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267-4051 Table chronometer/marine chronometer: rare deck watch with center seconds, Doxa, circa 1910 Wooden/brass case with special crown protection, Doxa lever movement with center seconds, signed enamel dial with 1/5-second divisions, steel hands, movement intact, intact, extremely rare. now only: 700 €
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Sold 267-4085 Picture fram clock: very fine enamel miniature painting, Switzerland circa 1880 Ca. 67 × 53 mm, brass case in the shape of a picture frame, very beautiful painting, enamel painting depicting musicians and a dancing couple at a village square. The dial of the clock is located in the tower. Back with hand setting and winding. Cylinder escapement, probably original key. Comes in an original box from the jeweler Luyten from Interlaken (Switzerland) that was created later. Very good condition, movement intact. Hammerprice: 800 €
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Sold 267-4262 Travel clock: important, extremely rare gold/enamel box with concealed clock, Cartier, probably 1920s Ca. 71 × 48 mm, ca. 170 g, 18k gold, black enameled, pusher set with sapphires, Cartier numbers 16480/26472/05574, precision lever movement signed European Watch. Comp., 21 jewels, signed 2-color Art Deco dial, Breguet numerals, Breguet hands, in working order and in very good condition. Cartier travel clocks are usually about half the size of this item. This object is a particularly valuable and rare version in the form of a heavy gold/enamel box with a concealed clock. It may even be a unique piece. Hammerprice: 13.000 €
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Sold 267-4309 Marine chronometer: extremely rare, small Longines 8-Day marine chronometer, manufactured in 1931 Original mahogany box with matching number, ca. 15 × 15 × 10 cm, gimbal suspension, screwed and very high-quality gilt case, also with a number matching that of the movement 4806734, extremely rare Longines chronometer caliber 24.41, marked Chronometre 8 Jours, Geneva stripes, fine adjustment, silvered dial with power reserve indicator, blued steel hands, excellent condition, in working order, extremely rare. Comes with a confirmation of authenticity from Longines dating the item to 1931. Hammerprice: 1.900 €
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Sold 267-4313 Chronometer: important and extremely rare expedition chronometer with second time zone, Robert Molyneux, ca. 1841 Ca. 9.5 × 9.5 × 5.5 cm, original mahogany box, brass case with 2 rotating bezels for GMT setting, serial number 2490, spring detent chronometer movement with helical hairspring, signed and numbered dial with large second hand, gold hands, movement intact, extremely rare. Marine chronometers with additional functions are extremely rare. Robert Molyneux, a student of Thomas Earnshaw, initially worked with Charles John Cope, another student of Earnshaw. On their expedition with the ships “Hecla” and “Fury” in 1821, Parry and Lyon used, among other things, chronometer no. 405 from Molyneux & Cope. Molyneux later developed an effective auxiliary compensation for chronometer balance wheels at the same time as Eiffe. He was considered one of the best of his time. Molyneux's chronometer No. 1326 was used as the captain's marine chronometer during the Darwin expedition and fetched over €38,000 at one of our auctions. Hammerprice: 5.500 €
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Sold 267-4314 Marine chronometer: probably the rarest American chronometer “Hamilton Sidereal Break Cirquit” Non-magnetic screwed metal case with electrical contact device, original labeling, number matches movement number, original brass case, number also matches movement number, lateral contact device, Hamilton chronometer movement 2E12644 with spring detent escapement, original matching-numbered dial, steel hands, power reserve indicator, in working order, extremely rare. This is the only Hamilton 21BC chronometer we know of with the original case and the US Army marking. “Break Circuit” chronometers were used for a variety of purposes. They provided main signals to control slave clocks on some ocean liners and warships, but were also used in spy planes, among other things. The original case of this item is indicative of such usage! Hammerprice: 5.500 €
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267-4315 Marine chronometer: early, extremely rare, small 8-day chronometer, Thomas Earnshaw London, ca. 1795 Original brass box, approx. Ø 90 mm, gimbal suspension and wooden box no longer available, extremely rare Thomas Earnshaw chronometer movement with 8-day power reserve, Thomas Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, diamond endstone, original silvered dial, inscribed ‘New Balance Spring & Balance by E.J. Dent London’, steel hands, very good condition, in working order. The chronometer is extremely rare and very early. A chronometer by Earnshaw of a comparable size, but with a one-day movement, is located in the Science Museum in London. This piece nicely illustrates the design of the suspension and the former wooden case (https://www.cortrie.de/go/D44). Another piece can be found in the British Museum in London, but this one is a one-day chronometer (https://www.cortrie.de/go/JBe). These small, early chronometers by Thomas Earnshaw hardly ever come up for sale and are highly sought after. A two-day chronometer of this size was sold in Geneva for 25,000 Swiss Francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/M3R). now only: 5.000 €
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267-4316 Military marine chronometer, A. Lange & Söhne No. 5389, 1940s Ca. 18.5 × 18.5 × 18 cm, original glazed wooden box with carrying handles on the sides, gimbal suspension, bakelite case, signed A. Lange & Söhne chronometer movement, spring detent chronometer escapement, movement holder, movement and dial with matching number 5389, helical hairspring, chronometer balance, silvered original dial with power reserve indicator, gold hands, original key, very beautiful, in working order, original condition. These chronometers were mainly delivered to the Kriegsmarine. now only: 2.650 €
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Sold 267-4319 Table clock: Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos 526-5, almost as good as new, original box and papers from 1997 Ca. 22 × 18 × 13 cm, gilt brass, glazed, caliber 526-5, rotating Atmos pendulum movement with automatic winding via temperature fluctuations and atmospheric pressure changes, serial number 326985, lightly used, in excellent, original condition with signed original box and accompanying Atmos papers from 1997, box with defects (broken hinges). Hammerprice: 1.000 €
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267-4320 Table clock: attractive enamel table clock in Cartier style, Juvenia, around 1930 Ca. 95 × 80 mm, silver enameled, oval dial, marked Juvenia 8 Jours, 8-day lever movement, winding on the back, hand setting and stand, very good condition, movement intact. now only: 600 €
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Sold 267-4321 Table clock: Jaeger LeCoultre RUE DE LA PAIX table clock, 8-day, 1970s Height ca. 28cm, base ca. Ø75mm, numbered on the base “x 457”, stainless steel gilt/brass, depicting a Paris lantern, blue sign labeled “Rue de La Paix”, with the clockwork above it, ca. Ø48mm, 8-day lever movement; winding, handsetting and fine adjustment on the back, cream-colored dial signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, beautiful blued steel hands, good overall condition, in working order. Hammerprice: 750 €
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Sold 267-4322 Table clock: vintage Omega “Constellation” chronometer, window display clock, almost as good as new, with original box Ca. Ø 13 cm, metal case, quartz movement, battery needs replacing, center seconds, date, excellent condition, comes with original box. Hammerprice: 600 €
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Sold 267-4325 Table clock: Directoire clock around 1790 Ca. 31 × 20 × 13 cm, black stone case with fire-gilt applications, full plate movement with quarter hour self strike, pendulum with silk string suspension, strike on 2 superimposed bells, enamel dial, gilt hands, stone case partially chipped around the edges, intact, good sound. Hammerprice: 900 €
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Sold 267-4326 Table clock: decorative fire-gilt bronze clock around 1800, signed Miller Vienna Ca. 28 × 16 × 13 cm, fire-gilt bronze, full plate movement, pendulum with silk string suspension, half-hour self strike on gong, mount signed Miller Vienna, enamel dial, steel hands, movement starts ticking, escapement needs adjusting. Hammerprice: 500 €
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267-4327 Table clock: complicated Viennese baroque clock around 1780 Ca. 56 × 29 × 16 cm, wooden case, glazed on all sides, brass applications, full plate movement with short pendulum, mock pendulum on the face, verge escapement, 2 bells, quarter hour self strike, quarter hour repeater, date, iron hands, intact and in good condition, striking mechanism needs adjustment. now only: 1.000 €
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Sold 267-4328 Table clock: intricate Viennese Baroque clock "Paul Hartmann Vienna" around 1780 Ca. 58 × 30 × 17 cm, wooden case, glazed on all sides, brass applications, full plate movement with short pendulum, face with mock pendulum, verge escapement, 2 bells, quarter hour self strike, quarter hour repeater, date, enamel dial, gilt hands, intact and in good condition, known Viennese master. Hammerprice: 1.000 €
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267-4329 Table clock: large, attractive Empire pendulum clock, Bergmiller à Paris, ca. 1820 Ca. 50 cm high with base and glass dome, case ca. 39 cm high, rare and unusual design of the case with 4 pillars, fire-gilt, round full plate movement with lever escapement, sun-shaped pendulum with string suspension, striking mechanism on bell, 2-color enameled dial mounting, signed, gilt hands, movement intact. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. now only: 3.000 €
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Sold 267-4330 Table clock: extremely rare table clock with jumping center seconds, probably around 1790 Ca. 38 × 28 × 18 cm, 52 cm high with glass dome, brass case with floral embellishments on a wooden base with inlays, extremely rare movement in the style of Pouzait with oversized balance wheel and lever escapement, balance wheel is located above the dial in a frame. Said frame is decorated with a wreath and inscribed Psalm XXXI.16 ("My times are in your hands"), quarter striking on 2 bells, enamel dial, steel hands, very good condition, movement intact, extremely rare. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 3.300 €
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Sold 267-4331 Table clock: important, museum-quality skeleton clock with pinwheel escapement and 8-day movement, France, ca. 1810 46 x 25 x 11 cm, brass frame in lyre shape, black marble base, very rare 8-day movement with pinwheel escapement after Amant, half-hour strike on bell, movement drive via 2 weights, half-hour strike drive via hidden spring, which is preloaded by the going train on the minute wheel arbor, enamelled dial mounting, movement intact, extremely rare. This clock comes with an expertise by watch expert Dr. Helmut Crott from 1984, item then valued at 25,000 DM to 30,000 DM. Provenance: Tiger Watch Collection (Italy). We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 5.000 €
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Sold 267-4332 Table clock: important precision regulator with second pendulum, center second, and date, around 1800. Ca. 42 x 28 x 14 cm, wooden base, fire-gilt case, the fully skeletonized movement swings as a compensating seconds pendulum in a case decorated with stars and the sun, rare pinwheel escapement, 4/4 strike on 3 bells lying on top of each other, dial mounting with 60-second display, date with hands, base inscribed on the back with an inscription that translates to “Masterpiece 1790”, movement intact. The owner of the collection from which this rarity stems acquired the item in the 1980s for over 50,000 DM. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 5.500 €
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267-4333 Table clock: important, horizontal Renaissance table clock “The Rape of the Sabine Women”, c. 1570/1580 Ca. 12 × 12 × 8cm, square, gilt brass case on four feet, base plate engraved with a portrait of a nobleman, base plate with three winding openings for three barrels, self-striking, alarm mechanism missing, full plate movement engraved with cherub heads, verge escapement, fire-gilt dial, single-handed. The special feature of this clock is the side relief made of solid silver, which depicts scenes from Roman mythology in great detail and is of the highest artistic quality. In those scenes, the men of Rome carry out a mass abduction of young women from the Sabine people. An incised engraving on the inside of the base could refer to the Nuremberg clockmaker Reimann, who is mentioned around 1580. Provenance: Sotheby's Auctions, table clocks from this period with relief cases are extremely rare and are museum-quality collector's items. At their anniversary auction, Dr. Crott sold a comparable horizontal relief table clock by the Augsburg master from around 1580 for a record price of € 169,000 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/0M3). now only: 19.000 €
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Sold 267-4334 Table clock: rare hexagonal horizontal Renaissance table clock, attributed to David Krieger Augsburg, ca. 1625 Ca. Ø 13 cm, hexagonal brass case, 3 sides glazed, 3 sides with sound openings, very early construction with bell below dial, main plate monogrammed DK (David Krieger Augsburg), verge movement, self striking hours, original dial with engraving in center, iron hands, different restorations and movement with transitory modification (formerly 1 hand), case and dial in original condition, movement intact, with certificate by Jürgen Ehrt, expert on Renaissance watches. This item is a museum-quality rarity. Hammerprice: 4.500 €
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Sold 267-4335 Copper-engraved map: “Geographical Universal Dial and Striking Clock” by Zacharias Landteck Nuremberg around 1700 Ca. 50 x 57 cm, detailed engraving by the German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) with accompanying explanatory text. The engraving describes and illustrates a clock by the clockmaker Zacharias Landteck (1670-1740), which shows the times of the sunrise and sunset on any day and at any place in the northern hemisphere. Only one of Landteck's clocks remains. The map shows California as an island. It was first published around 1705. This is the second edition, which differs only in that Homann's membership in the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences is noted (he was elected in 1715), very good condition. Hammerprice: 950 €
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Sold 267-4336 Wall clock: rare, framed Bergisch wall clock from around 1740, 8-day “week runner”, so-called long runner. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Wooden case ca. 46 × 46 mm, iron movement with lever movement and hour-strike on bell, weight-driven, pendulum, original dial, original hands, movement intact, very rare. Hammerprice: 2.000 €
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267-4337 Wall clock: large bronze cartel clock, France, 19th century. Ca. 55 cm long, black metal and gilt bronze, full plate movement with short pendulum and strike on bell, Louis XV enamel dial, gilt hands, movement intact, striking needs service. now only: 1.000 €
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Sold 267-4338 Grandfather clock: rarity, important Louis XV precision regulator with seconds, by Julien Le Roy, Paris, circa 1740 Approx. 220 cm high, black wood (probably ebony) with bronze fittings, 2 weights for simultaneous drive to increase the running time, precision pendulum with temperature compensation, rare escapement, combination of lever and pinwheel escapement, silvered, signed dial with early seconds display, movement intact, extremely rare. Julien Le Roy (* 1686 in Tours; † 1759 in Paris) was a French watchmaker. Le Roy built his first clock at the age of thirteen. In the same year (1699), he moved to Paris to become an apprentice. In 1713, he obtained his master's degree, and in the following years, he became juré of the Parisian guild of clockmakers. Le Roy then became director of the Société des Arts de Genève, and in 1739 he was appointed court watchmaker (French: Horloger Ordinaire du Roi) under Louis XV. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 7.500 €
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Sold 267-4339 Grandfather clock: important Louis XV grandfather clock with center seconds, André de Laruel Paris 1740-1789. Approx. 205 cm high, magnificent scalloped wooden case with fire-gilt bronze fittings, lever movement with self-strike, pendulum, weight drive, cartouche dial, center second, signed, extremely rare. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 7.500 €
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Sold 267-4340 Grandfather clock: extremely rare, astronomical Frisian grandfather clock with musical movement, Douwe Jelles Tasma 1809. Approx. 230 cm high, two-tone wooden case with bronze mounts, early lever movement with pendulum and weight drive, highly complicated with grande sonnerie, full calendar, moon phase, musical movement and automaton, dial signed and dated 1809, movement intact. We cannot offer a Cortrie shipping service for this lot. Hammerprice: 4.000 €
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