Horology: The Estate of David G. Newsom | Skinner Auction 3790B

Fine Horology: The Estate of David G. Newsom 3790B | October 22, 2021 | 10AM | Marlborough, MA

Charles Fasoldt No. 87

Fine Horology: The Estate of David G. Newsom 3790B | October 22, 2021, 10AM | Marlborough, MA The collection presented here is the result of a lifetime of learning and passion for the art of timekeeping.

From simple time-only watches to grand complicated minute repeaters with perpetual calendars, from the most interesting and sought-after makers, these pieces were purchased and pursued throughout the world: Switzerland to Germany to the States, via auctions or private dealers or collectors—there is not a watch or timepiece that was not highly regarded.

The collection features some of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s finest accomplishments, including a rare No. 2835 astronomical quarterrepeating watch that George Daniels described and illustrated in his book The Art of Breguet, and Breguet’s No. 2729 “Une Minute” tourbillon watch, for which it took Newsom, a close friend, and the Breguet Depuis 1775 firm five years to correctly reproduce the engine-turned 18kt gold case, chain, and key as they had been lost decades ago.

The presentation from Michel Parmigiani of his “Meccanica I” Unique Object Reference U1140 to David and his wife Carol is a testament to the fact that David was a true collector of fine timepieces from any century.

I am honored to share with you this thirty-five-plus year horological collection: a true reflection of dedication and scholarship.

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1 Vacheron & Constantin Open-face Watch, white enameled arabic numeral dial with sunk seconds, and gold spade hands, hinged bezel, case number 212386, cuvette engraved “From Father Sept. 1911,” stem-wind, stem-set, Côtes de Genève-decorated movement, no.

343176, bimetallic two-arm balance with lever escapement, wolf’s tooth winding, and diamond end stone, 50 mm, 100g. $1,000-1,500

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2 Lebet 18kt Gold and Enamel Thin Huntercase Watch, Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1845, fully engraved case with enameled back, silvered roman numeral dial with Breguet hands, and hinged bezel, female key-wind, key-set engraved full-plate movement marked “Echappement a Cylindre, Six Trous Rubis,” and case edge engraved “Lebet a Geneve,” dia. 44.5 mm.

Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 229.

Literature: Published in The Sandberg Watch Collection, Terence Camerer Cuss, pp. 210-11.

Note: Certificate of Authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $1,000-1,500 2

3 Omega 18kt Gold Split-second Chronograph Olympic Watch, No. 1776767, reference 6713 with arabic numeral champagne dial, white outer division track, sunk seconds, and thirty-minute register, 21-jewel, manual-wind, caliber 1131 movement with straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, housed in its original leather stitched case with note pad, dia. 66 mm.

Note: Produced in a small series for the 1967 Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. $3,000-5,000 4 18kt Gold John Glover Hunter-case Chronometer Watch, London, made for the American market, c. 1840, engine-turned case with roman numeral enameled dial marked “J. Glover/London/304/Chronometer,” sunk seconds, and blued spade hands, key-wind, key-set movement with free-sprung detent escapement, with helical hairspring, housed in an American case, dia. 54.5 mm, 134g.

Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 3555. $1,500-2,500

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5 Robert Brandt & Co. 18kt Gold Ultra-thin Repeating Open-face Watch, Geneva, c. 1840, no. 25201, engraved foliate and floral-decorated case back, roman numeral enameled dial with minute markings and Breguet-style hands, reeded band with repeater slide, male key-wind, key-set, single plate movement marked “Echappement A Cylindre, Huit Trous Rubis/No. 25201/Robert Brandt Et Ce,” dia. 46 mm. $2,000-3,000 6 18kt Gold Albert I Prince Coin Watch, hinged case front activated by small push button on coin-edge, unsigned arabic numeral dial with Breguet-style hands, manual-wind movement with stem at 2, interior case engraved “To our Affectionate Son Robert In Appreciation Mother & Dad Sept. 1927,” dia.

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7 Bentley & Beck Oversized 18kt Gold Open-face Watch with Spring Detent Escapement, Royal Exchange, London, No. 932, enameled roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds, outer minute track, and gold hands, key-wind, key-set, chain fusee full plate movement engraved as above, free-sprung blued balance spring, diamond endstone, split bimetallic balance, and edgering dust cover, spring-activated case back, case maker’s punch mark “SB,” dia. 61.5 mm, 189g. $4,000-6,000 8 14kt Gold Swiss Open Face Annular Calendar Watch, no. 20160, enameled arabic numeral dial with day-date and month aperture below 12, sunk seconds with arrow hand, and moon’s age in center, pin setting for calendar components on case rim, engineturned stylized floral cuvette, stem-wind Swiss bar movement with split bimetallic balance, gold timing screws, and wolf’s tooth winding, dia. 52 mm, 140g. $3,000-5,000

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9 Charles Frodsham & Co. 18kt Gold Openface Chronograph Watch, 84 Strand, London, enameled roman numeral dial with outer minute division track, sunk seconds, blued spade hands with central chronograph hand, cuvette engraved in part “Fred M. McDean/To the Queen/Charles Frodsham & Co. Examined/Glendale, Ohio,” stem-wind, pin-set movement with wolf’s tooth winding, bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, and lever escapement, interior case stamped “B.Co.,” dia. 49.5 mm, 97g. $1,500-2,500

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10 Charles Oudin Gold Lapel Watch, c. 1830, engine-turned off-center roman numeral dial with Breguet-style gilt hands, maker’s boss at 6, hinged front bezel, compressionfit engine-turned rear case, male key-wind, key-set movement with cylinder escapement, dia. 27 mm. $200-300 11 Jean-Baptiste Sosime Schwilgue Brasscased Physician’s Watch, Strasbourg, France, early 19th century, foliate engraved silver dial with outer seconds track, roman numeral subsidiary hour dial, and center seconds with start/stop button on crown, hinged glazed case back, full-plate movement with key-wind mechanism, dia. 68 mm. $400-500 12 18kt Gold Ecole D’Horlogerie Jo-Hans Schneider Open-face Chronometer Watch, No. 713, c. 1990, roman numeral enameled dial with arabic numeral minute track, sunk seconds, gold cathedral hands, marked “Ecole D’Horlogerie Geneve,” stem-wind, stem-set, 18-jewel Côtes de Genèvedecorated movement, monometallic balance with gold timing screws, palladium balance spring, lever escapement, and stamped with the Geneva Seal, dia. 51 mm, 111g. $800-1,200

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13 Breguet-style “Souscription” Silver Openface Watch, enameled arabic numeral dial marked with “secret” signature, outer minute track, single blued hand, central winding, and signed below the six “Breguet,” ribbed collar, two-tone engine-turned case back with enameled blue ring in the center, and stamped “JBM/3761,” gilt-brass plate movement with monometallic balance, and blued-steel flat hairspring, dia. 54 mm. $1,000-1,500

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14 18kt Gold Demi-hunter Case Quarterhour-repeating Watch, roman numeral and engine-turned case, roman numeral enameled dial with double spade hands, and sunk seconds, stem-wind, pin-set movement with wolf’s tooth winding, split bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, dual hammers and chimes, dia. 51 mm, 108g. $1,000-1,500 15 Boucheron 18kt Gold Ultra-thin Repeater Open-face Watch, arabic numeral dial with engine-turned center, sunk seconds, blued Breguet-style hands, stem-wind, stem-set movement with wolf’s tooth winding, lever escapement, cut bimetallic two-arm balance, repeating on two gongs with two hammers, enamel-inlaid monogrammed case back, dia.

50 mm, 63g. $1,000-1,500

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16 President Grover Cleveland’s 18kt Gold Automaton Musical Quarter-hour-repeating Open-face Watch, Switzerland, hinged ribbed bezel surrounding the arabic numeral enameled chapter ring with two musician automaton figures in the center, reeded band with slides, engine-turned case back, goldplated cuvette, inside case back stamped “PVL/18K/34036/14125,” key-wind, key-set quarter-hour repeater on single gong with two hammers, and musical train, dia. 58.5 mm, 156g.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions, October 28th and 29th, 2006, Lot 600.

President Grover Cleveland to his son Richard Folsom Cleveland, then by direct descent to the owner at the time it was offered by Northeast Auctions. $4,000-6,000

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17 Charles Frodsham 18kt Gold Repeating Open-face Watch, silvered dial with engine-turned center, roman numeral chapter ring, sunk seconds, and blued spade hands, cuvette signed “Chas. Frodsham Successor to Vulliamy London,” key-wind, keyset repeating on single gong, bridge engraved “Vulliamy London,” dia. 44 mm, 76g. $800-1,200 18 Changeont Minon Astronomical Double-face Ratchet Watch Key, c. 1785, gilt case with small bow, glazed white enameled dials with center marked “Changeont Minon,” with month and day-of-the-month, blued-steel “arrow” hands, other side with center depicting a whimsical scene, and phases of the moon and days of the week with their astrological symbols, inserting the key to wind a watch automatically advances the calendar one day.

Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 132.

19 Arnex Gilt Base Metal Five-minute Repeater Watch, inside case front engraved “To David To help you master time...Love Carol.” $100-200 20 Stainless Steel Longines Centerseconds Chronometer Deck Watch, c. 1945, silvered dial with outer seconds and minute track, inner twenty-four-hour chapter ring, up/ down indicator, and hacking center seconds, stem-wind, stem-set movement with gold train, and marked in part “Longines Watch Co./21 jewels/8278720,” dia. 54 mm. $800-1,200 21 Dual-time Swiss Open-face Watch, for the Turkish market, roman numeral and Turkish enameled dials each with outer minute tracks, Turkish dial with sunk seconds, stem-wind dual pin-set movement with bimetallic balance and lever escapement, stamped on bottom plate “11789,” dia. 45 mm. $3,000-4,000

Literature: Published in The Sandberg Watch Collection, Terence Camerer Cuss, pp. 124-25.

Note: Certificate of Authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $800-1,200

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22 Bahne Bonniksen 18kt Gold “Non-Magnetic” No. 62873 Pocket Chronometer with 52 1/2-minute Karrusel Regulator, c. 1897, white enamel radial roman numeral dial with outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds, blued-steel spade hands, threequarter-plate, 15-jewel movement with going barrel, pointed tooth lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, palladium balance spring with terminal curve, index regulation, ruby endstone, Bonniksen 52 1/2-minute Karrusel regulator, stamped with the Bahne Bonniksen patent mark on the pillar plate, movement and case marked “62873,” dia.

55 mm.

Provenance: Antiquorum, Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, April 24, 2004, Lot 671. $2,000-4,000 23 18kt Gold Jules Renaud Open-face Minute-repeater Watch, no. 5110, arabic numeral enameled dial with sunk seconds and blued-steel spade hands, stemwind, stem-set, Côtes de Genève decorated movement with wolf’s tooth winding, lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, repeating on two hammers on two gongs, triple signed, dia. 47 mm, 73g.

Note: The Jules A. Renaud firm was active in Geneva in the first half of the 20th century and produced limited series of high quality watches that focused on the North American market. $3,000-4,000 24 Vacheron & Constantin 18kt Gold Open-face Watch, engine-turned silver dial with black enamel Breguetstyle numerals, concentric turned sunk seconds, blued cathedral hands, marked “Vacheron & Constantin/ Geneve,” engraved case rim and bow, display cuvette, stem-wind, stem-set, fully engraved and jeweled movement with wolf’s tooth winding, dia. 45 mm, 61g. $800-1,200

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25 Swiss Ultra-thin 18kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, no. 50349, gold-tone arabic numeral dial, stem-wind, stem-set, Côtes de Genève-decorated movement marked “Swiss/50349” with the Geneva seal, dia. 48 mm, 47g. $300-500

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26 18kt Gold and Enamel Ultra-thin Open-face Watch, no. 26126, fully engraved and enameled back, enameled roman numeral dial with Breguet-style hands, and hinged bezel, reeded band, female key-wind, key-set, engraved full-plate movement marked “No 26126/Cylindre, Huit Trous Rubis,” dia. 43 mm. $700-900 27 English Watch Co. Center-seconds Chronograph Open-face Watch, c. 1890s, silver case with enameled roman numeral dial with outer seconds and minute tracks, reversing sunk subsidiary seconds and counter, marked on the dial “Chrono Micrometer/F.P.,” stem-wind, pin-set, three-quarter-plate movement with patent dates and “101580,” ratchet-tooth lever escapement, split bimetallic balance, and blued spiral balance, dia. 52 mm.

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Note: Similar dial and movement held in the collections of The British Museum. $400-600 28 Charles Nephew & Co. Gold Hunter-case “Retrograde” Perpetual Calendar Watch Made for the Indian Market, Calcutta, attributed to Francois LeCoultre, c. 1850, enameled roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds, and month dials, day of the week aperture, and day-of-the-month sector, signed cuvette, key-wind, key-set, 19-jewel movement, with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, dia. 47 mm.

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Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 195.

Literature: Published in The Sandberg Watch Collection, Terence Camerer Cuss, pp. 338-39.

Note: A certificate of authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $4,000-6,000

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29 Patek Philippe & Company 18kt Gold Open-face Watch, Geneva, No. 153473, arabic numeral dial marked as above, bluedsteel hands and sunk seconds, cuvette engraved “No 153473/Awarded Third Prize/ Geneve Astronomical Observatory/Timing Contest 1910-1911,” stem-wind, stem-set movement marked “Extra” with patent date, lever escapement, wolf’s tooth winding, bimetallic balance and micrometer regulator, triple signed, dia. 49 mm, 98g. $1,500-2,500

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30 French Enameled and Diamond-set Openface Watch, c. 1860s, blue enameled dial with four white subsidiary dials: time, date, seconds, and slow/fast regulator, exposed center balance, applied diamond-set fleurde-lis, swing-out movement with cylinder escapement and mounted additional rear seconds dial, fully enameled bezel, dia. 43 mm. $2,000-3,000 31 18kt Gold Open-face Dual Time Zone Watch, No. 184, bold outer arabic numeral minute track, bidirectional rotating twelve-hour dial with knurled side mounted pull-out setting stem, and central roman numeral dial, slender blued spade hands, stem-wind, pin-set movement, cuvette engraved “Montre Hamidie Brevetee Inventee Par Mr. C. d’J. Raffaelli Depot Chez Mr. T. Tolayan Constantinople,” dia. 50 mm, 99g. $2,000-3,000 32 Gustave Ami Sandoz & Fils 18kt Gold Pair-cased Pocket Chronometer, no. 79125, c. 1896, roman numeral enamel dial with sunk seconds, and blued pierced hands, stem-wind, pin-set 18-jewel movement, chronometer balance with gold timing screws, blued hairspring, pivoted detent escapement, engraved balance cock, and gold-chatoned ruby endstone on balance, engraved cuvette, fully engraved cases, dia. 53 mm.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 281. $1,000-1,500

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35 Andreas Huber Silver Open-face Watch, Germany, arabic numeral enameled dial marked “Andreas Huber/Uhrenfabrik Urania/ Doppel-Anker-Uhr,” sunk seconds, and blued steel hands, stem-wind, stem-set gilt-plate movement, number 315150, split bimetallic balance, blued hairspring, and lever escapement, dia. 51 mm. $100-200

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36 Silver Triple Calendar Open-face Watch, enameled arabic numeral dial with calendar subsidiary dials, gold hands, swing-out, keywind, key-set chain fusee movement, with pierced balance cock, dia. 59 mm. $200-400

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37 Silver-cased Striking Open-face Watch, enameled arabic numeral dial with “squiggle” blued hands, ribbed collar with on/off repeater slide, push button activation on crown, hinged case back, unsigned gilt cuvette, full-plate gilt half-hour and hour striking movement with pierced balance cock, dia. 57 mm. $400-600 38 French “Mystery” Open-face Watch, 19th century, front and rear hinged bezels, matte silver engine-turned dial, arabic numeral glass dial, engraved on rear cartouche “A.S. & F Mysteriens Brevet S.G.D.G.,” dia. 53 mm. $200-300 39 Cased Brass Split-second Timing Watch, 19th century, unmarked, case with hinged bezel, enameled dial with minute and second tracks, 10-minute count-down register, blued-steel hands, friction-fit case back, rear wind, reset button on crown, and slide lever start/stop on band, dia. 61 mm. $200-300

33 Unmarked Silver Center-seconds Tourbillon Open-face Watch, early 20th century, roman numeral enameled dial with minute and second outer track, blued spade hands, stem-wind, pin-set, half-plate movement engraved faintly “No 1620,” blued screws, spiral hairspring, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, interior case stamped with hallmarks and “C&C LD.,” dia. 60 mm. $200-400

34 John Taylor Silver-cased Open-face Stop Watch, Rochdale, Williams Patent No. 4762, enameled roman numeral dial marked as above and with sunk subsidiary seconds and outer arabic sixteen-quarter-seconds ring, hinged bezel, stop/start slide on collar, keywind, key-set, three-quarter-plate movement with pointed lateral lever escapement, plain steel three arm monometallic balance, and balance spring with terminal curve, dia. 57 mm. $800-1,200

40 Zenith 18kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, Van Arcken & Co., enameled arabic numeral dial with sunk center and seconds, marked “Van Arcken Batavia Soerabaia/Chronometre Zenith,” stem-wind, stem-set, 17-jewel half-plate movement with spring detent escapement, gold escape wheel, split bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, gold chatoned ruby endstones on balance and escape wheel, no. 1157849, engineturned case, dia. 51 mm, 116g.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 301. $1,200-1,800

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41 Benjamin Haas Jeune & Co. 18kt Gold Hunter-case “Perpetual Winding System” Watch, no. 15593, c. 1873, enameled roman numeral dial with red arabic numeral minute track and sunk seconds, gold spade hands, 22-jewel half-plate movement with case winding mechanism, lever-set, club-tooth, lever escapement, split compensated balance with gold timing screws, blued hairspring, ruby endstones, engraved cuvette, dia. 50 mm, 119g.

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Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 470. $3,000-5,000 42 Joseph Player & Son British Royal Navy Deck Watch, No. 35737, c. 1905, enameled roman numeral dial with arabic numeral outer track, central seconds and blued spade hands, gilt half-plate movement with “broad arrow” marking, 22-jewel stem-wind, pin-set movement with carousel, bimetallic compensated balance with gold timing screws, blued hairspring, ruby endstone on lever, chatoned diamond endstone on balance, polished silver case with “JPS” punch mark, dia. 58 mm.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 310.

Note: Royal Navy documentation and short write-up on Joseph Player is in Dr. Crott’s description of this watch. $3,000-4,000 43 Breguet No. 785 Skeletonized Watch, 18kt gold case with silvered roman numeral chapter ring with five-minute outer markings, marked “Breguet/No. 785,” outer rear case edge engraved “Chaumet 108902/Breguet 785 A,” fully engraved and chased decorated plates, monometallic balance, lever escapement with jeweled pallets, winding stem at 6, accompanied by a signed Breguet box, dia. 50 mm. $2,000-4,000

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44 Van Cleef & Arpels Rock Crystal and Diamond Ultra-thin Skeletonized Watch, marked “no. 120044, V.C. & A.,” diamond-set band surrounding the off-white arabic numeral chapter ring, glazed center with skeletonized movement, blued-steel Breguet hands, Fausses Côtes-decorated movement, with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with flat balance spring, dia. 48 mm. $2,000-3,000

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45 18kt Gold Jump-hour “Digital” Minuterepeating Hunter-case Watch, England, 19th century, engine-turned silvered dial with applied gilt engraved floral decoration, circular hour aperture above the minute aperture, sunk seconds, and 300 scale tachymeter with blued-steel hand, stem-wind, stem-set, threequarter-plate repeating movement with lever escapement, start/stop button and repeating lever located on case rim, “LW” stamped on case with English hallmarks, dia. 53 mm, 163g. $3,000-5,000 46 Haas Neveux & Co. Platinum Digital Watch, c. 1928, silvered dial with arabic numeral chapter ring marked in center with maker’s name, triple calendar digital read-out below, stem-wind, stem-set, Côtes de Genèvedecorated movement, interior case back and movement no. 20453, case back with enameled seal marked “Res Non Verba,” dia. 46 mm, 58g.

Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 406. $4,000-6,000 47 Van Cleef & Arpels Platinum Jump Hour and Digital Watch, c. 1924, silvered dial with outer minute track, digital calendar, jump hour, and center minutes hand, marked “Van Cleef & Arpels 22171,” bezel engraved “To My Friend With Everlasting Gratitude October 1924,” stemwind, stem-set, Côtes de Genève-decorated movement no. 120013, case back with “K.M.” monogram, dia. 46 mm, 57g.

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Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 361. $3,000-4,000 48 Vacheron & Constantin 18kt Gold Digital Watch, c. 1928, two-tone case with silver dial, arabic numeral chapter ring above the triple date digital read-out, running seconds below, 18-jewel, manual-wind, Côtes de Genèvedecorated movement no. 410211, case back number 256403, dia. 45.5 mm, 60g.

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Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 404. $2,000-3,000

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49 Haas Neveux & Cie. Platinum Jump Hour Watch, c. 1928, silvered dial marked “Brevet No. 121377/Haas Neveux & Co. Geneve,” digital read-out for hours and minutes with running seconds subsidiary dial, stem-wind, stem-set, Côtes de Genève-decorated manualwind movement with lever escapement, and split bimetallic balance, triple signed, movement and interior case back no. 20532, dia. 46 mm, 58g.

Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 405. $4,000-6,000 50 18kt Gold and Enamel Open-face Watch, probably Germany, attributed to Jean André, c. 1775, roman and arabic numeral enamel dial and pierced gilt hands, floral-decorated enameled bezels, case back with painted image of the Virgin Mary, key-wind, key-set movement with blued-steel and pierced silver mask plate, two-level bridge with three steel pillars, cage, steel three-arm balance, cylinder escapement with lifting teeth on the escape wheel, dia. 47 mm.

Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 164.

Literature: Published in The Sandberg Watch Collection, Terence Camerer Cuss, pp. 158-59.

Note: Certificate of Authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $5,000-7,000

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51 Dent 18kt Gold Open-face Grand and Petite Sonnerie Minute-repeating Watch, c. 1874, enameled roman numeral dial marked “Dent 35 Cockspur St. London 26484,” with sunk seconds, and blued spade hands, stem-wind, pin-set, 33-jewel tandem wind movement, with cut bimetallic balance, Breguet hairspring, lateral calibrated lever escapement, winding crown activates the striking and repeating functions, three-quarter plate engraved “Dent Watchmaker to the Queen/33, Cockspur Street London/26484,” dia. 53.5 mm, 165g.

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Provenance: Antiquorum, Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, November 11, 2001, Lot 294. $7,000-9,000

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52 Robert Sutton 18kt Gold Open-face “Hacking” Watch, No. 67210, Whitehaven, England, enameled roman numeral dial with sunk center, outer quarter seconds track, spade hands with blued center seconds, start/ stop lever on case edge, stem-wind, pin-set, three-quarter-plate movement engraved “Robt.

Suttun Whitehaven No. 67210,” cut bimetallic balance, blued hairspring, lever escapement, and engraved balance cock, dia. 53 mm, 136g. $1,000-1,500 53 Giovanni Maffezzoli Silver Tourbillon Huntercase Watch, No. 3, arabic numeral enameled dial, sunk seconds, and blued-steel hands, cuvette engraved “Tourbillon Movimento A Cilindro Spiral Breguet G. Maffezzoli Milano 1913,” stem-wind, lever-set, gilt half-plate movement engraved “Tourbillon/Movimento a Cilindro/No. 3/1913/GM,” “271” marked under balance, fully engraved case, dia. 54 mm. $1,000-1,500 54 Jules Jurgensen 18kt Gold Quarterrepeating Watch with Alarm, no. 4903, Copenhagen, produced in Switzerland, c. 1845, white enamel radial roman numeral dial, sunk seconds, outer minute divisions, blued-steel Breguet-style hands, and “arrow” alarm hand, key-wind, key-set, 40-jewel, straight line leverescapement movement with cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the ribbed band, alarm activated on separate gong, cuvette engraved “Jules Jurgensen of Copenhagen No. 4903,” dia. 47 mm.

Provenance: Antiquorum, Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, April 24th, 2004, Lot 75.

Note: This is the only known Jurgensen watch with these two complications. $7,000-8,000

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55 Louis Audemars No. 11747 18kt Gold Hunter-case Double-faced Astronomical Watch, Le Brassus and Geneva, c. 1872, signed white enameled radial roman numeral dial with outer arabic numeral minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds, gold hands, enameled calendar dial with four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four-year leap cycle and subsidiary seconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture, lunar age scale on the edge, 18-jewel movement with lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, movement and case with the same number, phases of the moon disc signed “Ls. Audemars,” dia. 55 mm.

56 Jules Jurgensen 18kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, Copenhagen, No. 9472, enameled roman numeral dial marked “Jules Jurgensen/ Copenhagen,” blued-steel Breguet-style hands, and sunk seconds, cuvette engraved “No. 9472/Jules Jurgensen/Copenhagen,” stem-wind, lever-set, nickel movement marked with maker’s name, serial number, and origin, long lever escapement, and bimetallic balance, interior case stamped “J&J/9472,” engine-turned case back, smooth case front, dia.

54 mm, 136g. $2,000-3,000

Provenance: Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, April 24, 2004, Lot 160. $10,000-15,000

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57 Vacheron & Constantin 18kt Gold and Enameled Open-face Watch, Geneva, no. 357655, silvered arabic numeral dial, engine-turned sunk center marked “Chronometre Royal/Vacheron & Constantin Geneve, sunk seconds, and polished silver spade hands, enameled bezel and case back, stem-wind, stem-set gilt movement with wolf’s tooth winding, bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, and blued hairspring, marked “Chronometre Royal/357655,” in an associated velvetlined box, dia. 47 mm. $4,000-6,000

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58 Ilbery No. 5966 Gold and Enamel Pocket Chronometer Produced for the Chinese Market, enamel work attributed to the Jean-Louis Richter workshops, c. 1810, white enameled roman numeral dial with gold heart-tipped hands, sunk seconds, front and rear bezels decorated with blue, red, and white champlevé, painted rear spring-loaded back depicting an alpine scene with a young couple with Imperial blue translucent enamel sky over guilloché, fixed engineturned cuvette, gilt engraved dust cap, 8-jewel chain fusee movement with engraved gilt-brass plate with circular pillars, spring detent escapement was designed to have a Peto cross detente escapement, gold balance with four timing screws, signed “Ilbery London No. 5966,” dia. 58 mm.

Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 287 Literature: Published in The Sandberg Watch Collection, Terence Camerer Cuss, pp. 292-93.

Note: Certificate of Authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $8,000-12,000 59 Usher & Cole 22kt Gold Astronomical Minuterepeating Open-face Watch, Clerkenwell, London, No. 2651, c. 1890, made for John Wallace M.P., roman numeral enamel dial made by Willis with outer minute track, four subsidiary dials: day-of-the-month, day-of-theweek, moon’s phase with outer seconds, and fortyeight-month leap cycle for four years, gold fleur-de-lis hands, three-quarter-plate 20-jewel movement with column pillars, going barrel, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, platinum Breguet balance spring, and lateral lever escapement, fully engraved case with foliage, scrolls, and central geometric pattern with Philip Woodman case maker markings, dia. 56 mm.

Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection, Hotel Richemond, Geneva, March 31, 2001, Lot 96.

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Note: A certificate of authenticity from Antiquorum accompanies the lot. $15,000-20,000

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60 Abraham-Louis Breguet No. 4525 Open-face Watch, sold to Mr. Shaep on September 12, 1827, gold and silver case with off-center roman numeral guilloche dial with gold hands, key-wind, key-set, 14-line movement with ruby-cylinder escapement, snap-on cuvette engraved “Breguet No 4525,” interior case back with hallmarks and “4525/4094,” original red leather velvet-lined fitted case with additional crystal and gilt stamping on top, dia. 35 mm. $4,000-6,000 61 Albert H. Potter/Henri Kreig 18kt Gold No. 102 Huntercase Watch, Geneva, c. 1880, likely made for the French market, roman numeral enamel dial with outer minute track, sunk seconds, blued Breguet-style hands, Côtes de Genève-decorated bridges, 22-jewel movement, with Potter’s patented barrel, pivoted detent escapement, helical palladium hairspring, balance with gold and platinum screws, and ruby endstone on balance, housed in an engine-turned case, dia. 56 mm.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 288.

Note: This watch was most likely made for and is signed on the bridge by Henri Kreig, Paris, and employs three of Potter’s patents. Each bridge is engraved with patent dates. $5,000-7,000 62 Patek Philippe & Co. 18kt Gold Open-face Split-seconds Chronograph Watch, No. 97440, roman numeral enameled dial with outer minute track, thirty-minute and running seconds subsidiary dials, blued hands, cuvette engraved “H Hughart Laughlin/No. 97440/Patek Philippe & Co./ Pittsburgh, PA 1900,” dia. 50 mm, 120g. $5,000-7,000

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63 John Grant Open-face Watch with “Peto-Cross” Chronometer Escapement, London, c. 1808, enameled roman numeral dial with sunk seconds and gold spade hands, 17-jewel key-wind, key-set, full-plate chain fusee movement, sapphire impulse plateau, bimetallic compensated balance, blued hairspring, floral engraved balance cock, diamond endstone on balance, case with “MK” punch marks, dia. 58 mm, 198g. $1,200-1,800 64 Daniel Aubert 18kt Gold Perpetual Calendar Skeleton Watch, Le Brassus, Switzerland, 18kt gold case with engine-turned collar, champagne-colored brass chapter rings, signed on dial below moon phase disc “Daniel Aubert Le Brassus,” day-of-the-month, month, and dayof-the-week subsidiary dials, blued hands, skeletonized and engraved, manual-wind, stem-set, 18-jewel movement with straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance spring with micrometric index, dia. 53 mm, 144g.

Provenance: Antiquorum, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, New York, May 11, 1998, Lot 158. $6,000-8,000 65 Birch & Gaydon 18kt Gold Minute-repeating Huntercase Watch, No. 11948, 172 Fenchurch, London, roman numeral enameled dial with blued spade hands, and sunk seconds, stem-wind, pin-set, gilt movement, lever escapement with split bimetallic balance, and blued hairspring, minute repeating on four gongs, and four hammers, case back engraved “Press Through,” and case front with monogram, dia. 55 mm, 148g. $7,000-9,000 65

66 Frederic Alexandre Courvoisier 18kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, No. 772, roman numeral enameled dial with sunk seconds and pierced hands, swing-out key-wind, key-set, 17-jewel movement, three-quarter-plate movement with pivoted detent escapement, blued hairspring, and ruby endstone on balance, engraved “Fredric Courvoisier No. 772 Chaux-deFonds Suisse,” with dust cover, engine-turned case, dia.

51 mm, 80g.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 276. $1,000-1,500 67 Rare Gubelin 18kt Gold Astronomical Watch, Richard Daners/International Watch Co., No. 224741, gold and silver dial adjusted for 53.5 N latitude (Hamburg, Germany), blued hands, silver twenty-four-hour roman numeral chapter ring, gold sidereal time plate, small seconds, and phase of the moon aperture, caliber 970 manual-wind movement with Fausses Côtes-decorated plates, shock protection on balance, Glucydur screw balance, and blued hairspring, dia. 50 mm, 110g.

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68 No. 630 18kt Gold Quarter-repeating Self-winding Open-face Watch, c. 1810, two-tone engine-turned radial roman numeral dial with applied silver name boss engraved “Breguet,” blued-steel Breguet hands, and sweep center seconds, three-quarter-plate movement engraved in “Breguet a Paris,” with going barrel, straight line lever escapement with draw and visible jeweled pallets, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, pierced and engraved gold crescent-shaped self-winding weight with a limiting device to prevent over winding, two-spring loaded shock-absorbing winding weight, repeating on gongs activated by pendant, Guillaume Mermillod engine-turned case with blue champlevé enameled monogram on case back, interior case stamped “630,” dia. 56 mm.

Provenance: Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Antiquorum sale number 205114, October 16, 2005, lot 176.

Note: Antiquorum catalog entry: “This watch was clearly completed, cased and fitted with a dial circa 1810.

The movement of much smaller diameter is to be compared to those produced in the 1780’s by Jaquet Droz in Switzerland for the Chinese market. In order to meet the fashion for much larger watches it has been fitted in a gilt metal ring onto which the repeating gongs are screwed. The straight line lever escapement is of the type used by Breguet on his watches circa 1810. According to the monogram engraved on the winding weight and the back of the case, and the signature on the movement and dial, this watch could have been completed in Breguet’s workshop to meet a special request. The case was made by Guillaume Mermillod, who was working for Breguet at the time, and the movement could have been found unfinished after the French revolution. On July 27, 2021 Breguet stated “It is an interesting and rare piece but it is not a timepiece manufactured by the Breguet workshops. The movement is quite different compared to the “Perpetuelle” self-wind watches made by Breguet.” $8,000-12,000

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69 Abraham-Louis Breguet No. 2729 “Une Minute” Tourbillon Watch, sold to Le Baron de Pomaniczky, October 28, 1817, for 1800 francs, engine-turned dial with silver roman numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seconds at 12, bluedsteel Breguet hands, signed “Breguet et Fils,” one-minute tourbillon chain fusee movement, with lever escapement, threearm compensated balance, spiral steel spring with terminal curve, and gold timing screws, “secret” signature and movement number, dia. 58 mm.

Note: The 18kt gold three-piece engine-turned case, chain, and key were reproduced and manufactured by Breguet from 2014 to 2019. According to Breguet Depuis 1775 the watch no. 2567 that is in the possession of the Breguet museum offered the nearest clues to be able to reproduce this case. This watch also belongs to a set of ten watches that incorporate a tourbillon movement produced

by Frederic Houriet and was manufactured

by Breguet between 1810 and 1817. There is a two-page document from Breguet regarding the restoration and cost dated January 20, 2014. $200,000-300,000

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70 Blondeau 20kt Gold No. 2360 Grande & Petite Sonnerie Quarter-repeating Clockwatch, c. 1820, radial roman numeral dial with outer minute dot track, engine-turned center, gold Breguet-style hands, engraved hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures, grand/petite sonnerie and strike/silent levers, 8-jewel movement with double train, threearm gold balance with flat balance spring, cylinder escapement, push button pendant activates the repeating on gongs, French guarantee marks on case interior, engine-turned case back, dia. 60 mm.

Provenance: Antiquorum, Private Collection of Theodor Beyer, Hotel Baur Au Lac, Zurich, November 16, 2003, Lot 41. $10,000-15,000 71 18kt Gold Musical Repeating Open-face Watch, 19th century, roman numeral enameled dial with blued Breguet hands, fluted collar, gold-plated cuvette engraved “Remonter a Dore/Breguet at Fils,” key-wind, key-set movement with pinned musical disc, dia. 57 mm. $3,000-4,000 72 GCF Freres and LeCoultre 18kt Gold Minuterepeating Hunter-case Watch, c. 1890, unusual six-hinged case opening to the enameled roman numeral dial with sunk seconds, stem-wind, pin-set, minute-repeating movement on two gongs with two hammers, and with wolf’s tooth winding, dia. 55 mm, 171g.

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Provenance: Patrizzi & Co. Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 379. $4,000-6,000

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73 Michel Parmigiani “Meccanica I” Unique Object Reference U1140 No. 2021 Open-face Watch, Parmigiani Fleurier, 1999, 18kt pink gold case with double knurled decoration, case back with hand-engraved “Mondrian” decoration under blue translucent fire enamel, crown set with sapphire cabochon, 18kt gold guilloche matte slate-colored dial, onyx moon phase disc with mother-of-pearl moon, Parmigiani gold “javelin-style” hands, month’s dial at 12, date at 3, moon’s phase at 6, and day-of-the-week at 9, rhodium-plated 29-jewel hand-wound caliber 17’’’ 999 movement with minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and small seconds, bimetallic balance, helical hairspring with Philips curves, handchamfered and engraved bridges and decoration, together with 18kt gold chain, additional sapphire dial with black transfer printed dial on matte background, housed in the original fitted maple box, international guarantee, and certificate.

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Note: This watch was purchased and presented to David on his 50th birthday at La Maison Robert in Boston. There is a photograph with David and Mr. Parmigiani on that evening.

Michel Parmigiani was born in 1950 in the town of Fleurier, Switzerland.

He began his career as a watchmaker working for Marcel JeanRichard.

In 1975 he set up his own company which specialized in the restoration of fine historic timepieces and producing specially designed mechanisms for other companies. A noted restoration was of Breguet’s Pendule Sympathique, a table clock with associated pocket watch dating from 1820. By the end of the 1960s Mr. Parmigiani began to produce precision mechanisms and complex movements. In 1995 Mr. Parmigiani received the GAIA, or Prix Gaia prize, an award for special achievements in watchmaking. $80,000-120,000

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74 Mikhail Semyonovitch Bronnikov “Bone” Watch, Chain, and Key, c. 1865, arabic numerals on circular cartouches, subsidiary seconds at 6, pierced bone hands, pinned bone bridges, excluding the main-spring, balance-spring, and pivots, with going barrel, cylinder escapement with bone staff, three-arm balance, and bone index regulator, hinged case back engraved in Cyrillic, dia. 50 mm.

Provenance: Antiquorum, Sale 205114, Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, October 16, 2005, Lot 41. $10,000-15,000 75 Breguet No. 2835 Astronomical Quarter-repeating Watch, sold on March 23, 1825, 18kt gold two-part engine-turned case by Pierre-Benjamin Travernier, no. 3331 with bayonet back, and original Breguet short chain, engine-turned dial with offset silver roman numeral chapter ring, signed “Breguet et Fils,” subsidiary seconds, slow/fast regulator indicator, and aperture for phase of the moon above 12, gilt-brass 19-caliber movement with female barrel winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement with jeweled pallets and long lever, two-arm compensated bimetallic balance with inner adjustment screws inset in the rim, parachute shock absorber, blued-steel flat balance spring with terminal curves, repeating on single gong with hammer, and striking on a steel intermediate block, dia. 49 mm.

Provenance: Habsburg Fine Art Auctioneers/ Antiquorum, The Art of Breguet, Sunday, April 14th, 1991, Hotel des Bergues, Geneva, Lot 34.

Note: With framed Breguet certificate stating it was sold on March 23, 1825, Henry William Paget, “Lord Paget.”

There is an extensive write-up on Lord Paget and the watch in the Antiquorum catalog which accompanies the lot.

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76 Charles Fasoldt No. 87 18kt Gold Huntercase Watch, Albany, New York, c. 1860, roman numeral enameled dial with sunk seconds, and blued spade hands, stemwind, stem-set 16-jewel movement signed “C. Fasoldt’s Patent Feb. 1.1859/and Patent applied for No. 87,” tandem wheel escapement, split compensated balance with gold timing screws, blued hairspring, ruby endstone on balance and fine adjusting mechanism, housed in a floral-decorated case, dia. 53 mm, 119g.

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Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 23, 2007, Lot 450. $5,000-7,000 77 Waltham 18kt Gold “Premier Maximus” Open-face Watch, No. 17057292, enameled arabic numeral dial with sunk center, seconds, wind indicator, and blued hands, stem-wind, stem-set, 23-jewel damascened movement, gold train, bimetallic balance, diamond end stone, and blued overcoiled spring, signed cuvette, dia. 51 mm, 96g. $1,000-2,000 78 Waltham 14kt White Gold “Maximus A” Open-face Watch, model 1918, no.

26296259, silvered dial with applied arabic numerals, sunk seconds, and diamondtipped hands, stem-wind, stem-set, 23-jewel movement, dia. 44 mm, 42g. $200-300 79 Elgin 14kt Gold Multi-tone Hunter-case Watch, no. 25156070, polychrome arabic numeral enameled dial with sunk seconds and pierced gold hands, stem-wind, stem-set, 17-jewel movement, fully engraved case with image of a stag on case back, dia. 48 mm, 74g. $300-400

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80 American Waltham Watch Co. 14kt Gold Semi-box Hunter-case Watch, no. 3016666, polychrome enameled arabic numeral dial, sunk seconds, and blued steel hands, stemwind, lever-set movement, fully engraved case with ribbed edge, model 1889 movement, dia.

40 mm, 61g. $300-500 81 Waltham 14kt Gold “Crescent” Huntercase Watch, no. 18065728, arabic numeral enameled dial with twenty-four-hour sunk center, and subsidiary seconds, stem-wind, stem-set, 21-jewel damascened movement, dia. 53 mm, 125g. $300-400

82 E. Howard & Co. 14kt Gold Open-face Watch, no. 306741, roman numeral enameled dial marked as above, sunk seconds, and blued-steel hands, series VIII 15-jewel damascened movement, dia. 54 mm, 144g. $300-500 83 Waltham Open-face Five-minute Repeater Watch, no. 3793669, arabic numeral enameled dial with sunk seconds marked “A.W.W. Co. Waltham,” display back, stemwind, lever-set three-quarter-plate 16-jewel movement with bridge marked “Patent 1888,” dia. 49 mm. $800-1,200

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84 Appleton Tracy & Co. 14kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, no.

495688, roman numeral enameled dial marked “American Watch Co.,” with sunk seconds, key-wind, key-set, three-quarter-plate movement engraved as above, fully engraved case, housed in leather-bound Boston retailer’s case, dia. 45 mm, 68g. $400-500 85 Waltham 16 Size 14kt Gold “Crystal Plate” No. 17 Openface Watch, c. 1885, William R. Wills (Willis), enameled arabic numeral dial with sunk center and seconds, red five-minute track, blued Breguet hands, stem-wind, lever-set 16-jewel movement with three-quarter rock crystal plate, gilt damascened winding wheels, and main mainspring barrel, gold train, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, Breguet hairspring, and marked “American Waltham Watch Co. No. 17,” dia. 52 mm.

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Provenance: Sotheby’s, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Part Four, Volume III, Lot 1018.

Note: For an extensive history of these rare crystal or “agate” plate watches, see Gerrit A. Nijssen and Carl B. Goetz’s article in the NAWCC bulletin, April 2003. $20,000-30,000 86 Ulysse Nardin Silver Deck Chronometer, made for the U.S. Navy, c. 1910, silvered roman numeral dial with sunk seconds and rotating two-day power reserve indicator below 12, bluedsteel hands, stem-wind, stem-set movement with Guillaume balance, and marked “Ulysse Nardin No. 11297,” case back marked “U.S. Navy No. 11297,” dia. 64 mm.

Provenance: Patrizzi & Co., Hotel Richemond, Geneva, November 18, 2008, Lot 445. $2,000-3,000

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87 Longines Navigation Watch Set for the Bureau of Aeronautics, c. 1928, chrome-plated cases with onion crown winding stem at 6 o’clock, silvered twentyfour-hour dial, running seconds, and power reserve indicators, one marked “Longines Civil Time,” the other “Longines Greenwich Sidereal Time,” both with blued spade hands, case back on civil time is marked “B.U. Aero. Ser. No. 61-31,” Greenwich example marked on back “B.U. Aero Ser. No. 64-31,” start/stop levers on case back edge, 17-jewel stem-wind, stem-set, threequarter-plate Côtes de Genève-decorated movement, with ruby endstone on balance, housed in a walnut fitted box case with slide lid, dia. 76 mm.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, Mannheim, November 24, 2007, Lot 21. $800-1,200 88 Elgin Model 600 Two-day Chronometer, silvered arabic numeral dial with subsidiary up/down indicator and seconds dials marked “Elgin, U.S.A., No. 151/1943,” damascened nickel chain fusee movement with split bimetallic balance, spring detent escapement and helical hairspring marked “Elgin 600 U.S.A., 14 Jewels, U.S. Navy, Bu. Ships N 151,1943,” in a fully gimbaled brass bowl with screw bezel housed in a glazed, three-tier, mahogany box with maker’s plate, with padded carrying box and key, chronometer box ht.

7 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000 89 Charles Frodsham One-day Chronometer, No. 8632, 1 3/4-in. dia. roman numeral porcelain dial marked “Charles Frodsham 8632,” with sunk seconds and up/down indicator, gilt half-plate engraved “Arnold C. Frodsham 84 Strand London 8632,” chain fusee movement with split bimetallic balance, spring detent escapement and helical hairspring, housed in a brass gimbaled bowl with a friction-fit bezel, and brass-bound two-tier mahogany case. $300-500

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90 Ulysse Nardin Two-day U.S. Navy Ship’s Chronometer, silvered roman numeral dial with up/down indicator, running seconds and marked “Ulysse Nardin Locle Suisse 4525,” gilt plate chain fusee movement with split bimetallic balance, spring detent escapement and helical hairspring, stamped “4525,” in a fully gimbaled brass bowl with screw bezel housed in a glazed, three-tier, mahogany box with maker’s plate, with padded carrying box and key.

Note: Navy Department Bureau of Ships chronometer record dated “9-20-45” accompanies the lot. $800-1,200 91 Elgin Chronometer Display Table, mahogany table with four glass panels displaying the individual parts of the Elgin chronometer with a gimbaled model 600 no. 336 mounted in the center, wd. 34, dp. 34, ht. 16 in.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, New York, October 14th and 15th 2004, Lot 1023A. $300-500

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92 AutoRegulator S/N 1, Robert Shannon, Leominster, Massachusetts, dual timing trains display Mean Solar Time and Local Sidereal Time independently, Mean Solar Time train features a perpetual calendar, day of week, equation of time and moon-phase complications, provisions exist to execute leap seconds, and daylight savings operations with absolute precision, patented barometric complication that shows the current barometric pressure along with an animated display of the pressure over the past 24 hours, 11-inch Astronomical dial is driven by high reliability industrial automation components, reversing the design philosophy of quartz watches, bronze bells implement chime, strike and minute repeat functions, additional dials are driven by independent controllers connected to the master clock, electronic control console is hidden behind a panel located at the base of the regulator, dials float over an engineered stone back panel, Atomic timekeeping is implemented by a Symmetricom SA.45 Chip-Scale Atomic Clock module with a rate accuracy of about 157 microseconds per year (5*10-12, ADEV TAU = 1000 sec,) internal diagnostic checks are run continuously and can be monitored on the hidden console, internal uninterruptable power supply will maintain operation and accuracy for a limited period, electrical chronograph contacts for both mean solar and sidereal time trains, and a serial data output are provided, housed in a custom curly maple case by D.R. Dimes Inc., ht. 7 ft.

Note: This clock in the first production AutoRegulator. AutoRegulators are a new class of precision clocks. These horological robots are precision clocks that include a built-in observatory and clockmaker. This clock automatically monitors and adjusts its rate to an accuracy of milliseconds per century, and a precision of less than 50 nanoseconds. This level of accuracy and precision are achieved by a combination of a cesium atomic clock and the GPS system. $40,000-60,000 93 Philippe Wurtz “Gramat” No. 21 Precision Four-month Pendulum Clock, glass and nickelplated case houses skeletonized movement with gravity escapement that operates in a partial vacuum, the power reserve is the result of the 400-tooth wheel, epicyclic gear in the hub, and double pulleys, regulated by a seven-kilogram pendulum with invar rod on a knife-edge, and tungsten-weight, diamond coated pinions, frictionless magnetic hour hand, air-tight case with the patented regulation of the density of the air, ht. 81 in. $20,000-30,000

94 Breguet No. 2858 Month-going Mahogany and Brass Floor Regulator, completed on December 31st, 1931, sold on December 31, 1937, arched brass frame with three-paneled glazed sides and fulllength door, figured mahogany rear panel, and raised paneled base, 8-in. dia. silvered roman numeral dial, signed “Breguet No. 2858,” subsidiary seconds below 12, polished Breguet hands, rectangular plate movement with turned pillars, Graham dead-beat escapement adjustable jeweled pallets and train, mounted on brass bracket, and attached to backplate over a steel block, three adjustable screws with locking nuts, regulated by an elinvar rod, cylindrical brass bob, adjustable timing weight tray, and micrometer beat-setting arm and brass weight, ht. 68 in.

Provenance: Habsburg Fine Art Auctioneers/Antiquorum, The Art of Breguet, Sunday April 14th, 1991, Hotel des Bergues, Geneva, Lot 201.

Note: With framed Breguet certificate stating it was sold on December 31st, 1937, to a Monsieur Pusy. $10,000-15,000

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95 Unsigned Gothic Revival-style Astronomical Wall Regulator, Germany, c. 1850, fully carved and veneered stained oak case, cornice with quatrefoil cutouts, tracery-decorated full-length dial surround applied to full-length door, turned and twisted laurel-carved columns, brass roman numeral dial with silvered twenty-fourhour chapter ring, center dial based on an astrolabe with motion of the sun, moon, and stars, dial center with planispherium and surrounding chapter ring, which is divided into two twelve- and twenty-fourhour times, sunrise and fall indications, their position, azimuth, height above the horizon, gilt-brass movement with Graham deadbeat escapement, powered by a single brass-cased weight and regulated by a wooden pendulum rod with brass bob, ht. 72 in.

Provenance: Dr. Crott Auctioneer, 82nd Auction, Sunday, November 7, 2010, Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel, Airport, Lot 390. $5,000-7,000

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96 Gothic-style Grand Sonnerie Vienna Wall Regulator, I. Marenthaler, Wein, rosewood veneered case with carved quatrefoil and spire-carved crest, full-length glazed door, gilt cast-brass quatrefoil and floral-decorated bezel around the 8-in. enamel roman numeral dial marked “I. Marenthaler/Wien,” two-week grand sonnerie movement powered by three brasscased weights and regulated by a grid-iron pendulum, ht. 57 in. $1,500-2,500 97 F.A. Skelton Long Duration Wall Regulator with Gravity Escapement, c. 1892, walnut case with carved arched top, stepped molded cornice, glazed side lights, and full-length beveled glass door, silvered brass arabic numeral square dial with applied gilt spandrels, seconds bit, center aperture, and signed as above, long-duration brass movement with damascened front plate, four-arm gravity escapement, regulated wooden rod pendulum with an etched glass bob, and chrome-plated weight, ht. 52 in. $2,000-3,000 98 German Astronomical Wall Regulator, first quarter 20th century, fruitwood flat-top case with hinged upper side panels, full-length waist door, all with beveled glass panels, 10-in. dia. silvered astronomical dial with brass bezel, and blued-steel hands, eightday timepiece mounted on a brass plate with pendulum suspension, five-wheel train, deadbeat escapement with jeweled hardened steel pallets, maintaining power, beat setting crutch, and outboard pulley to direct weight fall, barometric compensating invar pendulum marked “Riefler Munchen-DRP 100870-2062,” with five-spoke nickel pulley and weight, ht.

57 in. $4,000-6,000 99 Reproduction of the 16th Century German City of Ulm Town Hall Clock, 23 1/2-in. dia. drum head with copper sheathing on exterior, gilt roman numerals on a red ground, astronomical dial with the local time for Ulm, the position of the sun in the zodiac, sunrise and sunset, and the date or the phases of the moon, all mounted on a stained pine case with diminutive tower clock movement mounted to the interior, large pendulum rod, ht. 89 in.

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100 Ganz & Co. Floor Standing Mahogany Regulator, Swansea, England, dometop case with hinged access door in the hood, full-length glazed door with finely carved foliate decoration below the 13-in. silvered astronomical dial signed as above, with outer minute markings, seconds, and hour dials, blued-steel hands, lower case with figured mahogany recessed panel, stepped base, silvered beat scale, eight-day movement with shaped plates, maintaining power, deadbeat escapement with jeweled pallets, brass-cased weight, and a faceted single-jar mercury temperature compensating pendulum, ht. 74 in. $3,000-5,000 101 Gilt Renaissance-style “Industrial” Table Clock, last quarter 19th century, 1 1/2-in. dia. roman numeral dial with engraved floral decorated border, thermometer, compass signal gun, and faux grid iron pendulum, stationary and hinged candelabra, and figures mounted to a stepped oval base with two profile figureheads flanking the base, rear with glazed viewing port for the movement, ebonized base with gilt banding and winding lever, all resting on gilt ball feet, ht. 16 in. $1,000-1,500

102 Thomas Pace “Rocking Ship” Mahogany Tall Case Clock, London, pagoda top with reeded columns on the corners, stop-fluted freestanding columns flanking the composite brass dial, roman numeral silvered chapter ring with sunk center, seconds bit, calendar aperture, and signed as above, arch with rocking ship automaton, keystone-shaped full-length waist door, paneled base with stepped molding, eight-day time and strike movement, regulated by an iron strap pendulum and two brass-cased weights, ht. 91 in. $1,500-2,000 103 Painted London Tower or “Turret” Clock Signed “Rolfe,” c. 1877, greenpainted iron frame with silvered dial, two-train mechanism with brass pinions, period crank, large green-painted bob pendulum with wooden rod, and weights, all mounted on a custom-made base constructed by R. Jorgensen Antiques, ht. 77 in. $1,000-2,000

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104 Rare, Limited Edition Jaquet-Droz Benjamin Franklin Automaton or “Android,” 20th century, Ben Franklin, with gray shoulder-length hair, porcelain head with blinking eyes, gilt-rimmed glasses, and elegantly tailored three-piece suit with velvet waistcoat sits at a delicately carved and inlaid burl walnut Sheraton card table, when the clockwork movement is activated, Mr. Franklin begins to write “We the People” in period script while his eyes follow the feather-topped writing instrument, the clockwork mechanism consisting of over 1,000 parts and constructed by eleven different craftsman can be seen from the rear of Mr. Franklin’s waistcoat, and is engraved on outer central post “We the People,” winding and activation lever at the side, all mounted on an inlaid walnut-veneered base, ht. 20 in.

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Note: Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790) was the creator of a famed trio of “androids” or mechanical human figures: “The Writer,” “The Lady Musician,” and “The Draughtsman,” which were built between 1768 and 1774 in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. They can still be seen today at the Museum of Art and History in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. This example was purchased from Royal Jewelers of Andover, Massachusetts, on July 9, 2009, for $205,250. The lot is accompanied by the original receipt, Jaquet-Droz folder with literature describing the contemporary reproductions of the trio that were conceptualized in 1994, and the book Androids/the JaquetDroz automatons, by Scriptar-F.M. Ricci. $40,000-60,000 105 The Sandberg Watch Collection Leather-bound Book, canvas-bound pasteboard outer case with tooled leather binding on inner case, fully leather bound and gilt tooled book, text by Terence Camerer Cuss, layout and design by Osvaldo Patrizzi.

Note: This copy is signed and inscribed to Carol and David Newsom. $200-250 106 Bench-made Bird’s-eye Maple Watchmaker’s Bench, 20th century, fourteen-drawer bench with catch tray and inset steel mount, ht. 49, wd. 60, dp. 18 in. $400-600 107 D.W. Roth Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting Howard & Co. Wall Clocks, 1993, whimsical depiction of clocks, cats, a grasshopper, and watches, frame ht. 77 1/2, wd. 75 in. $200-300

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