Two-Day Horological Auction
Pocketwatches,
Watchmaker’s Material and Old Coins
Saturday, October 31,
2009 at 4:00pm
Preview: 1:00pm
– 4:00pm, or earlier by appointment
and
Fine
American and European Pocketwatches, Wristwatches, Estate Jewelry,
Clocks, etc
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at noon
Preview:
8:00am – 12:00 noon
Note: Additional
preview time is available at our office by appointment from October 11
through
October 27. Please Contact
Us to
setup an appointment.
Auction Location: Radisson
Hotel Manchester 700 Elm
St, Manchester NH
03101
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Here are some of the European Pocketwatches:
-
Patek Philippe Extra grade minute repeater for Tiffany and
Co, 46mm,
18K OF original Swiss case & mvt both marked "Made for Tiffany
& Co by Patek Philippe & Co, Switzerland," SW-SS,
original gilt
dial marked "Tiffany & Co" and "Switzerland," repeat activation
by
slide, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, fully jeweled repeat
train, 31J with 8 adjustments, parallel pattern NI damascene, s#174740,
back with rhombohedral monogram
- Jean
Baptiste Baillon, after 1751, watchmaker to Queen Marie Leczinska and
Queen Marie Antoinette, elegant multi-color gold and repousse quarter
repeating verge fusee with dumb-striking and bell-striking option lever
as well as muting button, 46mm, 18K OF original consular case, KWKS,
WED w/ expert restoration, verge escapement, finely gilt plates,
pierced foliate scrolled two-footed balance bridge, rose-cut
diamond-set hands, without serial number; Britten's notes that Baillon
did an extensive trade and was "the richest watchmaker in Europe," and
examples of his work may be found in the Victoria & Albert
museum as well as others
Swiss
minute repeating moon-phase calendar chronograph, 55mm, 18K heavy
original HC w/ glazed cuvette in addition to gold dust-cover with
remant couple's portraits in floated emulsion within engraved
escutcheons, SW-LS, WED w/ apertures & sub-dials, lever
escapement, probably 25J as the repeat train is unjeweled on the dial
plate, NI, higher grade governor wag system, s#10788, slide-activated
minute repeating on two gongs, simple day-date-month-moon-phase
calendar w/ advancing levers through bezel, simple stop-start-return
chronograph activated by button on band
- Swiss Arbaco Masonic triangular form watch, 56mm length of
base,
gold filled (20 micron plated) metal original case with stamped relief
of Masonic altar & symbols, SW-SS, silvered metal dial with
painted
Masonic symbols in lieu of numerals, lever escapement, 17J, satined NI
mvt, no production numbers
- Isaac
Rogers, London, exceptionally large and near mint triple cased verge
fusee for Turkish market with Turkish dial and tortoise shell pique
outer case, 82mm, matching coin silver original cases, the outer in
pique with decorative bezels & edges, the second with
decorative bezel & edges, the inner plain, KWKS, WED with gold
poker & beetle hands, verge escapement, the mvt gilt w/ pierced
& foliate scrolled single footed balance cock, s#19545, in
exceptional original state, with an early 19th century GF stone-set key
- Ian Heyder, Amsterdam, (second quarter of 18th century)
pair cased
verge fusee calendar watch with champleve dial, 60mm, coin silver OF
original inner case with split-bezel, stirrup bow, rotating pendant,
and makers mark TM, the well-fitted coin silver period outer with
makers stamp, Lacroix; KWKS, silver champleve dial with sunken center
and pierced silver mask in armorial style with maker's signature laying
flush to brass dial plate, the latter with aperture for calendar; verge
escapement, both the two footed balance bridge and regulator plate
fully pierced, the former with scrolls, flags, animals and dolphin in
armorial display, elaborate wide scrolled pillars, rack &
pinion
barrel setup, without number
- C L Guinand, Locle, large gold split-seconds chronograph
with
minute register, 53mm, heavy 14K OF original Swiss case with squirrel
touch-mark & 14K stamps, SW-SS, WED, lever escapement with
capped
escape wheel & counterpoised pallet, probably 20J, NI 3/4 plate
with gilt front plate, s#31181
- Patek
Philippe made for Shreve, Crump & Low Co, Boston MA, 52mm, 18K
original US Market JS HC with Shreve signature on cuvette, SW-SS,
unmarked original WED, lever escapement, 18J, adjusted grade, s#114968,
mvt with both Patek & Shreve signatures, cuvette engraved for
William M Murphy
- Patek Philippe & Cie oversized Chronometro Godolo,
for Gondolo
& Labourian, Rio-de-Janeiro, 56mm, 18K OF original Patek case
with
logos & circular cuvette signature, SW-SS, WED, fully capped
lever
escapement with moustache counterpoised pallet, 20J, gold train, gilt
bridge
- Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, large gold hunter for
L M Lilpop,
Purveyor to his (or her) Majesty, Warsaw, Poland, 53mm, 14K original
Swiss case with Swiss touchmarks and circular Patek signature on
cuvette, with Lilpop contract in French, SW-SS, WED, lever escapement
with capped escape wheel & moustached counterpoised pallet,
18J,
gilt bridge model, s#127554, triple signed
- Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, 45mm, 18K OF original
Patek case
with logo marks and circular cuvette signature, SW-SS, gilt metal dial,
lever escapement with capped escape wheel, 18J, NI, s#804518, fully
signed
- A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, quality 1a
(Herkner
system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel, 49mm, 18K OF
original case with Lange signature in garter logo, gold cuvette,
SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully capped lever escapement with single pin
banking, 20J, top grade produced, s#34157, in associated box from
Marenzeller in Wien
- A Lange & Sohne in Deutsche Uhren-Fabrikation box,
quality 1a
(Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel,
51mm,
18K OF original case with Lange signature in garter logo, gold cuvette
with signature, "Martin Halbkram, Hof-Uhrmacher [master watchmaker]
Wien," SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully capped lever escapement with
single pin banking, 20J, top grade produced, s#42950, in near mint
condition overall, with near mint associated period box with spare
mainspring & crystal for a DUF grade hunter
- A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, in original
signed
fitted box, quality 1a (Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet
& escape wheel, 55mm, heavy 18K OF original case with Lange
signature in garter logo, gold cuvette, SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully
capped lever escapement with single pin banking, 20J, top grade
produced, s#63104, in excellent condition overall, the box with empty
recesses for spare mainspring & crystal
- Adolf Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, 50mm,
18K original
HC, SW with Lange's special lever setting feature - one shifts the
lever towards the pendant where it locks and sets, one then pushes in
the crown to unlock and return to winding mode, WED, lever escapement
with gold pallet and Lange single pin banking, 15J, gilt, quality 1b
(sapphire endstone), s#18871, with original box and bi-lingual
warrantee, complete with spare mainspring & crystal, fully
signed
dial & mvt, European contract case marked .750 only with
matching
numbers to mvt
- Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Switzerland, lever chronometer in
presentation box, "Presentation Gift of Honor from the Republic and
Canton of Neuchatel at the Federal Gymnastics Festival at Berne in
1947," the presentation in French within the original box cover and on
the cuvette as well, 49mm, 18K OF original case with metal reinforced
cuvette, SW-SS, WED with fine blue minute numbers, chronometer class
lever escapement with number by balance (following observatory
convention), probably 16J, gilt bridge model, s#87851, with Bulletin de
Marche from Ulysse Nardin, apparently its own certification of this
watch as a pocket chronometer: B quality 19 ligne mvt, showing maximum
variation in timekeeping at various temperatures and in various
positions over a range of 7.5 seconds per diem with a rough daily
average gain of 3 seconds per diem; the original certificate of origin
is with the watch as well, both papers concealed behind the top silk
lining
