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292-4238 Pocket watch: outstanding gold and enamel verge watch with repeater, J. Baptiste Baillon, circa 1760 Approx. Ø47.5mm, approx. 102g, 18K gold, French gold hallmark 1756–1762, exquisite enamel work with blue floral motifs, signed verge movement with à-toc quarter-hour repeater, enamel dial, gold hands, in working order and very well preserved. Jean-Baptiste Baillon (de Fontenay) was a very famous watchmaker and, at the time, the wealthiest in Paris during the 18th century; he became a master watchmaker in 1727, and his shop was initially on the Place Dauphine and later on the Rue Dauphine. Baillon was watchmaker to the Queen of France, Maria Leczinska (1738) ‘Valet de Chambre-Horloger Ordinaire de la Reine’ around 1748, ‘Premier Valet de Chambre de la Reine’, and from around 1770, watchmaker at the court of Queen Marie Antoinette, ‘Premier Valet de Chambre and Valet de Chambre-Horloger Ordinaire de la Dauphine to Marie-Antoinette’. Ferdinand Berthoud was greatly impressed at the time by Baillon’s factory and shop, by their size and outstanding quality. In 1753, Berthoud wrote of Baillon’s shop: “It is currently the finest and most opulent watch shop”. “Diamonds were used not only on pocket watches, but even on grand clocks.” Examples of his work can be found, amongst others, at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Château de Versailles, the Musée Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse, the Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis in Brussels, the Museo Galileo in Florence, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 5.500 € - 8.500 €

292-4240 Pocket watch: an absolute rarity, a verge watch with a concealed erotic enamel painting and repeater, ca. 1780 Ca. 45 mm in diameter, ca. 98 g, extremely rare three-part case, hinged on both sides, crafted in green gold and pink gold, high relief in three colours on the reverse, depicting a couple in love during a marriage proposal, beneath the back cover a curved enamel painting depicting an erotic scene, Bell, signed Joseph Bertrand Paris No. 826, repeater for the hours and quarter-hours, very well-preserved enamel dial and gold hands, movement intact and very well preserved, striking mechanism strikes but requires adjustment. Verge watches featuring erotic paintings only came into fashion around 1800. Earlier examples are extremely rare, and only a few are known to exist today. What makes this particular example sensationally rare, however, is that it also features a movement with a repeater. 5.000 € - 15.000 €

292-4242 Pocket watch: A rarity, a ceremonial pocket watch set with emeralds, presumably for the Russian Tsarist Empire, Moulinié, Geneva, c. 1810 Ca. Ø44.5 mm, 54g, very solidly crafted 18K gold case, incredible goldsmith's work, genuine emerald setting, multicoloured gold tones, granulation technique, opening mechanism on both sides via two pins in the wavy rim, dome signed Moulinié Frères & Cie, Geneva, Breguet-type repeater movement with cylinder escapement, quarter repeater, gold dial, pink gold hands, movement intact and well preserved. The watch is an absolute rarity and is thought to have been commissioned for the Russian Tsarist Empire. Comparable pieces can be found in the Hermitage Collection, ‘The Collection of the Russian Emperors and Empresses’. The Geneva-based manufacturer Moulinié Frères is renowned for its watches set with pearls and gemstones, which today command collector’s prices. A model featuring a repeater is particularly rare. Provenance: Antiquorum Geneva 2012 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/89J). 7.500 € - 25.000 €

292-4245 Wristwatch: rare vintage Gérald Genta ‘Bi-Retro’ Ref. 3734, 1990s Approx. Ø38mm, 18K gold, screw-down case, automatic movement, jumping hours, retrograde minute, retrograde date, exceptional engine-turned dial, steel hands, original leather strap with gold buckle, movement in working order, complications require servicing. In gold, particularly with this dial, the 3734 is a highly sought-after reference (https://www.cortrie.de/go/LZd). 3.500 € - 10.000 €

292-4249 Wristwatch: as good as new, limited edition Cartier Ref. 2390, Basculante Mécanique, box and papers from 2019 Ca. 29 x 36 mm, steel, hand-wound, engine-turned dial, original leather strap (strap shows signs of age), original invoice, service certificate, condition as if almost unworn, rare in the limited-edition hand-wound version, in working order 6.000 € - 10.000 €

292-4250 Wristwatch: rare skeletonised, limited-edition 18K gold and steel chronograph, Chronoswiss Kairos, Ref. CH2324, with papers Ca. Ø38mm, 18K gold/steel, double-glazed, Ref. CH 2321, limited edition 589/600, manual winding, steel hands, original leather strap with buckle, in working order, good condition, papers from 1991. 3.500 € - 6.500 €

292-4251 Wristwatch: rare skeletonised 18K chronograph, Chronoswiss Kairos, limited edition 037/600, with papers Ca. Ø38mm, 18K gold, double-glazed, Ref. CH 2321, hand-wound, steel hands, original leather strap with buckle, in working order, good condition, papers from 1990. 5.500 € - 10.000 €

292-4253 Rarity: single-hand pocket watch with double case, signed Tompion London, probably c. 1680 Ca. Ø57mm, ca. 135g, double silver case, matching maker’s marks, early verge movement driving a single hand, mainplate and dial signed ‘Tompion London’, iron hands, movement intact. This is thought to be one of Tompion’s earliest watches, predating the introduction of serial numbering and the period when he began signing with his full name. Another such watch, signed only ‘Tompion’ and later bearing a second signature with his full name, was auctioned at Bonhams in 2012 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/0Zb). 5.000 € - 15.000 €

292-4254 Pocket watch: early Geneva pocket watch with enamelled plaque, Etienne Boisson, Geneva/London, c. 1700 Ca. Ø58mm, double silver case, LW hallmark with crown, superb, signed verge movement, enamel painting, rare scene (smoking lady), signed silver dial, iron hands, movement running, servicing recommended, rare. Etienne Boisson was a prominent Genevan watchmaker around 1700, who also produced watches for the English market and signed them ‘London’! 4.000 € - 6.500 €

292-4255 Pocket watch: extremely rare English pocket watch with enamel plaque, Peter Garon London, c. 1700 Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 116g, silver case with a locking disc on the back, hallmarked IFM, fantastic, very rare, signed verge movement with original enamel plaque, signed silver dial, iron hands, movement intact. Peter Garon was a well-known London watchmaker, documented from around 1685 to 1709. 4.000 € - 6.000 €

292-4256 Pocket watch: museum-quality single-hand pocket watch with alarm, Simon Mair (Neuberg/Neuburg) c. 1690, court watchmaker Ca. Ø59mm, ca. 188g, pierced, richly decorated double case with bell, signed verge movement with early pillars (pre-1700), decorated barrels, silver dial, central alarm disc, single-hand, exceptionally well preserved, movement intact, significant watchmaker, active as a court watchmaker, the earliest known pocket watch to date, circa 1690. This museum-quality verge watch may have been made even before 1690 and is probably the earliest surviving watch by Simon Mair. 4.500 € - 10.000 €

292-4257 Pocket watch: extremely rare, early pocket watch with alarm and early minute indicator, Jacques Girod, (Coppet) Geneva, c. 1680 Ca. 59.5 mm in diameter, ca. 193 g, double silver case, outer case with decorative studs, inner case pierced, bell, signed early Geneva verge movement with vase-shaped pillars and early hairspring, alarm, extremely rare original silver dial with 12-division minute markings in 5-minute segments, iron hands, movement intact, a museum-quality rarity. Another alarm watch by this eminent watchmaker was auctioned in Geneva in 2001 and fetched 15,000 Swiss francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/qqv). 5.000 € - 15.000 €

292-4258 Pocket watch: one of the earliest two-hand ‘Oignon’ watches without a fusee, ca. 1675–1680 Approx. 56 mm in diameter, ca. 114 g, gilted brass, verge movement without a fusee and with an early hairspring, signed ‘Amourette à Marseille’, early regulation, cartouche dial, iron hands, movement intact, a rarity. Watches without a fusee was only produced between 1675 and 1680. With the introduction of the balance spring, timekeeping accuracy improved considerably. It is therefore not surprising that some watchmakers believed they could dispense with the fusee. However, this assumption proved to be a mistake. To date, watches without a fusee and with a balance spring are known only from the watchmakers listed below: Anglois/Paris, Isaac, Bidault/Salin, Boben/Toulouse, Donnet/Castre, Dupuy/Neuchâtel, Gauthier/Paris, Jacques Gloria/Rouen, Gribelin/Paris, Hanet/Paris, Jean Hubert/Rouen, Jacob/Tour, Papillion/Florence, Raillard/Paris, Thuret/Paris, Tompion/London. 6.000 € - 10.000 €

292-4259 Pocket watch: a significant, extremely rare gold pocket watch with an automaton, John May, London, c. 1700 Approx. Ø54mm, approx. 146g, 18-carat gold, heavy gold case, early verge movement, signed John May London, gold dial with a window at the ‘12’ position, beneath which is a rotating enamel disc featuring six paintings of figures in very fine paintings, the automaton triggered by a lever on the rim, iron hands, movement intact. Gold pocket watches with automatons are extremely rare. John May was active in London from 1692. A well-known London watchmaker (member of the Clockmakers’ Company from 1692). A famous example of his work – a richly decorated silver enamelled pocket watch dating from around 1700 – is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 8.500 € - 15.000 €

292-4261 Watch key: outstanding 18K ceremonial key ‘Cornucopia’ with citrine, ca. 1810 Approx. 70 mm long, ca. 31 g, exquisite craftsmanship in 18K gold, citrine set in a swivel mount, facetted on both sides. The cornucopia, or ‘horn of plenty’ in Latin, is a mythological symbol of good fortune. It is filled with flowers and fruit and represents fertility, wealth and abundance. 1.000 € - 2.000 €

292-4262 Watch key: large golden verge watch key with 2 stone micro-mosaic pietra dura plates, c. 1800 Ca. 60 mm long, solid gold, very rare design featuring two swans, micromosaic on both sides, one side depicting a bird with a bee, the other side a view of a castle. Micromosaic keys are the greatest rarities amongst spindle watch keys, which is why such a key adorns both the front and back covers of the well-known reference book *Taschenuhrenschlüssel* by Kaltenböck/Schwank. 1.500 € - 2.500 €

292-4264 Watch key: museum-quality ceremonial key with citrine, France, c. 1820 Approx. 70 mm long, 18-carat gold, sculpted depiction of two cornucopias, large citrine of ca. 50 ct, square steel shank, swivelling central section, excellent quality, excellent condition, museum-quality collector’s item. The cornucopia, or ‘cornucopia’ in Latin, is a mythological symbol of good fortune. It is filled with flowers and fruit and represents fertility, wealth and abundance. 1.500 € - 3.000 €

292-4265 Watch key: unique relief splendour key in exceptional quality, probably France around 1820 Ca. 80mm long, 18K gold, impressive relief work in 3 different gold colours, fantastic quality, rotating middle part, set with a genuine large amethyst (natural inclusions), steel square. This key is an absolutely exceptional piece. It represents the highest quality of a splendour gold key from the time around 1820 and was certainly made for a very precious watch. 1.500 € - 5.000 €

292-4266 Watch key: significant Directoire key (1795–1798) in multicoloured gold Approx. 78 x 47 mm, ca. 29 g, exceptionally solidly crafted in 18-carat green gold, yellow gold and pink gold; raised relief on both sides featuring flowers and leaves, as well as magnificent cornucopias; central section set with a citrine, swivelling and usable as a signet stone; unmarked and in superb condition. This specimen is one of the most elaborately crafted and highest-quality Directoire keys known to us. The key originates from one of the most significant collections of watch keys, parts of which are described and illustrated in the book *Les Clefs du temps*. 1.800 € - 3.500 €

292-4267 Pocket watch: A rarity, Barillet-type musical watch, probably Geneva, circa 1820 Ca. 55 mm in diameter, ca. 106 g, 18K pink gold, No. 1951, extremely rare musical movement with barrel (barillet), cylinder escapement, quarter-hour repeater and music, playing automatically on the hour or on demand, particularly beautiful gold dial, two-tone enamelled, Breguet steel hands, movement intact and technically sound, case with minor dents. So-called ‘barillet-type’ musical watches are exceptionally rare and differ completely from the usual musical watches of that period. The musical movement is designed entirely differently, as it is a high-quality barrel movement which, due to its thickness, was unsuitable for pocket watches and was predominantly used in enamelled boxes. Only a few pocket watches with such a musical movement are known to exist and are highly sought-after collector’s items (https://www.cortrie.de/go/wVY). 7.000 € - 20.000 €

292-4270 Pocket watch: extremely rare, large ‘Barillet-type’ musical watch, c. 1820 Ca. Ø56mm, ca. 120g, 18-carat pink gold, extremely rare barrel-type movement with an independent musical mechanism featuring a barrel-driven mechanism (barillet) and quarter-hour repeater, magnificently gilt and engraved, exceptional quality, signed enamel dial, pink gold hands, musical mechanism activated via a slider on the rim, in working order and well preserved. So-called ‘barillet-type’ musical clocks are exceptionally rare and differ completely from the usual musical clocks of that period. The musical mechanism is designed entirely differently, as it is a high-quality barrel mechanism which, due to its thickness, was unsuitable for pocket watches and was predominantly used in enamelled boxes. Only a few pocket watches with such a musical mechanism are known to exist and are highly sought-after collector’s items (https://www.cortrie.de/go/wVY). 8.000 € - 25.000 €

292-4271 Pocket watch: gold Jacquemart figure automaton with rare movement/case, Lepine?, ca. 1820 Ca. 55 mm in diameter, ca. 102 g, Case of exceptional quality, Breguet-style, recessed, screw-fixed centre section, 18K pink gold, very rare, distinctive calibre with cylinder escapement, quarter-hour repeater and figure automaton, enamelled dial, Breguet steel hands, movement intact, striking mechanism requires adjustment. The quality of the case and movement differs significantly from the ‘typical’ Jacquemarts of this period and suggests the work of one of the great watchmakers of the time, possibly Le Roy or Lepine. 6.000 € - 10.000 €

292-4273 Pocket watch: Significant, large Jacquemart figure automaton with striking mechanism on 2 bells, c. 1790 Ca. Ø 65 mm, ca. 179 g, 18K pink gold, dome signed ‘Reymond Frères’, very fine cylinder movement with hour and quarter-hour repeater, mainplate also signed; on the display side, the extremely rare automaton striking visible, nested bells, ‘Jacquemart’, golden figures, small white enamel dial, steel hands, in working order, extremely rare. Jacquemart figure automata with visible bells are among the most expensive variants of figure automata. A distinctive feature of this example is its exceptionally rare size of ca. 65 mm! We are not aware of any other example in this size. Another, equally large example was offered in Geneva in 2019 with an estimated price of 39,000–49,000 Swiss francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/KoP). 13.000 € - 40.000 €

292-4274 Wristwatch: high-quality IWC Da Vinci chronograph, perpetual calendar/moon phase, full set Ca. Ø39mm, extremely substantial 18K gold case, automatic movement, white dial, leather strap as good as new with gold IWC buckle, very good condition with box and all papers from 2005. 5.000 € - 10.000 €

292-4279 Pocket watch: heavy rattrapante HM 1907 chronograph, Anker chronometer/top quality Approx. Ø50.5mm, approx. 123g, 18K gold, half hunting case, London import hallmarks from 1907, serial number 434753, Swiss lever chronometer movement with split-seconds chronograph and counters, enamel dial, steel hands, good condition, in working order. 6.000 € - 10.000 €

292-4281 Pocket watch: significant early Le Roy/Louis Audemars with 6 complications, ca. 1870 Ca. Ø53mm, ca. 135g, heavy 18K gold ‘à-goutte’ case, case bearing both manufacturer’s numbers: Louis Audemars 11266 with the Louis Audemars case hallmark, and Le Roy Paris Horloger de la Marne No. 49464 on the dome, very fine lever chronometer movement with chronometer balance, wolf's toothing and gold wheels, formerly a Louis Audemars crown winding mechanism, perpetual calendar taking 29 February into account, moon phase and moon age, thus 6 complications, well-preserved enamel dial, gold hands, in working order, bows showing signs of wear, otherwise in very good condition, rare. 10.000 € - 25.000 €

292-4284 Pocket watch: significant gold and enamel hunting case pocket watch, 5th Shah of Persia, Mozaffar ad-Din, ca. 1905 Ca. Ø55mm, ca. 131g, 18-carat gold, very fine painting of the 5th Shah of Persia on the front, Mozaffar ad-Din, as commander of the Persian Guard, original diamond and ruby setting; on the reverse, the Persian coat of arms featuring a lion, a sabre, a sun and a laurel wreath, the rim also beautifully enamelled, serial number 47722, dome inscribed ‘Mouvement de la Vallee’, dome also listing the complications: minute repeater and chronograph, glazed movement, highly complex Swiss precision lever movement with minute repeater and chronograph, extremely rare dial in red engine-turned enamel, gold numerals, gold hands, in working order. The watch is in a marvellous state of preservation; both paintings are original and have not been restored. The signature ‘Mouvement de la Vallee’ is an indication of the high quality for which movements from the ‘Vallee’ are renowned, such as those by Le Coultre or Louis-Elisée Piguet. This is either the personal watch of the 5th Shah of Persia or an extremely valuable gift watch. We are aware of another example with an identical case but a standard ‘white’ dial, from the Dr Crott Anniversary Auction 2015, with an estimated price of €75,000–85,000. Mozaffar ad-Din Shah (1853–1907) reigned as Shah of Persia from 1896 to 1907. 35.000 € - 100.000 €

292-4285 Pocket watch: a significant, large enamelled watch for the Chinese market, attributed to Jaquet-Droz, circa 1780 Approx. Ø61.5 mm, ca. 173 g, 18-carat gold, set with Oriental pearls on both sides, very fine enamel painting on the reverse, presumably based on a painting by FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI, magnificent cylinder movement with diamond endstone and original dome; the design, ornate engraving, inscriptions and quality all point to this watch being attributable to the eminent Jaquet-Droz; enamelled dial, original, typical Jaquet-Droz gold hands, movement intact, minor damage to the glaze at the edge of the enamel (crack/flaw within the glaze – no chip). Enamel watches produced by Jaquet-Droz for the Chinese market are among the greatest treasures in the world of enamel timepieces. A watch identical in almost every detail and bearing almost the same serial number was auctioned in Geneva in 2004 and fetched 63,000 Swiss francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/4eD). 15.000 € - 75.000 €

292-4286 ‘Pocket watch/pendant watch’ – museum-quality, large, extremely rare, particularly early heart-shaped enamel watch, ca. 1780 Ca. 49 x 67 mm, approx. 71 g, 18-carat gold, red engine-turned enamel with multicoloured paillons inlays, absolutely sensational quality of enamel, verge movement signed ‘Chailly à Lille’, enamelled dial, gold hands, in working order and very well preserved, case in its original, unrestored condition, museum-quality, extremely rare shaped watch of impressive quality and size. Watches of this quality and size are known only from Cox and Piguet & Meylan, which are now traded at collector’s prices. 10.000 € - 30.000 €

292-4287 Form watch: a very rare gold and enamel violin with a scent container and musical score decoration, J.A. Köstler, Vienna, c. 1800 Ca. 70 mm long, ca. 28 g, gold and enamel, fantastic painting, signed verge movement, enamel dial, movement intact, small chip beneath the strings, otherwise very well preserved, movement intact, renowned Viennese watchmaker, active from 1781. 4.500 € - 7.500 €

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