251-4033 Pocket watch: extremely magnificent, early gold hunting case watch, circa 1830, Vacheron Geneve Ca. Ø44mm, approx. 45g, 18k gold, fantastic case quality, curved band, decorated with rocailles, bow likewise, engine turned, lid decorated with various musical instruments, back with floral elements, spring lid mechanism, signed Vacheron Geneve, flat Lepine calibre, key-wound, cylinder escapement, silvered dial, gold hands, in very beautiful condition, intact, extremely fine, museum-quality watch by the famous Geneva manufacturer. 1.000 € - 3.000 €
251-4038 Pocket watch: very flat lepine around 1820 Ca. Ø40mm, approx. 39g, 18K pink gold, No. 8671, cylinder escapement, engine turned dial with floral motifs, gilt hands, movement starts ticking but needs cleaning. 500 € - 700 €
251-4040 Pocket watch: very thin lepine, royal watchmaker Bernard, ca. 1830 Ca. Ø40mm, approx. 34.5g, 18K pink gold, engine turned, dome signed Bernard Horloger de la Marine, No. 3200, cylinder escapement, key-wound, very beautiful decentralised silver dial, golden Breguet hands, in very beautiful condition, very fine watch. 600 € - 1.000 €
251-4041 Pocket watch: pink gold lepine in very good condition, ca. 1840 Ca. Ø43mm, approx. 44g, 18K pink gold, engine turned, No 5405, probably punched 1841, cylinder movement, key-wound, excellently preserved engine turned dial, Breguet steel hands, in very beautiful condition, intact. 600 € - 800 €
251-4042 Pocket watch: large lepine with ruby cylinder and repeater, fine movement quality, ca. 1810 Ca. Ø55mm, ca. 97g, 18K pink gold à-goutte case, engine turned, No.5488, early stone cylinder escapement with parachute and quarter-repeater, perfectly preserved engine turned dial, blued steel hands, movement in working order, repeater currently not striking correctly and needs adjustment/service. 1.000 € - 3.000 €
251-4043 Pocket watch: magnificent lepine with repeater and gold ratchet key, ca. 1830 Ca. Ø49mm, approx. 73g, 18K gold, very beautiful case quality decorated with rocailles and floral motifs, à-goutte case, engine turned dome, movement number No. 15085, matching the case number, fine cylinder movement, repeating the hours and quarters, engine turned silver dial, gold Breguet hands, in good condition, in working order. The watch comes with a valuable, large gold Breguet-type ratchet key, approx. 48mm long. 1.200 € - 2.000 €
251-4044 Pocket watch: excellently preserved gold/enamel lepine with decentral dial, ca. 1820 Ca. Ø34mm, ca. 24g, 18K gold, extra thin and very fine enamel case in fantastic condition, case maker's punch AR, French 18K gold punch Paris 1819-1838, extra thin cylinder movement, decentral engine turned dial, pink gold Breguet hands, intact, extremely rare in this condition. 750 € - 1.500 €
251-4045 Pocket watch: magnificent gold/enamel lepine with original box and gold key, ca. 1820 Ca. Ø35mm, ca. 26g, 18K gold, very elaborate and splendidly enamelled, No.1398, thin cylinder movement, signed J. Manigier a Geneve, unusual engine-turned dial without numerals, original hour hand, added minute hand, intact, but cleaning strongly recommended. The watch is in the original sales box of the Court Watchmaker Lennartz-Michels Aachen. It comes with the gold key with agate setting. It is special that the elaborate enamel work is still in such excellent condition. 1.000 € - 2.500 €
251-4079 Pocket watch: rarity, double-sided verge watch with enamel painting and rare calendar, ca. 1760 Ca. Ø40mm, ca. 49g, 18K gold, fantastic case quality with relief rim pink gold/green gold, glazed on both sides, verge escapement, face with enamel painting, decentral dial, gold hands, under the dial the regulator scale, on the back the patented calendar with date and day of the week (Lépine a Paris, Invenit et Fecit), steel hands, very good condition, very rare. The inventor of these very rare double-sided calendar watches was Lepine (https://www.cortrie.de/go/6RB). Due to the invisible plates, most of these watches are not signed. 2.500 € - 6.500 €
251-4089 Pocket watch: interesting thin lepine with seconds and repeater, Courvoisier & Co. 1831 Ca. Ø50mm, approx. 77g, lepine type, quarter repeater, 18k gold, à-goutte case, dome with double signature Courvoisier & Cie. and Edouard Dubied 1831, No.9556, fine movement quality, cylinder escapement, original dial, also the same double signature, unusual position of the seconds display, fine steel hands, in working order and in good condition, in original box of the Dresden jeweller Franz Zimmermann. 2.000 € - 3.000 €
251-4101 Pocket watch: 18K gold cylinder watch with repeater and musical movement, ca. 1820 Ca. Ø54mm, ca. 128g, 18K pink gold, engine turned, coined band, maker's mark CHI, unusual and rare lepine calibre, cylinder escapement, visible striking mechanism and musical movement, which is activated on the hour and can also be switched off, the repeater strikes the hours and quarters when the pendant is pressed, gold-coloured dial, steel hands, good condition, movement is intact, cleaning recommended, musical movement currently releases randomly and must be set correctly to the time setting, repeater works perfectly. 3.000 € - 5.000 €
251-4104 Especially beautiful pocket watch with repeater and musical movement, ca. 1800 Ca. Ø55mm, ca. 133 g, 18K gold, beautiful high relief band, floral motifs, back with engraving in the shape of a historical ship, DLG case punch, numbered 14577 and 1156, lepine calibre, cylinder escapement, repeating the hours and quarters, music on the hour or on demand, muting, enamel dial (professionally restored), very decorative snake shape steel hands, overall in very beautiful condition, intact, music and repeater in working order. Only very rarely musical watches are equipped with such splendid gold cases, mostly they have plain cases. 3.000 € - 8.000 €
251-4115 Pendant watch: extremely rare gold/enamel chatelaine watch "Etruscan Revival", Mellerio dits Meller Paris circa 1870 Ca. 13 cm long, total weight ca. 68g, 18k gold, chatelaine and case enamelled in the same style, set with diamonds and decorated with violet stones, lepine case of excellent quality, coined band, ca. Ø28mm, serial number 11659, dome signed, bar movement, cylinder escapement, screwed enamel dial, fine Breguet hands, matching chatelaine in extremely magnificent finish, decorated with 4 Oriental pearls in addition to the diamond setting, completely original condition with matching seal and original key, movement needs overhaul (winding), extremely rare in this design, which is known as the "Archaeological Revival" around 1870. Francois Mellerio was one of the most important Italian jewellers, opened his shop in Paris in 1801 and counted numerous European royal families among his customers. 5.000 € - 15.000 €
251-4117 Pocket watch: rare lepine with gold/jasper case and gold/jasper chatelaine, ca. 1850 Ca. 17.5cm long, approx. 70g, 18K gold case, jasper on the back, signed Corniquet, cylinder escapement, screwed enamel dial (minor imperfections), movement starts ticking but needs overhaul, matching very valuable chatelaine with jasper setting, also 18K gold, leton on the back as usual, including a revolving signet pendant and a key, however not matching the square of the watch. Provenance: Antiquorum Geneva 2012 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/d00). 2.500 € - 6.000 €
251-4118 Pocket watch: exquisite, super thin gold/enamel lepine of exceptional quality, Movado Ref.5420, for Chiswell Buenos Aires, ca. 1920 Ca. Ø47mm, ca. 51g, 18K gold, super thin case, similar to the Cartier "Montre Couteau", both sides with white enamel rims and green engine turned enamel, back with fantastically painted horse motif, numbered 16832/5420, precision movement with screwed chatons, engine turned dial, silver numeral ring, silver vendor's cartouche Chiswell Buenos Aires, blued steel hands, very well preserved, in this quality an absolute rarity, in working order. There is a 2nd known example of Ref. 5420 with matching motif (No.16823), auctioned for 6.250US$ in New York 2012 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/0N5). 1.500 € - 5.000 €