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Sold 292-4016 Pocket watch: gold Louis XV verge watch with relief case, Gilbert Paris 1767 Ca. Ø37mm, ca. 39g, 18K gold, verge watch in extremely rare, as good as new condition; case depicting two birds in a nest; case and movement bear the same number 1767 (presumably not the serial number but the year of manufacture); verge escapement; perfectly preserved enamel dial; gold hands; in working order; a rarity in this condition! Hammerprice: 1.300 €
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Sold 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. Hammerprice: 1.500 €
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Sold 292-4381 Singing bird box, attributed to Charles Bruguier, silver, ca. 1840 Ca. 98 x 60 x 36 mm, ca. 405 g, magnificent, signed silver case, marked ‘CB’, brass automaton, slide switch on the front to activate the automaton, movement intact. Charles Bruguier (1788–1862) was a famous Swiss watchmaker and master of precision engineering. Alongside the Frères Rochat, he is regarded as one of the most significant creators of antique sininging bird boxes in the 19th century. (https://www.cortrie.de/go/dJn). Hammerprice: 3.200 €
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Sold 292-4382 A stunningly beautiful singing bird box with guilloché enamel, probably circa 1830 Ca. 85 x 65 x 30 mm, gilt, richly decorated, enamelled lid, in very good condition, movement intact, activated by a slider on the front. Hammerprice: 3.000 €
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Sold 292-4016 Pocket watch: gold Louis XV verge watch with relief case, Gilbert Paris 1767 Ca. Ø37mm, ca. 39g, 18K gold, verge watch in extremely rare, as good as new condition; case depicting two birds in a nest; case and movement bear the same number 1767 (presumably not the serial number but the year of manufacture); verge escapement; perfectly preserved enamel dial; gold hands; in working order; a rarity in this condition! Hammerprice: 1.300 €
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Sold 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. Hammerprice: 1.500 €
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Sold 292-4381 Singing bird box, attributed to Charles Bruguier, silver, ca. 1840 Ca. 98 x 60 x 36 mm, ca. 405 g, magnificent, signed silver case, marked ‘CB’, brass automaton, slide switch on the front to activate the automaton, movement intact. Charles Bruguier (1788–1862) was a famous Swiss watchmaker and master of precision engineering. Alongside the Frères Rochat, he is regarded as one of the most significant creators of antique sininging bird boxes in the 19th century. (https://www.cortrie.de/go/dJn). Hammerprice: 3.200 €
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Sold 292-4382 A stunningly beautiful singing bird box with guilloché enamel, probably circa 1830 Ca. 85 x 65 x 30 mm, gilt, richly decorated, enamelled lid, in very good condition, movement intact, activated by a slider on the front. Hammerprice: 3.000 €
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Sold 292-4387 Travel clock: significant, museum-quality, complicated Japy Frères travel clock with songbird automaton, c. 1870 Ca. 30 cm high, with carrying handle, bronze, fire-gilt, signed and numbered movement, Japy Frères No. 4529, self-striking and repeater on bell; housed in the base is the movement for the automaton, which activates on the hour and on demand (by operating the lever in the base plate), enamelled dial, steel hands, extremely rare. The bird and its decoration are still in their original condition. The automaton activates, causing the bird to turn back and forth, but no sound is produced as the bellows are damaged. The striking mechanism also activates; the movement and the automaton require overhaul. The watch has not been used for decades and therefore requires general restoration. According to Antiquorum Geneva, only a ‘handful’ of these automatic travel watches are known to exist and are still in working order today; for example, one was auctioned in Geneva in 2012 for 62,500 Swiss francs (https://www.cortrie.de/go/vN5). Hammerprice: 36.888 €
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