Dial: Enamel and silver.
Movm.: Electrical contacts, coils, pendulum and weight drive.
A paper table is attached to a rotating drum in which the various water levels at any time of the day during the week were recorded.
The Hasler factory made their mark in Electrical Engineering with designs in the fields of telephony, radio engineering, railway signalling principles, aviatik, franking machines and road signaling. In 1865 Gustav Adolf Hasler and Albert Escher purchased the “Eidgenössischen Telegraphenwerkstätte” (Swiss telegraph factory), which was the origin of the Hasler AG in Bern. The first two managers were engineer Matthäus Hipp from Württemberg and clockmaker Jakob Karl Kaiser. Hipp invented several technical updates, so that the company was able to export the improved telegraphs to other countries. In 1860 Hipp established his own company, which was soon in competition with the ETW. Hasler became Hipp’s successor as manager of the ETW and at 30 years of age was the youngest director of a federal company. Gustav Adolf Hasler died in 1890. His son Gustav Hasler took over the management of the company from his father at the age of 22. Wimmis is is a community in the Swiss canton Bern. In 1917 the "Eidgenössische Pulverfabrik" (Swiss Gunpowder Manufactory), today‘s "Nitrochemie" was established there. The company produced nitrocellulose and single-based powder. Their main customer has always been the Swiss army.
Case: very good, scratched. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
LeCoultre & Co.
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A collection of five gold hunting case pocket watches A quarter repeating Geneva hunting case pocket watch of high quality, made for Mermod Frères
Case No. 13061, Dimensions 54 mm, circa 1900, Weight 101 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 14 K rose gold, guilloche pattern, glazed movement.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, Swiss patent engraving 15833 for Ditisheim's adjustable governor, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Swiss watch and musical box manufacturer Mermod Frères was founded in 1816 by Louis Mermod and had workshops in Ste. Croix. The watches were sold in Geneva.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
I. & J. Meylan, Le Sentier
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A collection of 2 gold hunting case pocket watches A very fine quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph
Case No. 9334, Dimensions 52 mm, circa 1898, Weight 94 g, Origin Schweiz, Accessories
Case: 14 K pink gold, case maker's punch mark "AC".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, engraving: "Concisas Brevitas", Swiss patent engraving 20908, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Anonymous
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A collection of 25 pocket watches A large quarter repeating gold hunting case pocket watch with chronograph
Case No. 11403, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1900, Weight 133 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, case maker's punch mark "LBD".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good, a dent. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
H. Barbezat-Bole Le Locle
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A heavy and extremely rare minute repeating hunting case pocket chronograph with jumping 30 minutes counter - made for the German market
Movm. No. 264094, Case No. 66240, Dimensions 58 mm, circa 1900, Weight 148 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 14 K gold, engine-turned "gloria ray" case decoration.
Dial: Gilt.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, Swiss patent engraving 31798, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Friedrich Baumann
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A very attractive Vienna hunting case pocket watch with enamelled noble family crest and original morocco case
Cal. LeCoultre, Case No. 6415, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1910, Weight 124 g, Origin Österreich/Schweiz, Original box
Case: 14 K gold, polychrome enamelled noble family crest, engraved monogram and crown, case maker's punch mark "Genève / C D" (C. Degallier, Geneva).
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
The spring lid is finely engraved with a crown and the monogram "LT". The back is decorated with a brightly enamelled noble family crest. The condition of the case, dial, movement and original box is excellent and the watch has recently been professionally cleaned.
Watchmaker Friedrich Baumann in Vienna carried the royal appointments of the Austro-Hungarian Court, the royal Greek and the royal Bulgarian courts and was a certified appraiser. Between 1882 and 1906 he was awarded numerous gold medals and first prizes at the exhibitions in Trieste, Vienna, Paris, Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Athens, Saint Petersburg and London.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
LeCoultre
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An exceptional minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with automaton and two jacquemarts
Case No. 31601, Dimensions 56 mm, circa 1900, Weight 132 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 14 K rose gold, glazed movement.
Dial: Polychrome enamel, screwed-on figures.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The two Jacquemarts are represented by polychrome enamel angels in a cloud above the dial. The angel on the left strikes a bell that is held out to it by another angel on a ladder; the other angel on the right strikes a bell that is presented to it by an angel rising from a tree and a lady is seen sleeping under the tree. The paste-stone set enamel dial with gold paillons and Roman hours sits in the centre, right above a small subsidiary second dial.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Henri Grandjean & Cie.
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A very fine precision hunting case pocket watch with pivoted detent chronometer escapement for the South American market. In 1870 this chronometer was tested at the Neuchâtel observatory, where it finished in 6th place (128 participants) in the category "Chronomètres de Poche". The chronometers were observed for 1 month in 2 positions and in the oven - with extract from the chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding
Movm. No. 24258, Case No. 24258, Dimensions 52 mm, circa 1870, Weight 124 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, fluted caseband, gold dome with engraving: Antonio Herreros, case maker's punch mark "LBF".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, screw compensation balance, freesprung blued helical balance spring.
Swiss chronometer maker Henri Grandjean was born in Le Locle on December 14, 1803. From 1824 until 1830 he was assigned the task of organizing the South American branches of his father’s company; in 1830 his brother Henri Gustave emigrated to Peru and was from then on in charge of these businesses. Henri Grandjean trained as a watchmaker in his home town. Around 1830 his factory "Henri Grandjean & Cie." began to build ship’s chronometers that were modelled on the English chronometers. His business partner was Edouard Thévenaz; together with Louis Jean Richard and Ulysse Nardin Grandjean was the originator of the Swiss marine chronometer production. In 1831 Grandjean married Elise Montandon, the daughter of Isaac Pierre. He was granted permission to open watchmaking schools and founded the observatory at Neuchâtel. Later Grandjean went into politics and became representative and prefect of the city of Le Locle. In La-Chaux-de-Fonds he worked for the establishment of the Quartier-Neuf, which was finally built in 1855; his intention was to eliminate real estate speculation and to create low priced housing for working-class families. A street in Le Locle was named after him - the Rue Henri-Grandjean. Henri Grandjean died on March 21, 1889 in Le Locle.
Case: very good, slightly rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Girard-Perregaux
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An extremely rare pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement and rare spherical balance spring
Movm. No. 20865, Case No. 24198 36847, Dimensions 52 mm, circa 1900, Weight 116 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, elaborately engraved star ornament with monogram.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, keywind, bimetallic chronometer balance with 2 regulation screw nuts, 2 screws and 2 trepezoidal weights, blued spherical balance spring, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
The Swiss watchmaker Constantin Othenin Girard founded the company Girard & Cie. in 1852 in La Chaux-de Fonds. In 1856 he married Marie, the sister of renowned chronometer maker Henri Perregaux; in the same year Girard and his brother-in-law established the company Girard-Perregaux which evolved from Girard & Cie..
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
William Ilbery
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A very fine, heavy pair-cased gold pocket watch in museum-like quality, with quarter hour/hour strike and centre seconds for the Chinese market
Movm. No. 6244, Dimensions 60 mm, circa 1806, Weight 222 g, Origin England
Case: Outer and inner case made of 18 K gold, engraved and pierced around the edge, outer case with case maker punch mark "WM", inner case with rear bell.
Dial: Enamel, heart-shaped gold hands.
Movm.: Full plate movement, gilt, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, open barrel, duplex escapement, chronometer balance with 3 weights and 3 screws, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
This magnificent well preserved watch weighs in at a remarkable 222 g. The bezel of the outer case features exquisite floral engraving. The décor is repeated on the back with some openwork on the edges for better sound of the striking mechanism. A wonderful engraved flower ornament graces the centre. The inner case features similar decoration with an openwork edge ornamented with ribbons and floral elements. The back has a finely engraved sun in the centre. The off-white enamel dial is flawless. The movement starts up right away and the strike is full and pleasant.
William Ilbery (circa 1760-1839) began working in London's Goswell Street in 1780 and moved to Duncan Terrace later. Influenced by the examples of James Cox in London and Pierre Jaquet-Droz in Switzerland, Ilbery specialized in producing luxury watches for the Chinese Market. At first he very much adhered to the traditional English style with its full plate movement and single-wheel duplex escapement, although he used a spring detent escapement for his highest quality pieces. For later movements Ilbery took his inspiration from the Lepine caliber with free-standing barrel, as did Jaquet-Droz with the watches he signed in London and William Anthony in London. Ilbery had the cases of his watches exquisitely decorated by the best enamellers from Geneva such as Jean-Francois-Victor Dupont, who usually signed his work, or Jean-Louis Richter, who signed only very infrequently. William Ilbery initiated the production of opulently engraved movements for the Asian market in Fleurier in Switzerland; other makers in Fleurier such as Bovet and Juvet followed his example. Ilbery should therefore be considered one of the most renowned makers of the so-called "Chinese watches". Although he worked mainly in London, Ilbery kept in close contact with the trade in other countries; a watch signed "Ilbery Paris" is known and Ilbery & Son were recorded in London and Fleurier as well as in Canton.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Markwick Markham, Perigal
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(*) A magnificent London gold enamel verge pocket watch in a triple case for the Ottoman market
Movm. No. 21808, Case No. 21808, Dimensions 51 mm, circa 1810, Weight 100 g, Origin England
Case: 18 K gold, polychrome enamel, glazed, diamond thumb piece, case maker’s mark "IK".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
Both outer and intermediate case have curved edges and are ornamented with opaque and translucent Champlevé enamel flowers on the in- and outside. The intermediate case is also ornamented with engraved four-colour gold flower tendrils as well as an exquisite enamel medallion with the polychrome painting of a bouquet of summer flowers against a translucent red guilloche background. The movement as well as case design of these watches intended for the Turkish market were already outmoded around 1810 - and even more so in later years; nevertheless Edward Prior and some of his contemporaries such as George Prior (II), George Charle, Markwick Markham-Perigal and Isaac Rogers specialized on this type of watch because there was a ongoing demand for them on the Turkish market - be it from tradition or from a true love of the elaborately ornamented movements and cases. It is quite possible that many of these watches - the one we have here is among them - never even left England, because their exotic beauty had its devotees in their own country too. Very often these buyers kept the watch safely in a drawer like jewellery, which explains the excellent condition of some of these marvellous pieces - as it is the case with our watch.
Markwick Markham & Perigal The trading name of Markwick Markham became famous for watches destined for the Turkish market. Not only did this notoriety encourage the appearance of spuriously signed watches, but at the end of the century Markham, or his successor, associated the names of other watchmakers with their own products intended for the East. The makers thus found associated are: Francis Perigal, Peter Upjohn, H. Story, Borrell, John Johnson, Louis Recordon, Dupont. All were reputable watch-makers in their own right, selling other products under their own names.
Case: very good, micro scratches. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Patek, Philippe & Cie.
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A very rare Geneva pocket watch chronograph with jumping minutes counter
Movm. No. 137842, Case No. 260325, Dimensions 48 mm, circa 1907, Weight 91 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Patek Philippe
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(*) An exquisite, small Geneva gold enamel hunting case pocket watch - sold on November 17th, 1871
Movm. No. 38755, Cal. 14''', Case No. 38755, Dimensions 37 mm, circa 1871, Weight 45 g, Origin Schweiz, Accessories
Case: 18 K gold and polychrome enamel.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The delicate case is decorated with fine polychrome enamelling, floral engraving and small old European cut diamonds. The front shows an enamel plaque with two very finely painted putti framed by a flower scroll. Central high oval black medallion decorated with diamonds and a cartouche in the middle. The back has a garland of summer flowers on light blue ground with a black medallion with an engraved centre in the middle.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, slightly oxydized, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Courvoisier Frères
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An extremely rare, very fine quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with grande und petite sonnerie
Case No. 81529, Dimensions 50 mm, circa 1890, Weight 148 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, fluted caseband, case maker's punch mark "FM", glazed movement.
Dial: Silvered, applied floral gold ornaments, chased.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, tandem winding, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Henri-Louis and Philippe Auguste Courvoisier traded from 1842 on under the name "Courvoisier Frères". When more brothers joined the partnership in 1882, they changed the company name to "Courvoisier Fils". Specialising in high quality watches, they were commissioned by the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds to create a watch for the Prussian King William IV; at the time this ultra-flat watch was supposedly the thinnest in the world. The tourbillon movement invented by the Swiss Paul Loichot (which he turned in the case so it would be visible face-sided) was patented for the Courvoisier brothers on July 4th, 1905 under the number 19062 and the name "Mobilis".
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
V. Henri Leuba
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(*) A heavy minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with jumping centre seconds and concealed erotic automaton for the Russian/Ottoman market
Case No. 46464, Dimensions 56 mm, circa 1895, Weight 176 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, signed in Cyrillic "Chetunov Brothers".
Dial: Enamel, inner radial Ottoman numerals, outer radial Roman numerals.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, counter click works for two barrels, screw compensation balance.
The gold dome with spring lid conceals the erotic automaton with polychrome enamel figures. They come to life as soon as the slide for the minute repeater is activated. The love scene shows a magnificently dressed sultan and a lady of the harem making love in a pavilion by the lake. They are being watched by a young servant hidden among tropical plants in the background.
V. Henri Leuba of La Chaux-de-Fonds, had close relations to Russian firms; Leuba conducted his business under different names, sometimes in Russian or French. At the World Exhibition in Parisa in 1900 he presented himself as a watchmaker with branches in Moscow and Warsaw. He offered large and small watches in gold cases as well as custom-made pieces for the Russian market. The company "Chetunov Brothers" (or Tschetounoff Frères) was mainly known for inexpensive wall clocks. On special order, they also delivered exclusive pocket watrches such as high-quality chronometers, tourbillons or watches with Grande Sonnerie.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored, capable of running.
Robert Roskell
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(*) A very fine, rare gold enamel hunting case pocket watch of high nobility property - presentation watch by a European dignitary for the Ottoman market
Movm. No. 13539, Case No. 17539, Dimensions 53 mm, circa 1843, Weight 120 g, Origin England
Case: 18 K gold and polychrome enamel, lavishly engraved, fluted caseband, case maker punch mark "D&A", missing pusher in the pendant.
Dial: Enamel, radial Ottoman numerals, auxiliary seconds at "3".
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, English lever escapement, three-arm steel balance.
The front is decorated with a central polychrome gold enamel cartouche showing the portrait of a peer wearing a plumed helmet and carrying a sword. The caseback shows a princely crown above an exquisitely engraved red enamel monogram.
Robert Roskell was a qualified watch and clockmaker in Liverpool and London. Due to his various partnerships and takeovers he signed in turn with: "Robert & Son", "Hunt & Roskell", "Robert Roskell Liverpool" or "Roskell Liverpool".
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Breguet
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An important, historic "Art Deco" vintage wristwatch, sold to the Rotary Club Paris on June 30, 1933 for the price of 2000 francs
Movm. No. 2808, Cal. 10''', Case No. 426 B2808, Dimensions 25 x 25 mm, circa 1930, Origin Frankreich
Case: 18 K gold, square cased, push back with engraving: "Hommage du Rotary L. Devraigne 1932-1933, Vincenzo Hörstmann".
Dial: Silver, white lacquered, Arabic "Art Deco" style numerals, blued steel Breguet hands.
Movm.: Manual.
Dr Louis Devraigne (1876-1946) was head of the clinic at the Paris Faculty of Medicine and author of important medical articles and standard works.
Established in 1775 by Abraham Louis Breguet, widely considered the greatest watchmaker of all time, the storied brand continues to thrive in the modern era, creating exceptional high-end watches as the Swatch Group's premier prestige brand. Some of the most important and lasting inventions in watchmaking are attributed to Abraham Louis Breguet, including the tourbillon, shock resistance and the use of hammers and gongs employed in nearly all minute repeating watches made since. Eighteenth and nineteenth century Breguet pocketwatches are especially sought-after by collectors, and many of them were made for the elite of European society, including Napoléon and Marie Antoinette. Key wristwatches from the twentieth century include oversized dress watches, two-register chronographs, triple calendars and Type XX aviator's chronographs made for the French military and civilians.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good, chipped. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Mont D´Or
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A sporty, elegant, heavy wrist chronograph with weekday and date display
Ref. 342 300 000, Cal. ETA 7750, Dimensions 38 mm, circa 2010, Weight 159 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, glazed push back, screwed crown, 18 K gold bracelet, bracelet length 125 mm, total length 170 mm.
Dial: Gilt, guilloche pattern, tachy scale.
Movm.: Automatic.
This timepiece, which is a fabulous eyecatcher on the wrist, features a marvellous guilloche pattern, a stepped bezel and a solid gold bracelet and comes from the tradition-rich Swiss Jura watchmaking industry.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Urban Jürgensen
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(*) A very elegant, rare platinum wristwatch with date
Movm. No. 80131, Ref. 8, Cal. Frédéric Piguet, Dimensions 37 mm, circa 1997, Origin Schweiz, Original box, original clasp
Case: Platinum, glazed push back.
Dial: Solid sterling silver, guilloche pattern.
Movm.: Automatic.
The Urban Jürgensen brand looks back on a long tradition. The Jürgensen manufactory was originally established in Copenhagen in 1773. The brand has always cultivated the art of watchmaking of the very highest quality and strives to combine technical perfection with classic elegance. The modern brand "Urban Jürgensen Copenhagen" was taken over by Peter Baumberger in 1979 with master watchmaker Derek Pratt at the helm, while remaining committed to the original principles of technical excellence, traditional aesthetics and master craftsmanship. This hand-crafted wristwatch reference 8 is the perfect embodiment of this combination. It features the brand’s distinctive teardrop lugs, a stepped bezel and a hand-made solid silver dial. Different guilloche patterns create an eclectic texture and an exciting play of light, framed by a satin-finished outer rail with hand-painted blue Roman numerals and simple minute divisions. The aperture for the date is positioned at 6 o’clock. The hand-crafted solid gold and blue observatory-style hands have been created on a precision lathe and polished to a high gloss. The watch is powered by a self-winding Frederic Piguet top-quality ébauche with 21 K gold rotor.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, cleaning needed.
E. Eysler, Nürnberg zugeschr./attr. to
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An important single-handed pre-balance Nuremberg Renaissance fob watch with hour strike, illustrated and described in the report "Die Taschenuhr in ihrer zweiten Entwicklungsperiode" (The pocket watch in its second period of development) by Carl Speckhart in the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung (German watch- and clockmaker’s magazine) of 1914, No. 2.
Dimensions 63 x 34 mm, circa 1570, Weight 282 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Bronze, remains of firegilding, pierced and lavishly florally ornamented, rear bell.
Dial: Silver, radial Roman numerals "I-XII" and Arabic numerals "13-24", applied hour knobs for time reading by night, engraved compas rose in the centre, single iron hand.
Movm.: Brass full plate movement, firegilt, maker's mark: "EE" within a shield, 2 open barrels, 1 hammer, iron trains, verge escapement, locking plate with internal teeth, solid movement pillars, stackfreed, foliot and hog's bristle regulator.
This fine timepiece of museum quality is in virtually untouched original condition. The minor repairs carried out over time are negligible. The openwork case is decorated with flower motifs. On the back the flowers grow from a vase. The front lid has the appearance of a gothic-style rose window and reveals the hours on the dial. A bulging openwork edge decorated with ornamental ribbons creates a soundhole for the hour strike. This fob watch was illustrated and described in detail by Gustav Speckhart of Nuremberg on pages 21-22 of the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung (German watch- and clockmaker’s magazine), No. 2, 1914. Speckhart attributes this watch with the master's mark "EE" on the back plate to the father of important Nuremberg watchmaker Mainhart Eysler, who gave up his citizenship of Nuremberg in 1572. The name Eysler (Eisler, Eißler, Eiisler) can be traced back to almost the mid 15th century among the names of goldsmiths, silversmiths, watch and clockmakers, sculptors and similar craftsmen of Nuremberg. Eysler is one of the most outstanding among those masters who, after Henlein's death, were responsible for the great reputation of Nuremberg watchmaking. The few surviving objects made by these masters represent the first portable timepieces dating from the period 1542 to 1580.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, oxydized, slightly repaired, to be restored.
Martin Schmidt zugeschr./attr. to
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(*) A rare, oval, single-handed Prague Renaissance pre-balance neck watch with hour strike
Dimensions 51 x 77 mm, circa 1580, Weight 153 g, Origin Süddeutschland/Tschechien
Case: Brass, remains of fire gilding, engraved silver caseband, openwork front and back lid with hinges, rear bell.
Dial: Silver, engraved, remains of polychrome enamel inlays, single blued steel hand.
Movm.: Full plate movement, barrel for chain/fusee, barrel for striking train, 1 richly decorated hammer, iron locking plate with internal teeth, verge escapement, two-arm iron balance without balance spring.
Other than a silver ornamental ribbon on the case band the case shows neither engraving nor hallmarked. The hinged front and back covers are openwork and represent gothic style rose windows. The silver dial features inlaid Roman hours I-XII and Arabic hours 13-24 as well as applied hour dots for reading the time at night. The centre is extensively ornamented with engraving and traces of polychrome champlevé enamelling showing a flower-filled vase and a bird fluttering above it. The early Renaissance style movement has the same oval shape as the case. It is marked "M.S." with an upside down goblet between the initials and van be attributed to Martin Schmidt in Prague.
Provenance: The Lord Sandberg Collection This watch is illustrated and described in: Terence Camerer-Cuss / Osvaldo Patrizzi "The Sandberg Watch Collection", Geneva 1998, p. 30-31.
Case: good, worn, rubbed. Dial: very good, dents. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Anonymous
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A presumabely South German, one-handed horizontal table clock of museum quality, with hour strike and alarm
Dimensions 160 mm, circa 1580, Origin Deutschland
Case: Circular firegilt bronze case, engraved decoration, bell under an open-worked copper dome top with applied alarm disc, three ball feet.
Dial: Brass, firegilt.
Movm.: Circular steel/brass full plate movement, double chain/fusee for going train and striking train, additional barrel for alarm, iron/brass train, count wheel, verge escapement, three-arm iron balance, later open-worked and engraved balance cock.
A hammer strikes the hours on the bell at the top. A curved hand was installed on top of the bell to indicate the hours on the horizontal brass dial with engraved Roman numerals "I"-"XII" on the outside and Arabic numerals "13"-"24" on the inside, as well as raised markers for reading the time at night. The magnificently ornamented case is particularly beautiful. The walls are elaborately adorned with engraved strapwork, pomegranates and flowers.
Case: very good, small restaurations. Dial: very good, rubbed. Movm.: very good, capable of running, re-build, cleaning recommended.
Tobias Reichel
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An important Dresden square cased horizontal table clock with quarter/hour strike and alarm
Dimensions 130 x 90 mm, circa 1608, Origin Deutschland
Case: Brass, applied silvered strapwork, the four corners decorated with caryatids, four pomegranate feet, monogram "T:R:D" and date 1608 engraved in the base plate.
Dial: Copper, brass surrounding with engraved quarter hour division, spandrels with riveted, winged cherub heads, engraved hour chapter ring with radial Roman hours I-XII and inner chapter ring with Arabic numerals 13-24, central alarm disc, iron hands.
Movm.: Square brass movement, iron train, chain/fusee for going train, 2 barrels for hour strike and alarm, 2 hammers/2 bells, locking plate, verge escapement, iron ring balance without balance spring, hog's bristle regulator.
Tobias Reichel was employed as watchmaker at the Electoral Saxon Court in Dresden from 1603 to 1610. In particular his small automatons were famous (spider and pelican automaton clocks at the "Grünes Gewölbe" (Green Vault) in Dresden as well as watches integrated in the handles of stabbing weapons (at the "Historisches Museum" (historical museum) in Dresden.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: good, rubbed. Movm.: very good, oxydized, repaired, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Abraham Arlaud I. zugeschr./attr. to
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(*) An early, oval, one-handed pre-balance neck watch made for the Ottoman Empire
Dimensions 48 x 63 mm, circa 1660, Weight 113 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Silver, turning ball-shaped pendant.
Dial: Gilt brass and silver, engraved arabesques, applied silver chapter ring with engraved Ottoman numerals, single, precision-cut gilt brass hand.
Movm.: Oval full plate movement with engraved arabesque scrollwork, cartouche with Arabic signature "Arlaud", gut/fusee, verge escapement, plain two-arm iron balance without balance spring, fine florally engraved, pierced balance cock, decorated in Persian style.
This watch was evidently made in Geneva, as indicated by several clues such as the extreme sophistication of the movement the Geneva makers were famous for, which also has elements that are commonly used in Geneva timepieces, such as the unusual pillars, the distictive finish of the wheels and the fusee as well as the form of the cock. Although this timepiece was obviously intended for the Ottoman market it does not have the typical characteristics of Turkish watches, which presumably means that it was produced for a general market. Another watch with an almost identical movement, signed by Arlaud and produced for the Islamic market was part of the Sandberg Collection and is described on pages 228-229 of the book on the collection.
Case: very good, dents. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Jean Gaspard Du Val
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(*) A one-handed Renaissance rock crystal crucifix pendant watch
Dimensions 39 x 53 mm, circa 1650, Weight 61 g, Origin Frankreich
Case: In the form of a crucifix, folding bevelled rock crystal parts mounted in a firegilt, carved brass frame.
Dial: Silver dial with engraved view of a town, on firegilt brass ground.
Movm.: Cruciform brass full plate movement, verge escapement, applied floral decorations, chain/fusee, ratchet wheel set up, two-arm steel balance without spring, florally engraved pierced balance cock.
A remarkable rock crystal watch in excellent original condition and in an unusual, small size. The case is made of a faceted rock crystal cover and a rock crystal back in a firegilt brass frame. The dial is decorated with the most exquisite foliage scrolls; a view of a lakeside town with swans on the lake graces the centre of the tapered dial. A winged heart is engraved on the narrow bottom end of the dial. It comes from the original book "Devises et emblemes" by Daniel de la Feuille from 1691 and bears the title "Un Cœur enlevé par les Ailes" (A heart carried away by wings). The inner frames of the rock crystal covers are also lavishly embellished. Another rock crystal pendant watch made by Du Val is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; it was originally part of the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection, before it was donated to the museum in 1917.
Jean Gaspard Duval or Du Val was a watchmaker who was presumably born circa 1600. It is not known where he lived. Another maker by the name of Jean Gaspard (Gaspard Jean) Duval was born on April 18, 1637 in Gex in France. He lived in Geneva and married three times. His eldest daughter Marthe Duval (1668-1740) married watchmaker Frédéric Soret. A son from his third marriage, Samuel Duval, was also a watchmaker.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Joan Paul Reiner
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A collection of 4 horizontal table clocks from the 17th and 18th centuries An octagonal Freising horizontal table clock with quarter/hour strike and date
Dimensions 110 x 105 mm, circa 1700, Origin Deutschland
Case: Brass, firegilt, moulded, the side walls with screwed-on faceted windows, four toupie feet, rear bell is missing.
Dial: Silver, champlevé, inlaid radial Roman hours, date window between "XII" and "I", blued hands.
Movm.: Octagonal brass full plate movement, screwed-on florally engraved ornaments, chain/fusee, 3 barrels, 2 decorated hammers, control dial for quarter hour strike, verge escapement, three-arm iron balance, open-worked, engraved balance cock.
For many years this table clock was part of Dr. Bodong’s collection. After his death it was sold for 400 reichsmark during an auction at Hans W. Lange in Berlin on July 14 and 15, 1938 (lot no. 554).
Case: very good, lacking elements, rubbed. Dial: very good, oxydized. Movm.: very good, repaired, to be restored.
Johan Gottlieb Steuer à Guben
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An impressive, Brandenburg, Baroque, hexagonal horizontal table clock with hour repeating mechanism and alarm
Dimensions 115 x 75 mm, circa 1700, Origin Deutschland
Case: Firegilt brass case, engraved geometic pattern, screwed on silver windows to the sides, pusher for repetition at "11", winged claw feet, rear bell.
Dial: Silver, champlevé, inlaid radial Roman hours, central alarm disc, iron hands.
Movm.: Hexagonal brass full plate movement, florally engraved, openwork appliqués, chain/fusee for going train, 2 barrels, 2 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Anonymous
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An extremely rare and important gilt brass folding knife fitted with a single-handed watch
Dimensions 103 / 190 mm, circa 1690, Weight 72 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Brass, gilt, lavishly engraved, polished iron blade.
Dial: Silver champlevé.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, four-wheel train, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Both sides of the handle are decorated with an identical pattern of engraved acanthus tendrils on a shaded ground and a Chevron pattern at the edge. A watch with a hinged glass dome sits approx. in the middle of the handle. The silver dial has radial Roman Champlevé numerals, an inner quarter hour ring and an exquisitely engraved- flower in the centre, as well as a single blued steel "Poker & Beetle" hand.
Weapons featuring mechanical watches are rare occurrences, particularly when dating from the 16th or 17th century. The armoury that is part of the Dresden collection has a sword with an integrated watch in the pommel dating from 1610 as well as two powder bottles dating from 1610 and 1620 from Augsburg, which both feature integrated watches.
Case: very good, slightly worn, slightly rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Louis George
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A collection of 6 carriage clocks from different eras An exquisite Berlin quarter hour repeating officer carriage clock with hour strike and alarm
Dimensions 145 mm, circa 1780, Origin Deutschland
Case: Brass, firegilt, engraved baroque décor, enamel cartouche with signature, engraved bracket feet, glazed sides, convex and concave curved top with handle, bell mounted in the base, pusher for repeating mechanism.
Dial: Enamel, radial Roman hours, central alarm disc with radial Arabic numerals, additional enamel regulating dial, pierced blued hands.
Movm.: Rectangular-shaped brass movement, chain/fusee for going train, 2 barrels, 2 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Eminent watchmaker Louis George (1743-1812) was a third generation descendant of a French Huguenot family who had fled to Berlin. From 1769 on George delivered timepieces to Frederick the Great, his successor Frederick William II and also Frederick William II’s successor Frederick William III as "Horloger du Roy" (watchmaker to the king). He also supplied different types of watches and clocks, such as console clocks, pocket and deck watches, chronometers, odometers, pendulum clocks and mostly flute and organ clocks to other German rulers. He had business relations to Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the father of Henri-Louis Droz, as well as to Jean-Frédéric Leschot.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: very good, hairlines. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Hans Koch zugeschr./attr. to
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An ornamental Munich Renaissance tabernacle clock with hour strike and alarm
Dimensions 260 mm, circa 1600, Origin Deutschland
Case: Brass and copper, firegilt; punched and engraved ornamentation, corner pilasters, bell on top with 4 urns at the corners surmounted by Justitia as surmounting figure (scale is missing), 2 hammers/1 bell, short pendulum, later square ebonized wooden base with brass fittings and drawer.
Dial: Front - applied chapter ring with Roman hours "I-XII" and Arabic numerals 13-24, applied hour knobs for time reading by night, central alarm disc with engraved flower, single iron hand. Back - applied hour strike control dial with ornamented centre; single iron hand.
Movm.: Iron frame, iron train, 2 florally engraved brass barrels, verge escapement.
Both side panels can be removed. The left is engraved with Maria Immaculata, while the right side shows the Crucifixion of Jesus. The upper half of the main dial is exquisitely engraved with tendrils while the lower half shows the Birth of Christ. The back is similarly ornamented and shows the Annunciation.
Maker to the court Hans Koch of Munich became a master metalworker and member of the guild in 1554. He was soon after employed by the House of Wittelsbach as a watchmaker, and the bills recorded in the court account books of 1556 show that he was well paid for his work at court. In 1581 Hans Koch applied for the position of maker to the court for the first time but it was 1588 before Duke William V (1579-1597) appointed him as successor of Ulrich Schniep, who was deceased. The court account books list Koch until his death in 1603. Hans Koch was an ingenious maker who was well known beyond the borders of Bavaria.
Case: very good, slightly rubbed, partly re-gilded. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, slightly repaired, alterations, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Patek Philippe
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A very attractive, square vintage Geneva wristwatch with sapphire indexes
Movm. No. 790277, Ref. 3430/2, Cal. 23-300, Case No. 2623371, Dimensions 26 x 26 mm, circa 1964, Origin Schweiz, gold original clasp
Case: 18 K gold, push back.
Dial: Gilt, textured, 12 baguette-cut sapphires.
Movm.: Manual.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Patek Philippe
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(*) A delightful, diamond-set Geneva Belle Epoque ladies' wristwatch in a platinum case with engraving of the Panama-Pacific, International Exposition, 1915
Movm. No. 174442, Case No. 174442 84160, Dimensions 14 x 45 mm, circa 1914, Weight 20 g, Origin Schweiz, Extract from the archives
Case: Platinum, diamond-set bezel and lugs, hinged push back with engraving: "Awarded Grand Prix, Panama-Pacific, International Exposition, 1915, S.F.W. to O.P.W., Dec. 25, 1915", platinum bracelet, bracelet length 120 mm, total length 160 mm.
Dial: Ivory-coloured, polychrome painted.
Movm.: Manual.
This lady’s wristwatch by Patek Philippe features an dial with painted flowers and blue Arabic numerals. The platinum case comes with a diamond-studded bezel and the delicate platinum bracelet has a jewelry clasp. The extract from the archives that comes with the watch shows that the watch was created in 1914 and sold on January 11, 1916. The back is engraved with: "Awarded the Grand Prix, Panama-Pacific, International Exposition, 1915, S.F.W. to O.P.W., 25. December 1915". The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was an international fair in San Francisco, California from February 20, to December 4, 1915. The celebration commemorated the completion of the Panama Canal a year earlier. Simultaneously the city of San Francisco wanted to illustrate the fact that it had fully recovered from the 1906 earth quake. The fair was constructed on a 636 acre site along the northern shore of the city. The fair attraczed 18.9 million visitors. The Panama Pacific International Exposition surpassed the standards of previous fairs and world exhibitions in many aspects. The event managed to exude the charme of a "state fair" with a variety of different awards and tributes. Many years later product labels and posters still celebrated the success of countless businesses, state and national institutions as well as the individual efforts delivered during the fair. The main exhibition edifices were dedicated to different topics such as food production, education, social economy, agriculture, transportation, industry, mining, metallurgy and the arts. Even though WWI was raging, several European countries attended the fair, such as Italy, France and Switzerland who exhibited at the Palace of Varied Industries.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Patek Philippe
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A very fine, extraordinary, octagonal vintage Geneva wristwatch with onyx dial
Movm. No. 1360082, Ref. 3631, Cal. 177, Case No. 2757567, Dimensions 34 x 34 mm, circa 1977, Origin Schweiz, gold original clasp
Case: 18 K gold, push back, stepped bezel, crown set with onyx cabochon.
Dial: Onyx.
Movm.: Manual.
Only the most skilled artist can handle the challenge to create such a wafer-thin dial from a precious stone. These are very fragile and often suffers fractures or fissures over time. This is why an immaculate dial increases the value of such a timepiece considerably. Apart from two lines of text at 12 o’clock and the small letters 'SWISS' at the bottom edge of the dial the dial is completely blank. The yellow gold dauphine hands match the case of the watch. The watch features a lustrous deep black onyx dial fitted in an 18 K yellow gold case with stepped bezel and concealed lugs. The winding crown is adorned with a small onyx cabochon. The watch is powered by manual-wind calibre 177 with Geneva seal.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Anonymous
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An exquisite priestly cross decorated with old-cut diamonds and inserted watch, created in the era of historicism.
Dimensions 64 x 43 mm, circa 1890, Weight 66 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K pink gold/silver, niello decoration, diamonds.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Cross-form movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The extensively ornamented, partly blackened pink gold case features an oval dial cover. The hinged lid is decorated with an anchor made of old cut diamonds. In Christianity the anchor is the symbol of Hope and one of the three theological virtues besides Faith and Love.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, hairlines. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Vauchez
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(*) A very attractive, beautiful gold enamel verge pocket watch with corresponding gold enamel winding key
Movm. No. 11074, Dimensions 40 mm, circa 1820, Weight 50 g, Origin Frankreich
Case: 18 K gold, translucent enamel.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The case back has been finely ornamented with engine-turned pattern and translucent mauve-coloured enamelling in a frame of white enamel flower border, which is repeated on the front of the case. In the centre sits a white giant daisy. The rims on both sides are overlaid with a gold string; the caseband has enamelled ribbons alternating with strings of pearls, which creates the effect of a wrapped band.
Case: very good, micro scratches. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Bonna Fréres
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(*) An extraordinary, octagonal shaped pendant watch with quarter repeater, visible balance and decorated with enamel and diamonds
Dimensions 23 x 36 mm, circa 1790, Weight 21 g, Origin Schweiz, Original box, Accessories
Case: 18 K rose gold and silver, translucent blue enamel, diamonds.
Dial: Enamel, eccentric hour chapter ring with Roman numerals, visible five-arm balance with diamond ring on a polished steel disc.
Movm.: Moulded movement, 1 hammer / 1 bell, verge escapement, keywind.
This rare piece is fitted with a mechanism for repeatedly striking a miniature bell. This outstanding miniature device is a truly sophisticated accomplishment, that is difficult to realise even today. This pendant watch is a combination of a fine piece of jewellery with watchmaking craft and was a novel and fascinating "toy" for the noble and wealthy.
Bonna Frères were active as watchmakers and retailers in Geneva from 1770 to 1800.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, restaurations, hairlines. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Jacobus Markwick
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A rare one-handed London verge pocket watch with retrograde hour dial and day/night indication
Dimensions 46 mm, circa 1680, Weight 98 g, Origin England
Case: Silver.
Dial: Silver, champlevé, central aperture with a rotating blued steel disc depicting sun and moon.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The silver Champlevé dial has retrograde Roman hours and surrounding Arabic minutes. In the upper half of the centre is a semi-circular opening showing the sun and moon on a blued steel disc, which revolves once every 24 hours. When the sun disappears on the right side of the display, the moon appears on the left. The lower half of the centre shows a relief scene. Diana, the goddess of the moon, is depicted in a chariot. Chronos hurries in front of her with a scythe and hourglass.
Jacobus Markwick (Jacobus is Latin for James) was an important watchmaker in the 17th century. He trained as a watchmaker with Edward Gilpin in 1656 and became a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1666. In 1673 he succeeded Samuel Betts as Steward of the Company. In 1677 he was sentenced to a fine for insulting the Master during the Steward's Feast. Nevertheless he obviously had a certain standing in the company. He produced watches and clocks in London up to 1698. Examples of his work are held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, in the Wetherfield Collection and at the National Museum at Stockholm.
Case: very good, dents, worn. Dial: very good, small restaurations. Movm.: very good, restaurations, to be restored.
Moijse Gevril Fils zugeschr./attr. to
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A very rare Swiss pocket watch with early oscillating weight winding movement
Dimensions 46 mm, circa 1800/1895, Weight 91 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Silver, case maker's punch mark "LN".
Dial: Enamel, monochrome painted.
Movm.: Full plate movement, early oscillating weight winding movement, steel cylinder escapement.
Moyse Gevril (Moÿse - Gevrille) was born in 1749 in Le Locle as the son of Jacques Gevril. He lived in Crêt Vaillant near Le Locle and became a master watchmaker in 1784; Gevril created pocket watches with an automatic winding mechanism by an oscillating weight. Moyse Gevril founded the company Moyse Gevril & Fils and died around 1791.
Case: very good, later custom made. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
Andreas Fessler in Hasenried
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A collection of 2 unusual pocket watches A very rare Allgäu pocket watch with date, early oscillating weight winding movement and quarter repeater
Dimensions 55 mm, circa 1760, Weight 93 g, Origin Deutschland
Case: Gilt, glazed back cover.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Full plate movement, early oscillating weight winding movement, 2 hammers, cylinder escapement.
Case: very good, slightly rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Conrad Hechhel (Heckel)
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An extensive collection of 31 pocket watches An ornamental Vienna pocket watch with painted regulator dial, weekday indicator, date and centre seconds - with heavy silver watch chain
Case No. 5103, Dimensions 60 mm, circa 1810, Weight 112 g, Origin Österreich
Case: Silver, case maker's punch mark "CHI".
Dial: Enamel, polychrome painted, hour chapter ring with Arabic numerals, two subsidiary chapter rings indicating date and weekdays.
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Conrad Heckel (Heckhel, Hekl, Hekhel) became a master watchmaker in 1783.
Case: very good, dents. Dial: very good, chipped. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Anonymous
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A gold pocket watch with stoppable jumping centre seconds "Seconde Morte", former property of Dr. Taaks
Case No. 11815, Dimensions 60 mm, circa 1850, Weight 128 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K rose gold.
Dial: Gilt, guilloche pattern.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm steel ring balance.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Jacques-Frédéric Houriet
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(*) A rare pocket thermometer with attached and removable compass for the Persian market
Dimensions 64 mm, circa 1810, Weight 136 g, Origin Schweiz, Original box
Case: Silver.
Dial: Front: enamel, Persian inscribed graduations, signature "Frédéric Houriet" in Persian characters, blued steel hand. Detachable reverse: silvered, engraved, Persian inscribed compass rose.
Movm.: Full plate movement, large u-shaped bimetallic spring.
This is the only known compass and thermometer known to us that was made by Houriet for the Persian market.
Jacques-Frédéric Houriet was born on February 25th, 1748 in La Chaux d'Abel, which is located near La Ferrière. From 1759 to 1768 he apprenticed and worked in Paris for Julien le Roy, Pierre le Roy and Ferdinand Berthoud. While working for Berthoud he collaborated with Ferdinands nephew, (Pierre) Louis Berthoud. During his time in Paris he formed friendships with Abraham Louis Breguet, Jean Romilly, Antide Janvier and Louis Recordon. After his years of study in the capital of France he returned to Switzerland to establish himself in Le Locle. At first he worked together with his brother and his two sisters. A short while after he became business partners with David Courvoisier, who at the time was the head of the firm Courvoisier & Films. In 1797 Urban Jürgensen became his employee. A few years later Jürgensen married Houriets daughter, Sophie-Henriette. In 1919, at the age of 75, Houriet decided to continue working alone. He only manufactured pocket chronometers and custom-made items. Despite his old age he carried on with research and experiments on the foundation of isochronism, temperature compensation and the effects of magnetism of chronometers. This is how golden, or more specifically spheric hair springs emerge, which appear in the form of an orb or a spheroid. Jacques- Houriet is considered the founder of Swiss chronometry. He was a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences and honorary member of the Genevan Society of Arts. Jacques-Frédéric Houriet died on January 12th, 1830. Source: watch-wiki.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good.
Anonymous
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A quarter repeating pocket watch with visible balance and two jacquemarts "à quatre couleur"
Dimensions 58 mm, circa 1810, Weight 143 g, Origin Frankreich
Case: Silver, guilloche pattern, fluted caseband.
Dial: Enamel, screwed on figures made of four-colour gold.
Movm.: Full plate movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, back-mounted rack strike with polished steel levers, cylinder escapement, paste stone-set visible balance.
The two jacquemarts, a male and a female figure in period costumes are created in four-colour gold against an engine-turned background with translucent cobalt-blue enamelling. They strike their hammers on a bell underneath the stone-studded balance visible in the top part of the dial. The lower part of the dial shows a white enamel subdial with Arabic hours.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, slightly chipped. Movm.: very good, to be restored, capable of running.
Anonymous
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A collection of 3 pocket watches with repetition A rare quarter repeating verge pocket watch with two jacquemarts and concealed erotic automaton "à trois couleurs"
Case No. 7281, Dimensions 55 mm, circa 1810, Weight 118 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, guilloche pattern, fluted caseband.
Dial: Enamel, three-colour gold, skeletonized, visible mirror-polished rack strike.
Movm.: Full plate movement, keywind, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, three-arm brass balance.
The two Jacquemarts, a man and a woman in three-colour gold period garments, strike the hours with their hammers on two large bells that are visible in the upper half of the dial. The centre of the dial has a small enamel chapter ring with Arabic hours. The concealed automaton at "6" has small sliding doors of blued steel decorated with a basket full of flowers and a dove at the altar of love; the doors open whenever the repeater is activated and the erotic scene comes to life: a couple making love on a Recamier sofa.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Julien Le Roy
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An ornamental Parisian verge pocket watch with quarter repeater in a three-colour gold case
Movm. No. 3754, Dimensions 45 mm, circa 1760, Weight 93 g, Origin Frankreich
Case: 18 K gold, "à trois couleurs", lavishly ornamented, rear bell.
Dial: Enamel, the dial plate engraved with the inscription: "Inventé par Jul. Le Roy / en 1740 et Le Rouage en 1755".
Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm steel balance, engraved and pierced balance bridge showing initals "J.L.R.".
The back is ornamented with a flower-filled vase inside a laurel wreath under a bow. The openwork edge ensures a strong sound for the quarter repeater. The repeater is released by pressing down the pendant. The insciption "Inventé par Julien Le Roy en 1740" refers to the so-called "à bâte levée", which is a novel arrangement invented by Julien Le Roy, that leaves more space for the repeater mechanism than usual. This invention was soon adopted by most makers. The date 1755 refers to the invention of the "All or nothing" safety device for repeater mechanisms (see Ch. Allix and G. Brusa : Antiquarian Horology, June 1972).
Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) was one of the most outstanding clock- and watchmakers of his time and certainly played a decisive part in establishing the leading role French clockmaking had in the 18th century. He became a master in 1713, presented an equation clock to the Académie Royale des Sciences in 1717, and was appointed clockmaker to the king in 1739 (with his own rooms at the Louvre). Le Roy invented the adjustable bracket for the verge escapement wheel ("potence"), the repetition strike on springs instead of bells for pocket watches, and the "all-or-nothing" piece for repeating watches. His inventions and improvements were of such extreme importance that most watchmakers adopted them promptly for their own pieces. Later Le Roy was director of the Société des Arts; he and his son supplied the entries on watches and clocks in the encyclopaedia compiled by Diderot and d'Alembert. His son Pierre Le Roy (1717-1785) was a French clockmaker. He was the inventor of the detent escapement, the temperature-compensated balance and the isochronous balance spring. His developments are considered as the foundation of the modern precision clock.
Case: very good, rubbed. Dial: very good, slightly chipped. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Anonymous
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An extensive collection of 24 watch keys
Case: Divers.
Pocket watch keys from the last three centuries. Particularly remarkable are the keys ornamented with agate, a key with Chinese symbols by Bovet Fleurier and a key in the form of a meat cleaver.
Case: very good, slightly worn.
LeCoultre
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A collection of 3 pocket watches A charming gold enamel pendant watch with pearl-set enamel medallion brooch
Case No. 899, Dimensions 24 mm, circa 1880, Weight 16 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K pink gold and polychrome enamel.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The back is painted with a polychrome rococo-style scene showing a young girl with a water jug sitting next to a little stream.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Anonymous
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An ornamental niello-silver hunting case pocket watch with minute repeater
Case No. 1327, Dimensions 55 mm, circa 1900, Weight 125 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Niello-silver.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
The delicately wrought case of this pocket watch is made of niello-silver and is decorated with a filigree pattern of flowers as well as a small rose gold signature cartouche.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
LeCoultre
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A collection of 8 pocket watches A fine pocket watch with chronograph from the property of a famous Glashuette watchmaking student "Heinz Eberhardt" with "Bierzipfel" of the Saxonia fraternity Glashuette
Case No. 16711, Dimensions 50 mm, circa 1890, Weight 103 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Silver, rose gold crown, bow and hinges.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
This pocket chronograph was worn by maker Heinz Eberhardt during his time at the German watchmaking school in Glashuette. The tag attached to the watch belonged to his friend Freund Günter Epding. The friends both were members of the Saxonia student’s association. In addition to his school watch, Heinz Eberhardt also created a Glashuette tourbillon which he later sold to a Swiss watchmaker.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, scratched. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Pahlow/B. Haas Jeune & Co.
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A collection of 6 pocket watches An intricate and rare minute repeating hunting case pocket watch movement in a later silver case with cover wind mechanism and full calendar
Movm. No. 15598, Case No. 15598, Dimensions 58 mm, circa 1880/2010, Weight 209 g, Origin Deutschland/Schweiz
Case: Silver, glazed on both sides.
Dial: Front side: enamel, auxiliary seconds at "9", moon phase at "3". Back side: outer enamel chapter ring with day and date indicator, eccentric dial for month indicator.
Movm.: Bridge movement, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
English patent No. 3945 of December 2, 1873 was granted to Benjamin Haas for the development of a novel and unusual winding mechanism, which used the energy that is generated when the front cover of the watch is closed. Haas improved the original idea further and his watch possesses a well-developed system with a 36-hour power reserve (generated by twelve closings). Haas changed the going train by adding an additional wheel so that a single closing was able to achieve three hours' winding. He also invented a safety device which disengaged the mechanism when fully wound and thus prevented any damage to the cover. In his book "Das klassische Taschenuhrgehäuse" (classic pocket watch cases) Steffen Pahlow (1941-2023), a self-taught Tourbillon maker, gave a fine explanation of pocket watch case making. The book describes his insights from his practical work and is a useful addition to the small supply of technical literature on the subject. He describes a possible way to get started with case-making from a self-taught perspective. This timepiece is a good example of his work.
Case: as new. Dial: hairlines. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning needed.
J. Chaumet
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(*) An elegant, thin dress watch from royal property, set with diamonds and decorated with enamelled monogram "CL" under royal crown
Case No. 45440, Dimensions 46 mm, circa 1920, Weight 58 g, Origin Frankreich
Case: Platinum, diamonds, push back with inlaid translucent cobalt-blue enamelled monogram "CL" under royal crown.
Dial: Silver, guilloche pattern.
Movm.: Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Diamonds on case and bow, together with the fine platinum case – this timepiece exudes a sumptuous elegance. This fine timepiece was formerly owned by a member of a noble house.
The House of Chaumet, founded in 1780, is a high-end jeweller based in Paris. The jewellery house participated in the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, becoming a leader in this trend. Jewellery was more geometric, following the ‘boyish style’ of the 1920s, becoming more feminine during the 1930s. Colours, materials and fine gems were imperative for jewellery. From the 1920s onwards, the renown of the jewellery house spread to the world of the arts and show business. In 1934, Maison Chaumet sponsored the establishment of the young jeweller Pierre Sterlé, who was already designing its jewellery. In the same year the House closed, only to re-open at the end of the Second World War.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, to be restored.
Charles Edward Viner
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(*) A remarkable, very fine pocket watch with duplex escapement and minute repeater on three gongs
Case No. 2518, Dimensions 54 mm, circa 1852, Weight 108 g, Origin England
Case: 18 K gold, engraved cartouche, case maker's punch mark "JCW".
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: Bridge movement, keywind, 3 hammers / 3 gongs, going barrel, applied rack strike with polished steel levers, three-arm steel balance.
Charles Edward Viner (1788-1875) apprenticed with Thomas Savage in London. He became a member of the Clockmaker's Company in 1813 and was known for his top quality pocket watches, which he usually fitted with a pump winding mechanism he had invented.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, later. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
H. Barbezat Baillot
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A collection of 1 pocket watch and 3 vintage wristwatches A remarkable square cased quarter repeating pocket watch
Case No. 8891, Dimensions 52 x 52 mm, circa 1900, Weight 123 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: Steel, gun-metal finished, inner case back with punch mark "Depose R. U. Geneve", glazed movement.
Dial: Enamel.
Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, Swiss patent engraving 334 "Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des mécanismes de répétition pour montres de poche de toutes dimensions / improvements to the design of repeater mechanisms for pocket watches of all sizes", club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Heuer
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A highly interesting collection of 4 extremely rare vintage chronometer sets, each mounted on a steel plate, consisting of altogether 10 rallye chronographs for mounting on a dashboard
Dimensions 53-57 mm, circa 1965, Origin Schweiz
Case: Chrome-plated, bidirectional rotating bezel.
Dial: Black.
The sets of four, three, two and one rallye chronographs are: "Master-Time 8 days", "Monte-Carlo" with central minute counter and digital hour register display, and "Super Autavia" with 30-minute counter.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Hausmann & Co.
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A collection of 2 vintage pilot's wrist chronographs A rare vintage pilot's chronograph with the legendary chronograph calibre 22
Cal. Valjoux 22, Case No. 167650, Dimensions 37 mm, circa 1940, Origin Italien
Case: Chrome-plated, steel push back.
Dial: Enamel, 30 min. counter, red spiral tachymeter scale.
Movm.: Manual.
The legendary calibre 22 for wrist chronographs was invented circa 1914 by the Reymond brothers, who later would supply famous brands such as Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin with their "Valjoux" (short for Vallée de Joux) ebauches and make their chronographs immortal. In 1942 Valjoux produced as many as 60,000 ebauches per year.
Hausmann & Co. are a Roman jewellery business founded in 1794, with branches in the most prestigious shopping destinations of the eternal city: Via del Corso, Via dei Condotti and Via del Babuino. To this day top brands such as Jaeger-LeCoultre and Patek Philippe are sold with the company’s signature.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Wakmann Watch Co.
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A charismatic antimagnetic vintage wrist chronograph with panda dial
Cal. Valjoux 726, Case No. 1320, Dimensions 38 mm, circa 1965, Origin Schweiz
Case: Gold-plated, steel push back.
Dial: Silvered, missing luminous dots.
Movm.: Manual.
The Wakmann Watch Co. was founded in 1946 by Icko Wakmann in New York and imported several high-quality watch brands for the North American market, the most famous of them being Breitling timepieces. Wakmann had formed a partnership with Breitling in 1947 and imported their cockpit clocks for the American military as well as for civil aviation. After World War II, Wakmann began producing their own watches in parallel to the sales and distribution business; they were also supplied with watches by the Swiss company Charles Gigandet S.A. in Tramelan. Wakmann sold only a few watches with double signatures. Manual-wound chronographs are popular timepices that are still highly coveted by collectors because of their beautiful design and the outstanding movements used. This wrist chronograph is an excellent choice for lovers of fine vintage timepieces not only due to its modern size but also because of the attractive panda dial. The panda dial is remarkable with its distinctive colour scheme. Black subdials on white ground are reminiscent of the face of a panda and lends the watch a timeless, elegant look. What is more, this timepiece is not only beautiful to look at but also technically appealing. The chronograph functions such as stopwatch and tachymeter scale make this the perfect watch for sports enthusiasts or indeed, anyone interested in timekeeping. The combination of vintage beauty and modern functionality make this timepiece an authentic and multifunctional accessory for any occasion.
Case: very good, worn, slightly rubbed, later crown. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Omega
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A stunningly beautiful, very fine, large vintage doctor's chronograph with pulsation and tachymeter scale. The watch was serviced by Omega in February 2023
Movm. No. 10390735, Ref. OJ 2467, Cal. 27 CHRO T1PC, Case No. 10757086, Dimensions 37 mm, circa 1948, Origin Schweiz, Original box, Extract from the archives, Service card, original clasp
Case: 14 K gold, push back.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Manual.
This doctor’s chronograph wows with its impressive size and sophisticated beauty. Its most distinctive features are the unusual red pulsometer scale and the black tachymeter scale on the charmingly aged warm silver hue of the dial with polished dot indexes, gold hands and blue auxiliary pointers. According to the copy from the archives that comes with the watch it was produced on May 26, 1948 and delivered to Venezuela.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, later original. Movm.: very good, capable of running.
Vacheron & Constantin
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(*) A very elegant vintage bracelet watch set with diamonds, weighing a total of over 5.5 carats
Movm. No. 562311, Cal. 1426pb, Case No. 386226, Dimensions 20 mm, circa 1970, Weight 22 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K white gold, 66 diamonds, dial cover with snap hinge, screwed on back, back winder, flexible bracelet links set with diamonds, bracelet length 125 mm, total length 145 mm.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Manual.
This timeless elegant white haute joaillerie watch lavishly studded with diamonds was created by Vacheron & Constantin at the beginning of the 1970s. The dial in the middle of the brilliant-studded bracelet is concealed by a diamond flower created from 23 brilliant-cut diamonds and 15 baguette diamonds. Delicate, feminine and supple – this is a marvellous collector’s piece to add to a jewellery collection and for any fan of unusual timepieces.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Jaeger-LeCoultre
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A rare, elegant vintage bracelet watch
Movm. No. 2272861, Ref. 15014 21, Cal. 900, Case No. 1478073, Dimensions 34 mm, circa 1965, Weight 85 g, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, screwed on back, 18 K gold Milanaise bracelet, bracelet length 150 mm, total length 185 mm.
Dial: Black lacquered, baguette-cut diamond index at "12".
Movm.: Automatic.
The gold dauphine hands on the highly polished black dial lend this watch a particularly elegant appeal and the single baguette-cut diamond at 12 o’clock adds an additional luxury touch. This combination of gold case, black dial and a diamond make this timepiece a truly special accessory. The case has developed rare gold oxide over the years, indicating that the watch has not been worn very often.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Angelus Watch & Co.
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A very attractive and rare, antimagnetic vintage pilot's chronograph with 45 min. counter and tachy scale
Dimensions 35 mm, circa 1950, Origin Schweiz
Case: Chrome-plated, steel push back, rectangular chronograph pushers.
Dial: Black.
Movm.: Manual.
This pilot's chronograph comes with long, gently curved lugs and a narrow bezel. Despite its age it is in excellent condition with sharp edges and a beautiful glossy black dial with golden markings and golden luminous hands, which have acquired a fine patina. It also features an outer tachymeter scale to take measurements of speed.
Angelus was founded by the brothers Stolz in 1891 in Le Locle. They produced interesting timepieces right from the beginning and the quality of the company’s pocket watch and repeater movements was officially recognised with an award at a Swiss national exhibition in 1914. The Stolz brothers also soon started producing wristwatches, particularly chronographs. Even today the name Angelus is mainly associated with these stopwatches. The company designed their own calibres to develop the complications for their watches, such as the Chronodato, which was the first chronograph with calendar function in mass production worldwide. In the late 1970s the company became a victim of the quartz crisis. Today it is only the large "Angelus" lettering on the old company building in Le Locle that recalls this maker of fine chronographs.
Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
Omega
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A fine vintage dress watch for a stylish appearance
Movm. No. 21200208, Ref. 14796 SC62, Cal. 600/1, Dimensions 34 mm, circa 1965, Origin Schweiz, original clasp
Case: 18 K gold, push back, wide bezel with linen structure, contemporary "Omega" leather strap.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Manual.
Case: very good, worn. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
IWC / Intern. Watch Co.
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A thin neo-vintage wristwatch
Movm. No. 2279444, Cal. 1852, Case No. 2255361, Dimensions 30 x 35 mm, circa 1990, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, screwed on back, crown set with onyx cabochon.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Manual.
This rare square timepieces has a matte silvered dial with applied Roman numerals and indexes at the quarter hours. The watch features the distinctive "Clous de Paris" bezel and the crown with an onyx cabochon. The watch is powered by the ultra-flat manual-wind calibre 1852, which also powers the Portofino.
Case: very good. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
IWC / Intern. Watch Co.
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A timelessly elegant vintage wristwatch with legendary calibre 89 hand-wound movement
Movm. No. 1133860, Cal. 89, Case No. 1154140, Dimensions 36 mm, circa 1947, Origin Schweiz
Case: 18 K gold, push back.
Dial: Silvered.
Movm.: Manual.
This vintage timepiece is distinguished by its striking, stepped bezel and down-turned lugs. The dial is silvered and has contemporary gold indexes. Due to its age, it has small traces of oxidation. Inside is the legendary calibre 89, which IWC used in the British Royal Air Force's Mark XI Pilot's Watch from 1948. They promised the highest possible reliability under toughest circumstances and protection against magnetic influences in the cockpit without corrupting the preciseness. The reliable manual wind calibre 89 was also used in expedition watches.
Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good, slightly oxydized. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
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