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267-4152
Pocket watch: extremely rare Ulysse Nardin chronometer with electric contact device, ca. 1880
Ca. Ø58.5mm, ca. 170g, engine turned silver case, Ulysse Nardin punch, case and movement with matching number No.8600, very fine Ankerchronometer movement, Geneva stripes, fine adjusting device, also signed and numbered, signed original enamel dial ( craquelling in the rim area), blued steel hands, bezel inscribed "CONTACT", next to it a slide as well as the two contacts for controlling electrical currents every second, in good condition, in working order, one end of the contact bent. The device for controlling electrical currents every second is usually only found on some marine chronometers. This device is extremely rare on pocket watches.
Hammerprice: 2.000 €
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267-4153
Pocket watch: almost as good as new observatory chronometer with split-seconds chronograph, Ulysse Nardin 1948
Ca.Ø 65mm, ca. 225g, stainless steel, serial number 614306, movement number 125077 Anker chronometer with chronograph rattrapante and fine adjustment, fast swing, original enamel dial with chronometer marking, steel hands, split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute counter, excellent condition, in working order, tested at the observatory in Neuchatel in 1948. This watch is one of a series of only 402 pieces that were sold in the 1950s that were previously used as test chronometers at Ulysse Nardin. These pieces have calibers from the 1930s that were not finalized until the 1940s and 1950s: (https://www.cortrie.de/go/Pgq).
Hammerprice: 3.600 €
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267-4156
Pocket watch: a rarity, Ulysse Nardin deck watch with chronometer escapement and power reserve indicator, ca. 1908
Ca. Ø 64mm, ca. 216g, original silver case, serial no. 315208, dome marked Chronometre No. 13834, gilt, signed movement with chronometer escapement, No. 13834, original enamel dial with power reserve indicator, steel hands, small chip at the hole of the power reserve indicator, otherwise very good condition, rare.
Hammerprice: 2.300 €
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267-4158
Pocket watch: Ulysse Nardin observatory chronometer with spring detent escapement, ca. 1930
Ca. Ø 64mm, ca. 218g, steel, original case with Ulysse Nardin hallmark, serial number 376725, Ulysse Nardin chronometer with spring detent escapement and power reserve, movement number 21574, Geneva stripes, original silvered dial, marked "Chronometre", blued steel hands, in working order, tested at the Neuchâtel Observatory in 1931, rare. The fine adjuster at the time was Henri Gerber, who later became technical director at Omega.
Hammerprice: 3.300 €
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267-4160
Pocket watch: extremely rare Ulysse Nardin marksman's watch, Federal Shooting Festival Aarau 1924
Ca. Ø49mm, ca. 86g, 18K gold, relief case by Huguenin (signed), dome inscribed "Eidgenössisches Schützenfest Aarau 1924 Tir Federal", chronometer movement, fine adjusting device, signed Ulysse Nardin Locle Geneve No. 82808, signed enamel dial in very good condition, blued Breguet steel hands, very rare, very good condition, in working order, hands setting needs service.
Hammerprice: 2.200 €
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267-4217
Pocket watch: heavy gold hunting case pocket watch with minute repeater and chronograph, August Ericsson St. Petersburg, circa 1900
Ca. Ø 53mm, ca. 141g, 14K pink gold, engine-turned, very heavy quality hunting pocket watch, serial number 226166 in the case and on the movement, dome signed, very fine and very rare caliber, top Swiss quality with screwed gold chatons, minute repeater and chronograph, very well preserved, signed enamel dial, pink gold hands, movement intact, chronograph as well, repeater works but needs to be adjusted. August Ericsson was a respected Swedish watchmaker and dealer based in St. Petersburg from 1865. Ericsson used only the highest quality movements such as Ulysse Nardin, IWC, Longines and even Patek Philippe and Victor Kullberg for his pocket watches and marine chronometers. He supplied watches to the Tsar's family and the Russian navy, among others. Ericsson died in 1915.
Hammerprice: 4.000 €
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