Watches - Cortrie Special-Auctions for Watches and Jewellery in Hamburg

Sold 152-4218 Pocket watch: Significant and museum-like gold/enamel form watch ‚ Peach/Mango, signed Ilbery London No. 6577“, ca. 1810 Ca. 88 x 61 mm, ca.148 g, 18 K gold, fruit shaped case, peach or mango, splendid enamel on both sides, with high quality pearls, probably natural pearls, integrated peripheral opening button, dome also enameled, key winding, fire-gilt duplex movement with big steel balance and diamond endstone, signed Ilbery London no. 6577, enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, movement intact, probably original key. The optical condition of the case is excellent. The enamel shows only minor, usual signs of usage and a tiny, nearly invisible peripheral restoration, on the beginning of the petiole. According to the owner, the movement got restored very complex and extensive and is now in working condition, after it was broken and unused for many decades. Repairs and restorations were made on the movement and the hands motion train, some parts have been repaired or replaced and missing hands have been replaced. According to the owner, the watch was formerly sold to the well-known New York jeweler Jan Scala, where the current owner bought the watch in the late 1970s. The watch comes with an expert report! According to our research, this is one of the rarest Ilbery watches. So far, according to the current state of knowledge, only 8 other Ilbery watches of this type are noted, some referred to as "peach", others in turn as "mango", at least partially made as pairs. This watch is the second noted exemplar of the exceptionally large version. The other of these two watches was sold in Dr. Crott's auction 2016 for more than € 200,000. The case and the size were identical to the present watch. Only the decoration of the front was a little different in color. The watch had the number 6654 and the movement had, in contrast to the present watch, the more common central seconds. Dr. Crott auctions cited the auction as follows: "This major watch in the category "Fantasy Watches " is one of eight remaining watches in the world shaped as a peach, six of which are kept in pairs as a mirrored pair in major museums and collections titled Mango: An early couple without a signature is now in a private collection and was originally part of the Sandberg Collection (pictured and described in Terence Camerer-Cuss's The Sandberg Watch Collection, pages 432-433). Another pair is part of the Fondation Hans Wilsdorf/Rolex. It has the Ilbery signatures and the movement numbers 6494 and 6495 (illustrated and described in Alfred Chapuis "Montres et Émaux de Genève" - Collection H. Wilsdorf, Lausanne 1944, pages 138-139). The third known couple, also from Ilbery, is in the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. These three pairs of peaches were on loan to the Patek Philippe Museum's "Le Miroir de la Séduction" exhibition - Prestigieuses paires de montres "chinoise", which took place from 15 May to 16 October 2010 in Geneva. They are illustrated and described in the catalog pages 82-83, 90-91 and 92-93. " Hammerprice: 235.220,00 €
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Sold 118-4286 Pocketwatch : Extremely fine and extremely rare enamel watch “The Peony”, attributed to Piguet et Meylan, Geneva, probably made for the Chinese Emperor, circa 1820, enamelled Grande Sonnerie movement Ca. Ø66mm, total about 94mm, weight 187g, 18K gold, enamel case of fantastic quality set with finest pearls, probably orientpearls, rear view of a peony, case number 4528, dust cover also enamelled , extremely rare enamelled movement with optionally grande sonnerie & petite sonnerie and quarter-hour repetition, finest Geneva quality with early lever escapement and temperature compensation, case edge with slide for the striking mechanism, a choice of quarter hour self strike and only hours striking, enamel dial, Breguet blued steel hands, dial and movement signed Racine, very nice condition, minor glaze cracks in the edge region of the enamel, large gold key. In China Peonies are a symbol of spring, of wealth and happiness. They are called there Shaoyao - translated = charming and gorgeous; Empress Wu described them as "Glory of the Empire". The watch is an absolute rarity! A nearly identical watch was sold in Geneva in 2004 and reached 715 000 Swiss francs (Source: http://www.antiquorum.com/catalog/lots/lot-75-48?browse_all=1&page=2&q=peony). The case was identical with the present watch, but the movement was without sonnerie and NOT enamelled. It is believed that these watches were orders of the Emperor of China, who gave away these watches to distinguished persons. It is also believed that they were originally pairs of 2 watches sold to China. The watch is attributed to the the famous firm Piguet & Meylan. The signature Racine may be an indication of a Geneva dealer or the manufacturer of the specific movement of this watch. The watchmaker family was already in the 17th century recorded in Geneva. Charles-Frédéric Racine (1769-1832) was regarded as an important enamel painter of dials and enamel miniatures. Only a few of these type of watches still exist, the most of them are in famous museums and collections. Hammerprice: 212.936,00 €
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Sold 128-4246 Pocket watch: important "Grande Complication", 7 complications, Urban Jürgensen & Sonner, Copenhagen, no. 130521/3009, with original certificate Ca. Ø 60mm, ca. 217 g, 18 K gold, a goutte, Urban Jürgensen case punch, "Grande Complication" precision lever movement, excellent quality with perpetual calendar, chronograph, minute repeater, wolf's toothing, screwed gold chatons, compensating balance with gold screws, extravagant silver dial, engine turning in center; silver registers for day, date and month; cobalt blue enamel/gold moon indication, blue Breguet hands, condition like new, with original certificate, probably unique piece, Urban Jürgensen & Sonner list price 2003 of 912,000 SwissFrancs. Hammerprice: 148.560,00 €
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Sold 166-4264 Wristwatch: vintage Patek Philippe rarity, ref. 3700/1, Nautilus Jumbo with original box, from 1st hand, ca.1979 Ca. Ø42mm, stainless steel, reference 3700/1, case number 538899, automatic movement calibre 28-255C, movement number 1309032, date, original dial with double signature Patek Philippe & Gübelin, so-called "Stardust-Dial" with translucent bronze shimmer, original hands, original stainless steel bracelet with felt-clasp, original cork box with original label "Nautilus" (insert missing), in working order, last service papers from 2002, from original owner, therefore service recommended. Hammerprice: 110.182,00 €
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Sold 110-4240 Pocket watch: unique astronomic gold/enamel minute repeater hunting case watch, moon and perpetual calendar, Vrard & Co ca. 1890 Ca. Ø 60mm, ca. 209g , 18 K gold, Swiss case punch, no.7205, gold/enamel case, Geneva prime quality , enamel paintings on both sides, tiger and lion hunting scene, peripheral enamel decoration, fantastic quality, excellent condition, enamel with nearly invisible and small scratches, glazed movement, very fine precision lever movement with perpetual calendar, moon, minute repeater, signed bridge, original enamel dial, blued steel hands, dial inscribed "Bissextile Quantieme Perpetuelle" (short and fine hairline near date register ), in working order, solid 18 K pink gold prime quality watch chain (weight ca. 67 g) with unique 18 K gold medallion pendant (weight ca. 40g), multi-colored enamel and diamonds, face with picture of Maharaja -probably original owner of this watch. Extravagant and complex enamel watch for Indian market. The watch comes with an expertise of originality and quality. A comparable watch with a similar "lion hunting" scene was sold in 1991 for ca. 300,000 SwissFrancs. Hammerprice: 86.660,00 €
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Sold 128-4227 Pocket watch: important, rare and very big octagonal form watch, gold/enamel/moss agate & pearls, William Ilbery No.5983, Chia Ch'ing (Emperor of China 1796-1820) Ca. 115 x 65mm, ca. 166 g, 18 K gold, extravagant enamel, both sides with original and very rare multicolored moss agate with plant inclusions, spring lid on back, finest engravings below, fire-gilt duplex movement, signed Ilbery London 5983, steel balance, diamond endstone, enamel dial, gold hands, enamel party rubbed, altogether in very beautiful condition, movement intact, real rarity. According to our knowledge these watches were probably only made and delivered as a pair of two for the Chinese Emperor Chia Ch'ing (Emperor of China 1796-1820). Today there are only about 10 Ilbery watches with moss agate and only 2 pairs noted. The only noted pair in same edition and size is part of the Patek Philippe Museum and its collection "The Mirror of Seduction - Prestigious pairs of "Chinese" (source:https://www.cortrie.de/go/nG2) . This watch comes from private possession and was the centrepiece of the collection sold in Sotheby's auction Geneva 2013 (estimated price 2013 120,000CHF - 180,000CHF). The counterpart of this watch no. 5982 was sold in Antiquorum auction 1980, the price is not listed anymore. In 1990 another agate watch no. 6117 was sold for more than 180,000 SwissFrancs (source:https://www.cortrie.de/go/L9d). William Ilbery was a London watchmaker in ca. 1789-1839. He was a very famous maker and seller of finest, complex and very precious gold and jewelled pocked watches with enamel paintings. He was specialised in making watches for Chinese market. His watches are inspired by James Cox London and Jaquet-Droz Switzerland. His earlier watches were constructed in a traditional English way with full plate movement and duplex escapement. Later pieces by him show a flying barrel, comparable to Lepine movements. His pocket watch cases got their trimming and decoration by prime Geneva enamel artists like Jean-Francois-Victor Dupont and Jean-Louis Richter. Hammerprice: 86.660,00 €
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Sold 100-4227 Pocket watch: rare and early gold/enamel pocket watch for Chinese market, ca. 1825, Bovet London no.456 Ca. Ø 57.5 mm, ca. 140 g, 18 K pink gold, multicoloured enamel rim on both sides, very fine enamel painting "flower bouquet" on back, typical Bovet, dome with fly spring, early and splendour Fleurier movement, engraved, Chinese Duplex escapement, early and rare firegilt edition, signed Bovet London No. 456, 1 replaced screw, altogether and very beautiful and original condition, original enamel dial with minimal peripheral craquelling, movement intact, cleaning recommended, probably original key with agate stone, with certificate by antique watch expert. Bovet is famous for finest enamel pocket watches for Chinese market. The watch no. 437 with the same movement and also with gold/enamel case was sold for more than 200,000 € in 2013, triple of the estimated price. Another Bovet pocket watch with a comparable flower motive but from the later years of 1850 was sold in Hong Kong 2015 for ca. 84,000 €. Hammerprice: 63.138,00 €
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Sold 105-4218 Pocket watch: important and very rare Geneva gold/enamel pocket watch with complex automaton and pearls on both sides, Moilliet Geneve ca.1800 Ca. Ø 47.5 mm, 18 K gold, both sides enameled and with original orient pearls, back inscribed "Souvenir", very rare movement with cylinder escapement, signed Antoine Moilliet Geneve No.18681, matching numbers on case and movement, 2 barrels for movement and automaton, extremely rare automaton, 4 gold nuances, "blacksmith's shop", 3 putty making arrows, dial with finest enamel painting "Geneva Lake", blued steelhands, small chip near winding stem, altogether in excellent and original condition, in working order, real rarity. A very similar watch also signed Moilliet, only with a different back, was sold in 1989 for more than 50,000 SwissFrancs. Another comparable watch, unsigned but attributed to Moilliet, was part of Dr.Crott's auction 2012 with an estimated price of 100,000 -130,000 €. Hammerprice: 61.900,00 €
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Sold 123-4246 Pocket watch: important, big and unique enamel repeater with pearls, Grande Sonnerie, Decombaz Geneve for Chinese market, ca. 1800 Ca. Ø 58 mm, ca. 183.5 g, 18 K gold, case with finest sound openings, unique decoration on back, hundreds of Orient pearls with black and white enamel, finest Geneva enamel painting in center, case with bell, extremely rare and very fine cylinder movement with 2 barrel drums for gear train and Grande Sonnerie, repeating hours and quarters on demand, main plate signed, no.3527, original and signed enamel dial also numbered 3527, fine pink gold hands, in working order and in very good condition, real rarity, finest Geneva quality case, ca. 1800, rare combination with complex movement, extremely rare striking mechanism. Decombaz was one of the most talented and famous Geneva makers in the times of 1800. He delivered his high-quality movements to Breguet, Lechot and Droz. He was specialized in complex repeaters and self-striking mechanisms combined with cylinder escapement or virgule escapements. During the times when Breguet settled down in Switzerland they became business partners and friends. Most of the complex Geneva gold/enamel watches with striking mechanisms are attributed to Decombraz, most of them have no signature. Pieces with signature by Decombraz are real rarities and reach high prices in auctions. A gold/enamel form watch shaped like a flacon, with automaton and music movement was sold in Swiss auction for ca. 1,500,000 SwissFrancs. Another gold/enamel watch made by Decombraz with rare carillon striking and without automaton was sold in Geneva auction 2012 for more than 700,000 SwissFrancs, a multiple of the estimated price (source: http://www.antiquorum.com/catalog/lots/lot-260-253?browse_all=1&page=1&q=decombaz). Hammerprice: 61.900,00 €
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Sold 128-4244 Wristwatch: rarity, tourbillon limited to only 10 pieces, 4 hammer striking "Hysek Symphony Tourbillon Westminster Minute Repeater", Jorg Hysek, Lussy sur Morges No.7/10, with box and certificates, list price 577,800 SwissFrancs Ca. Ø 45 mm, 18 K pink gold, screwed sapphire crystal back, case with lateral sliding bolt for repeater, automatic movement with tourbillon and striking train, Westminster minute repeater, semitransparent dial with visible movement and rotor, polished steel tourbillon cage, visible sapphire/gold oscillator, pierced gold hands, original leather strap with 18 K gold felt-clasp, box and certificates, nearly like new, limited to only 10 pieces, list price in 2007 ca. 577,800 SwissFrancs. According to our knowledge this watch is the first one of this series offered in auction again. Jorg Hysek is one of the most famous and successful watchmakers. He worked together with Rolex, Cartier, Ebel, Omega, Tiffany and Vacheron & Constantin until he founded his own brand in 1999 and started to produce very complicated and limited designer watches. Hammerprice: 61.900,00 €
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Sold 136-4268 Pocket watch: important and historically interesting, rare gold/enamel pocket watch, set with diamonds and oriental pearls, William Anthony London No.1782, probably from the possession of the Russian Tsar Pavel I., 1796/97 Ca. Ø65,5mm, ca. 162g, 18k pink gold, exquisite oriental pearls studded on both sides, multi colored enamel on the back case, monogram M with crown of czar and garland in the center, dome signed and numbered, extremely rare, elaborately engraved and gilded, highly interesting duplex movement with diamond endstone, additional stoppable central second hand, undamaged enamel dial, original solid golden hands, blued steel second hand, excellent condition, nearly unused, movement intact, revision recommended. The watch is a collector's piece of museum quality. According to the knowledge of the owner, this watch is highly probable a gift given by Maria Fyodorovna to her husband, Pavel I., on the occasion of his coronation to be the Russian Tsar, which could be interpreted from the monogram "M". The watch therefore belonged to a wealthy Russian family until the 90s, after it was given by tsarist family with other valuable objects of art before the fall of the Tsar empire. The family settled to England in the 90s and the watch was sold to a european collector. It is wellknown that Pavel I. and his wife had a passion for etiquette and treasures. They travelled around Europe and collected luxurious presents for their collection, for example by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette(source: The collection of the Russion Emperors and Empresses, page 90). Watches by William Anthony very rarely appear on the market. From a study of the public collections and the auction market we learn that only 17 oval watches and 15 round watches are known to exist. Most of them were or still are part of famous collections, for example, the Collection of King Farouk of Egypt, The Sir David Salomon Collection, the Marryat Collection, the Sandoz Collection at Musée du Locle, the Lord Sandberg Collection and the Patek Philippe Museum (Source: Dr. Crott-Auktionen / Lot209 / William Anthony No.2363). An oval watch by William Anthony was sold as part of the Berlin Collection in November 1979 at Sotheby's in London; Lot 100 was the most expensive piece of the auction as well as the most expensive watch of the year. Another oval enamel watch by William Anthony was sold at a London auction of Sotheby's in 2016 for 212,500GBP, about 250,000 €. (Quelle: https://www.cortrie.de/go/Ywv), another watch decorated in the same way as this watch, blue and red guilloché enamel, studded with oriental pearl and diamond. The recent “sister watch” by William Anthony No. 1751 was auctioned in London at Duke’s for 155.350GBP, circa.185.000€ (Quelle: https://www.cortrie.de/go/86e). Moreover, this watch was very similar in the decoration as the one here! With its historical background and the perfect condition, this watch is one of the most valuable watches ever made by William Anthony! Hammerprice: 61.900,00 €
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Sold 140-4260 Pocket watch: important, rare and large gold/enamel pocket watch with music movement and pearls, Barraud's, Cornhill, London No. 9124, ca. 1810 Ca. Ø62mm, ca. 178g, 18K gold, both sides with half pearls, reeded mid section, back with very fine enameled painting of best Geneva quality “summer flower bouquet”, switch lever of musical mechanism on the case edge, ruby cylinder escapement, splendid engraved balance cage, mirror polished, undamaged preserved, numbered enamel dial, golden hands, in working order, excellent, original preserved condition, small usage traces on the enamel, collector's piece of museum standard. Enamel pocket watches by Paul Philipp Barraud (1750-1820) are very rare watches for the Chinese market. They stand for the highest quality of Geneva watch cases, equipped with the finest musical mechanisms. A comparable enamel watch of Barraud 9591 was auctioned at Sotheby’s in 2011 for over 90,000 Swiss francs, which was equipped with a normal movement without music mechanism. An enamel watch of such a quality with music mechanism is a collector’s piece of museum standard and always sold high-priced. Paul Philipp Barraud (1750-1820) was an English watchmaker from London. His parents were Francis Gabriel Barraud and Magadalen Benine, who was a daughter of a well-known Huguenot silversmith. In 1796 he became a member of the Clockmakers Company in London and became master in 1810/11. After that, he set a partnership with George Jamieson and William Howells. He had seven children and his sons Frederick Joseph, John and James followed him within the business. Between 1796 and 1820 they produced more than 1,000 chronometers. Around 1810 the company Barraud started to export finest enamel watches to China, whose cases were always made in Geneva and have always 9000-s numbers. Hammerprice: 61.900,00 €
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Sold 115-4270 Pocket watch: important and unique Louis Audemars gold/enamel hunting case minute repeater with "Grande & Petit Sonnerie", probably present watch by the Russian Czar to the Nobel brothers in 1899 Ca. Ø 58 mm, ca. 193 g, 18K pink gold, hunting case "a goutte", excellent engine turning, both sides enameled, spring lid with Russian Czar's eagle, surrounded by blue enamel inlays, cyrillic inscription: "The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Company 1879-1899", enamel painting on back "Ateschgah of Baku", former fire temple, extravagant crown with star sapphire, laterally blue enamel, prime quality; all 3 lid solid gold, with Louis Audemars punch and numbered 11309, glazed movement, precision lever movement, Swiss prime quality, self-striking quarters, self-striking hours, minute repeater, Geneva striping, 2 barrels, simultaneously crown winding, switch for "Grande & Petit Sonnerie" and "muting", original signed enamel dial in perfect condition, blued steel screws, in working order, condition nearly like new. Very rare and complex present watch by the Russian Czar to Ludvig and Robert Nobel on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their petroleum company. Alfred Nobel was partner of this company and financed his Nobel Prize Foundation with the money from the petroleum business. The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Company was founded in 1879 and was one of the most important global petroleum producers until the turn-of-the-century. Hammerprice: 56.948,00 €
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Sold 145-4205 Wristwatch: Rolex Daytona 6265 "Big Red" from 1980, with probably original box, from first owner, rarity! Ca. Ø37 mm, stainless steel, ref. 6265, serial no. 6197590, screwed back 6263, manual winding caliber 727, dial with big red Daytona inscription, Rolex stainless steel bracelet 62510H/574, used, well-kept condition, dial in excellent condition, probably original box. According to the first owner, this watch was originally bought with this jubilee bracelet in 1980. A nearly identical Daytona, also with original Jubilee bracelet and also from the year 1979, was sold in 95th Dr. Crott auction, Lot 36 for more than 50,000€. Hammerprice: 54.472,00 €
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Sold 162-4214 Wristwatch: important Patek Philippe man's watch, the 1st series of the famous Calatrava Ref.96 as special model platinum, platinum complete equipment, 2 dials and probably original box, Patek Philippe extract from the archives, Geneva 1938 Ca. Ø31mm, platinum case no. 295900, pressed back, reference 96, manual winding, movement number 829021, caliber 12-120, original dial with platinum indexes, platinum hands, platinum crown, leather strap with white gold buckle, probably original, very high quality, signed leather box and extremely rare exchangeable platinum dial "Breguet". Both dials with natural patina and not restored. The watch is in working order and in very good condition. This is the first generation of the world-famous Calatrava, according to an extract from the archives from 1938. We do not know of any comparable Ref.96 in this platinum full edition. Hammerprice: 50.758,00 €
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Sold 118-4175 Pocket watch: historic and very fine Lange & Söhne pocket watch, present watch by Adolf Hitler to his architect Albert Speer, Christmas 1936 Ca. Ø 55 mm, ca. 130 g, 14 K gold, very solid a goutte hunting case, spring lid with dedication by Adolf Hitler/Christmas 1936 inside, A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte precision lever movement, gold lever, gold escape wheel, fine adjusting device, repeating hours and quarters, case no. 82020, movement no. 50926, enamel dial in perfect condition, signed A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte in Sachsen Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation, original gold hands, excellent condition, probably unused, with extract of the archives, extract from the delivery documents, expertise by the Glashütte Watch Museum and the written confirmation of origin by the son of Albert Speer. This watch was in possession of the family Speer until 2016. Adolf Hitler ordered 19 present watches. Only 4 watches were complex repeaters. According to the extract of the archive the movement with the number 50926 was sold in 1905 and was rebought by Lange in 1935. At this time the company had not enough repeater movements to handle the big order of repeaters by the German Ministry. So this rebought movement no. 50926 got a new case with the current serial number 82020. This new watch was delivered to Lünser Berlin on December 30th, 1936. This watch was the first ordered and delivered present watch. Hammerprice: 49.520,00 €
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Sold 136-4154 Pocketwatch: important and extremely rare A. Lange & Söhne pocket watch with repeater, dead seconds, date and day, ca.1878, only 10 watches like this were made Ca. 58,5mm, ca. 178g, 18K gold, à goutte hunting case, matching number 11996 on case and movement, extremely rare precision lever movement with dead second, calendar and quarter-hour repeater in the quality 1A with diamond endstone and screwed golden chatons, golden lever and golden escapement wheel, completely signed and numbered on the plate, well kept, original enamel dial, display of the weekday and the date, blued steel hands, in working order, repeater is a bit stiff to be released and needs adjusting, otherwise very good condition and rarely used.This watch is an absolute rarity. According to our knowledge, the company Lange & Söhne produced only 10 of these highly complex pocket watches, the number 11997 was the first! Also this watch is the oldest known Lange & Söhne pocketwatch with Louis XV-case! The watch is delivered with extract of the archives. Hammerprice: 49.520,00 €
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Sold 145-4211 Pocket watch: important and probably the only noted Cartier Art déco dress watch "Montre Mysterieuse Chronoscope", with chain and original box, ca. 1929 Ca. Ø45 mm, ca. 70 g, 18 K white gold, case 4-times punched, French punches, signed European Watch and Clock Co., very fine caliber with Geneva stripes and 19 jewels, adjusted in 8 positions, signed, no. 31494, original engine turned dial, with ring-shaped opening for the moving "mysterious" minute and jumping hours indication, signed Cartier Paris, patent number 54197 on rim, corresponding Art déco dress watch chain, 18 K white gold, also French punches, original box signed Cartier, in excellent condition, in working order. The Chronoscope patent is from the Swiss watchmaker Robert Cart from the 20's. Only a few of these watches are noted and equipped with this type of complication by Robert Cart and Vacheron & Constantin. The fact that also Cartier sold these watches, was only previously known from the literature, illustrated with the same patent number in "The Cartier Collection Timepieces- Collection of Mystery Clocks & Watches by Cartier" from Franco Cologni & Francois Chaille(the book is part of the auction). According to our research, this is the first Cartier Chronoscopes ever offered in auction. Rare Cartier Art déco watches are often sold for record prices, e.g a Cartier wristwatch was sold in New York auction 1929 for 125,000 US$ and a dress watch from 1928 with berg crystal/platinum case for 46,000 US$. Hammerprice: 49.520,00 €
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Sold 145-4227 Form watch: rare enamel brooch "Turtle" with integrated watch, visible balance, full of diamonds, attributed to Piguet et Capt, Geneva, ca. 1810 Ca. 72 × 42 mm, ca. 51 g, gold, silver mounting, turtle brooch, 8-edged bezel full of diamonds on top of the watch, surrounded by blue enamel, entire top of the turtle with big diamonds, structure of the dial typical for a Piguet & Capt work, enamel dial indicating time on top, visible balance with diamonds in center, subsidiary seconds below, base with brooch, hinged flap and hidden movement with slide closure, setting, winding and regulating shaft below ; in very beautiful condition, movement complete, swinging balance, service needed. The watch is a rarity, most likely from the house Piguet et Capt, Geneva, ca. 1810. Similar objects are noted, but none of them with this kind of diamond decoration. Gold/enamel objects with comparable watches achieve high 6-digit prices in auction, e.g. a fan, also attributed to Piguet & Capt, for 386.000 CHF (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/WKW). Hammerprice: 49.520,00 €
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Sold 162-4104 Pocket watch: Glashütte rarity, not yet listed Moritz Grossmann Glashütte with triple calendar based on the Fleischhauer patent, no. 7601, ca.1885, with documentation from Glashütte Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 120g, 18K gold, à-goutte case, no. 7601, dome inscribed "PATENT", Moritz Grossmann precision lever movement, best quality 1A, with screwed gold chatons, gold lever and gold escape wheel, triple calendar watch based on the patent 25267 of Otto Fleischhauer, punched with the Grossmann punch, 2 rotating rings on the front side with day and date indication and aperture for the month, enamel dial, fine gold hands with jewels, subsidiary seconds, red seconds scale, red minute scale, in working order. The watch is in a completely unrestored condition with natural patina on the movement and unpolished case and is an absolute rarity. According to Mr. Reichel, director of the watch museum Glashütte, this watch is not yet listed and unknown and is one of the few watches manufactured and sold by Moritz Grossmann himself, i.e. from the year 1885. So far only 5 more of these watches are known today (report/certificate from Glashütte is available!) The calendar movements according to the Fleischauer patent, manufactured by Moritz Grossmann, which were taken over and sold after his death by the company A. Lange & Söhne, can be characterized as followed: - Date indications by numerals and letter rings outside the dial and connected to the gear. - Winding, time and date setting in typical manner of Grossmann with a large symmetric rocker, which can be used by 2 pushers on the right and left of the pendant. Otto Fleischhauer in Berlin had the idea of a calendar watch and sent vague ideas with sketches to the Berlin Patent Office on July 15th, 1883. These sketches did not contain any ideas about required parts or proportions. In order to realize the idea of the calendar watch, a completely new construction was necessary. So Fleischhauer asked Moritz Grossmann to realize his ideas and he redesigned the whole watch type. His ideas were then confirmed by drawings of this watch. In 1884, Fleischhauer patented his idea in England as well, but offered the patent for sale just one year later, immediately after Grossmann's death. According to Glashütte museum documents, all 20 watches that Grossmann had already manufactured and not yet sold, were exclusively taken over and sold by the Lange & Söhne company. All watches got the signature of the Lange & Söhne company on the dial and movement. Excluded from this is the first watch with the number 6141 and the other watches of the first small series with the numbers 8262, 8263, 8264 and 8265, which have no signature on the dial and are not included in Huber's "Langeliste" of 1999. (Source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/4jR). According to our information, the last known Fleischhauer watch (no. 19065 with Lange signature) was sold at Dr. Crott's auction for €73,000 (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/4jR). Hammerprice: 49.520,00 €
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Sold 136-4280 Pocketwatch: important enamel watch, minute repeater, probably a present to the 50th birthday of Emanuel Nobel, made by Nikolai Linden St. Petersburg 1909 Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 120g, 18K rose gold / yellow gold, à goutte hunting case, splendid engraved, very fine enamel painting on both sides, case of illustration of a harbor view, two oil lamps and the year 50 with wreath in the foreground, view of drilling derricks on the back, big diamond studded on both sides, dome signed and numbered No.20344, precision lever movement with minute repeater, high-quality screwed golden chatons, probably Le Coultre caliber, enamel dial inscribed Phénix, blued steel hands, in working order and in very good condition, sound needs adjustment. This watch is probably still with signed original wooden box. The quality of the case is outstanding, the painting is preserved in excellent condition. Everything indicates that this watch was a unique gift for Emanuel Nobel's 50th birthday. Emanuel Nobel (born 23 June 1859 in Saint Petersburg, † 31 May 1932 in Sweden) was a Swedish-Russian oil magnate. He was the grandson of Immanuel Nobels and the oldest son of Ludvig Nobel, the brother of Alfred Nobels. The Nobel family was one of the richest family in Europe and the world. Emanuel Nobel took over the running of the Nobel family's oil business, Branobel, an oil empire that was based in Baku and was the largest oil company in Europe after the death of his father in 1888. The year 1909 was a very special year for him. He celebrated his 50th birthday and the 30-year company anniversary. He commissioned this unique and extremely valuable watch in the occasion of these two events. Nikolai Linden ran his business for fine jewels and watches in St. Petersburg in 1892. He worked closely with Fabergé and used only the finest movements from Switzerland. Hammerprice: 45.806,00 €
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Sold 110-4241 Pocket watch: important German precision watch, minute tourbillon chronometer, Hermann Kiehl Halle an der Saale ca. 1890 Ca. Ø 58 mm, ca. 228 g, 14 K pink gold, case no. 4376, very solid hunting case with 3 gold lids, unusual German precision movement with chronometer tourbillon, spring detent escapement, golden escape wheel, compensating balance will gold screws, engraved balance bridge, screwed gold chaton, blued steel screws, unusual and rare setting mechanism, original enamel dial, minimal peripheral hairlines, nearly invisible, very beautiful hands with jewels, in working order, nearly like new, prime quality case in excellent condition, maybe alternative case made after WWII. Hammerprice: 45.187,00 €
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Sold 156-4241 Pocket watch: very heavy, highly complicated, astronomic Patek Philippe pocket watch with 8 complications, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, chronograph, moon age and moon, no. 90460, ca. 1893 Ca. Ø56 mm, ca. 207 g, very heavy, later American 18 K pink gold case, replacement case, American case punch JS 18C Fine, no. 2951281, additional glazed movement, very fine, signed and numbered precision lever movement with Geneva striping; prime quality with 8 complications, perpetual calendar, repeating hours, quarters and minutes; chronograph, moon age and moon, original enamel dial with gold minutes and red date, pink gold hands, in working order, calendar needs adjusting, dial with fine hairlines, altogether in very good condition. This is one of the most complicated Patek Philippe pocket watches from 1893. Comparable Patek Philippe timepieces have already been sold in auction for € 150,000-€ 250,000 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/9B9 / Z0A). The American replacement case of this watch is not the original case, but a case of exceptional quality, matching the high-quality Patek Philippe movement. Hammerprice: 44.568,00 €
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Sold 118-4180 Pocket watch: Very rare Patek Philippe gold/enamel gentlemen's watch, Patek & Czapek No. 418, probably the earliest Patek Philippe enamel watch with crown winding by Louis Audemars, Geneva 1841 Ca. Ø 48 mm, ca. 80 g, 18 K gold, relief rim on both sides, reeded mid section, fantastic enamel painting in original condition on back, oval medaillon with lady's portrait surrounded by black enamel with floral gold inlays, extremely flat and big crown, dome signed Patek & Czapek a Geneve No. 418, extremely rare bar movement with ruby duplex escapement, special "doubled" temperature compensation, indirect second, winding mechanism by Louis Audemars, bridge also signed Patek & Czapek a Geneve No. 418, lateral sliding bolt for switching winding mechanism to setting mode, movement marked "P,C" below dial, original silver dial with fine engravings, butterflies and tendrils, Breguet goldhands, unrestored and very beautiful condition, in working order, from family possession. A comparable watch with the same movement and case but with different enamel motive, numbered 583 / from 1841, was rated in Basel Auction 1990 with 25,000-35,000 SwissFrancs, with extract of the archive. Hammerprice: 38.378,00 €
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