Unreserved Watch, Clock and Jewelry Auction
Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 11:00am
To be held at the Radisson Hotel
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH
with limited preview the evening before and
full preview morning of auction.
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The nearly 500 items come from several major collections, families, estates and private sources across the United States and Canada, including rare men’s vintage and modern wristwatches, important European and collectible American pocket watches, estate jewelry and watch chains, ladies’ enameled pendant watches, ladies’ wristwatches, marine chronometers, deck watches, carriage clocks and related items.
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Wristwatches: Patek Philippe, Genève, automatic perpetual calendar with moon phase, ref 3945/1 in 18K yellow gold with integral bracelet and Calatrava cross clasp /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Sea-Dweller Chronometer, “double-red” ref 1665 in stainless steel /// Patek Philippe, “Pagoda” manual, ref 5500 in 18K white gold /// Patek Philippe, Offi cer’s watch, automatic with date, ref 5053J-001 in 18K yellow gold /// Tudor OysterDate “Monte Carlo,” manual double register chronograph with date, ref 7149/0 in stainless steel /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Sea Dweller, retailed and signed by Tiffany & Co, ref 16660 in stainless steel /// Omega Constellation Chronometer Electronic F300Hz with date /// Omega Constellation Automatic with date /// Omega Constellation, Automatic Chronometer Offi cially Certifi ed with date /// Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer /// Omega Seamaster Automatic /// Breitling Navitimer, manual triple register chronograph with calculation scales /// Zenith El Primero Automatic Chronograph with date /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer Submariner /// Universal Geneve Compax, manual triple register chronograph /// Omega Classique, manual, 18K /// Breitling Unitime Automatic, world time with date /// Rolex Oyster Chronometer bubbleback, ref 3130, 14K /// Rolex Oyster, rare lady’s vintage example in original box, ref 3492 /// Doxa, large double register chronograph with tachymeter scale, 14K /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual, “Superlative Chronometer Offi cially Certifi ed,” ref 6103 /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer, bubbleback, ref 5013 /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual, ref 6085 /// Rolex Oyster Precision, ref 4270 /// Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King Precision, ref 14000 /// Omega Seamaster Professional Chronometer, automatic triple register chronograph with date /// Patek Philippe, Genève, manual ref 2501 /// Patek Philippe, Genève, ref 3513/4, 18K white gold /// Breitling, Genève, Chronomat, early two-register chronograph with slide-rule bezel /// Rolex Precision, ref 4363 /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, uniquely styled 18K rose gold original case with bracketed and beaded surround /// IWC, International Watch Co, Schaffhausen, 18K /// Tiffany & Co, double register chronograph with date and moon phase, 18K /// Audemars Piguet, Genève, rare manual ultra-thin dress watch retailed by Gübelin, ref 50 /// Patek Philippe, Genève, ref 2406 in period box /// Jaeger-LeCoultre, Memovox in original marked box, sold by Türler /// and lots more!
European pocket watches: A Lange, Dresden, quality 1a, quarter repeater with calendar striking on single gong in very heavy 18K yellow gold original American HC in Jurgensen style, the fi rst quarter repeater with date produced by the company /// Breguet, Paris, rare and early stem-winding with alternative stem-setting watch No 247, in 18K gold purpose-made French case /// Charles Oudin, 51 & 52 Palais- Royal, Paris, high-grade minute repeating chronograph with minute recorder in spectacular cloisonné case with polychrome enamel image of the crown of the Pontianak Sultanate of Borneo, possibly made for Sharif Muhammad who ruled from 1895 to 1944 /// Patek Philippe, Genève, “Awarded Second Prize, Geneva Astronomical Observatory Timing Contest 1915-1916” in 18K gold, “Property of James W Bollinger, Davenport, Iowa” /// Swiss top-grade tandem-winding quarter repeating grande and petite sonnerie clockwatch, in 18K rose gold /// Patek Philippe, Genève, made for Tiffany & Co, New York, tandemwinding two-train button-activated fi ve-minute repeater in 18K gold /// Swiss high-grade minute repeating chronograph with perpetual calendar and moon phase, in 14K rose gold original hunting case /// Patek Philippe, Genève, made for Tiffany & Co, New York, minute repeating split-seconds chronograph in heavy 18K rose gold original hiddenhinge case /// J Van Ceule Le Jeune, Le Hague (Jean, ca 1700-1735, son of Johannes Van Ceulen, ca 1675-1715, who made timepieces with balance springs for Huygens), verge fusee clockwatch, 20-22K original repoussé pair cases with period gilt tombac alloy shagreen piqué outer, both inner cases bearing hallmarks of the Hague for 1726 /// Breguet, Paris, massive quarter repeating coach watch, now documented, bought in by Breguet from Nicod (presumably the elder at Rue du Bac, active 1807-1814), with additional fi nishing in the Breguet workshops, appearing in Breguet’s work-books with notation of the purchase from Nicod and sale to the King of Westphalia on July 13, 1808 for 1200 francs, who was the youngest brother of Napoleon I, Girolamo Buonaparte, who reigned from 1807-1813 /// Patek Philippe, Genève, made for Tiffany & Co, New York, tandem-winding two-train jumping-fi fth-second split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute register and rare full return feature inclusive of fl ying seconds hand, in 14K OF original American case /// Max Mayer, successor of Arthur Jaccard, “Balancier & Spiral Paillard,” 14K /// Mermillon & Cie à Genève, verge fusee, enamel panel /// Parkes & King, London (also King & Parkes, before 1744), quarter repeating on bell, verge fusee, 22K yellow gold pair cases, outer in repoussé with classic scene of Aeneas and Dido /// Continental musical quarter repeater, going barrels with virgule escapement, 18K /// Mahr, London, unsigned Audemarsstyle ébauche, 18K /// Adolph Lange, Dresden, quality 1a (Herkner system), heavy 18K yellow gold /// “Samson, London,” Continental verge fusee, silver repoussé pair cases /// Dent, 34 Cockspur Street, London, “Watchmaker to Her late Majesty,” styled in the manner of Abraham Breguet, going barrel keyless lever made by Nicole Nielsen, 18K /// Mochelle, Rue du Coq et St Honoré, No 6A, Paris, ca 1824, quarter repeater with concealed pusher, 18K /// Vacheron & Constantin, made for Bigelow Kennard & Co, 14K /// Vacheron & Constantin, made for Bigelow Kennard & Co, 18K /// L C Grandjean, fi ve-minute repeater, heavy 14K /// Corona, minute repeating chronograph, 18K rose gold /// Patek Philippe, Genève, made for Shreve Crump & Lowe, Boston, 18K /// Patek Philippe, Genève, 18K /// Patek Philippe, Genève, made for Tiffany & Co, 18K /// Patek Philippe, Genève, 20 jewels, 18K /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, made for J E Caldwell & Co, Philadelphia, 14K /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, high grade mvt elegantly recased in 14-16K early American case /// Patek Philippe, Genève, 18K, 1851 presentation inside back cover /// Patek Philippe, Genève, nickel recase, original silvered dial with enameled Art Nouveau numerals /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, 18K,1920 presentation /// Agassiz, Saint-Imier, 18K /// Patek Philippe, Genève, “Made for George T Brodnax Inc, Memphis Tenn,” 18K /// Nardin, Locle, gold minute repeater /// Patek Philippe, Genève, 18 jewels, 18K /// Humbert Ramuz & Co, Fabrique Diamant, Chaux-de-Fonds, Chronomètre, large and heavy 18K case, original leather-covered fi tted box and “Certifi cat de Marche & Garantie” /// John Morris, Liverpool, improved patent detached lever fusee, 18K /// Pouzait lever escapement, seconds-beating sweep seconds, time, day and date subsidiary dials, silver recase /// Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, half-chronometer, 18K /// Brothers Melly, elaborate multicolor gold dial /// S DeCharmes, London (1692-1730) sterling silver original pair cases /// High grade English double-dial calendar chronograph made for “Sir James Ramsden, Furness Abbey” (an important early fi gure in railroad development in England) Willis dial on back, unsigned mechanism most likely by Nicole Nielsen /// Henri Verriere, “Constructeur de Chronomètre,” Paris, massive lever pocket chronometer with French nationalist niello decorated back /// Tissot, dress watch, platinum and diamond /// A Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, deck watch, observation timepiece (Beobachtungsuhr) with winding indicator, massive .900 silver case /// and many more!
American pocket watches: Illinois, Washington Watch Co, “Greenwich, 23 Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire Jewels” marked on central bridge, model 9 grade 770 /// Illinois, Bunn Special, “26 Ruby Jewels” in two-tone damascene, gold case /// Illinois, Pennsylvania Special “26 Ruby Jewels” in two-tone damascene /// Elgin, Veritas, hunting model with winding indicator, grade 274, ultra-rare /// E Howard & Co, Boston, s#245, the 145th watch produced /// Waltham, Amn Watch Co, very rare double-dial chronograph in unique Waltham case, model 1874, 18K rose gold original faceted box-hinged HC /// Ball Hamilton, grade 999K, 18-size 23 jewels /// E Howard & Co, Boston, s#151, the 51st watch produced /// Hamilton, scarce grade 964, 16S, 14K /// Hamilton, C & EI RR (Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad) /// E Howard & Co, Boston, series V with scarce HC to OF conversion dial, 14K /// Elgin, B W Raymond, 18S, 14K, false box-hinged hunting case with gold cuvette, shield with initials on front and high relief horse head with small inset diamond eye on back /// International Watch Company, scarce 20J Jones caliber “H” grade /// Elgin, 18S, 14K solid rose gold original BWCCo hunting case /// Waltham, US Army Air Corps Vanguard GCT Navigation Watch Type A-6 with winding indicator /// Waltham, Vanguard, 18S, very heavy 14K original Hayden W Wheeler case /// Illinois, Bunn Special, 60 hour, grade 163 type 1, 3800 produced /// Seth Thomas, 25J Maiden Lane, 18S /// Elgin, B W Raymond GCT (Greenwich Civil Time) with winding indicator and hacking sweep seconds /// Ball Waltham, 16S, rare 14K solid rose gold OF original Jeannot & Shiebler case with Ball garter logo in back /// Waltham, Vanguard with winding indicator, 16S /// Ball Hamilton, “Eustis Bros, Minneapolis” rare double-signed private label, grade 999, 18S /// E Howard & Co, Boston, series V, hound grade, L-S (just over 15S), 14K EH&Co original case /// Elgin, B W Raymond s#135, 18S, heavy coin silver Dueber original HC with silver cuvette and gold hinges /// Waltham, P S Bartlett model 1857 with rare and possibly unique application of Lamb’s Patent ratchet /// Elgin, 16S (old dimension), 14K rose gold original HC with fl uted covers and band /// J P Stevens & Co, Atlanta, Ga, mvt by Hampden, 14K /// Waltham, fi ve-minute repeating chronograph /// Illinois, Bunn Special, rare earliest variant, 23J /// Hamilton and O’Hara, grade 992 with rare Borresen-DeLong center seconds /// Another Hamilton and O’Hara, grade 992 with rare Borresen-DeLong center seconds, different layout /// Waltham, Amn Watch Co grade model 1872, 14K /// Hamilton, hunting grade 991, 16S, 14K /// Rockford, two-tone model 10, grade 838, 18S, 14K /// Waltham, model 1883, 18S, heavy 14K rose gold original HC with scalloped band /// Ball Illinois, 16S, GF OF original Keystone case, 23J /// E Howard & Co, Boston, series XII adjusted, split-plate, L-S (just over 15S), 14K /// Illinois, private label for “Carl Petersen, Washington, DC” marked on dial and mvt, 16S, 14K /// Howard Keystone, series “O” in 14K OF original case with Jurgensen lips, 1921 presentation /// Elgin, rare B W Raymond grade 544, US Army AC, sweep seconds 24-hour GCT with winding indicator /// Elgin, Lord Elgin, 16S, 18K yellow gold OF original clamshell (two-bodied) Dubois case /// Ball Waltham, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT), and many, many more all sold unreserved.
Jewelry, chains, ladies’ wristwatches and pendant watches: 35-carat jade cabochon, diamond and platinum ring, the setting signed “Marsh’s” with Gemological Institute report /// 6.5-carat emerald, diamond and 14K white gold ring /// 14K gold and diamond ring, largest stone about .90-carat /// Platinum and diamond ring /// Edwardian platinum and diamond bar pin /// 18K yellow and white gold and diamond bow-form brooch /// Edwardian 14K white gold and diamond bar pin /// 14K and jade cabochon ring /// 14K enameled rose gold and diamond pin-pendant /// 14K white gold and diamond bracelet /// Assorted jade items /// Chronometre Tavannes for Dunhill, silver and enamel shuttered purse watch /// English 9K rose gold matchbox and change holder /// Rooster pin in 14K gold with mother-of pearl body, sapphire eye /// Bee pin in 14K gold with diamond- and emerald- set upper and lower bodies /// Victorian 9K rose gold neck chain /// Graduated hollow-link neck chain, 14K rose gold, Italy /// White gold and diamond items /// Necklace and bracelet in 20-22K gold /// Heavy 18K double-chained double-Albert watch chain /// Superb gold quartz watch chain with fob, 14K /// Gold-fi lled double Albert watch chain with fob of gold quartz /// Victorian short gold watch chain with Breguet ratchet key /// Gold double Albert watch chain with doubleheaded eagle fob /// Large 14K rose gold, diamond, ruby and enamel Masonic folding fob on heavy modern 18-inch 14K chain /// Man’s 14K tabbed and marked double-Albert watch chain, fob with natural gold in agatized quartz formation /// Lady’s Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer, 18K /// Era Watch Co, Swiss Retro style gold, diamond and ruby bracelet watch, asymmetrical head design /// Cartier, manual tank, 18K /// Corum, US $5 gold piece watch, manual winding /// Corum, US $2.50 gold piece watch, quartz /// Movado, rare backwinding LeCoultre designed movement, 14K gold original case and integral bracelet of unique hobnail design /// Baume & Mercier, Genève, 14K, diamond and pearl original case, bracelet and sections, original mother-of-pearl dial with diamond markers, quartz /// Patek Philippe, Genève, manual ref 1189, 18K gold rectangular case /// Hamilton, .900 platinum .100 iridium original case set with diamonds and emeralds /// Lady’s fully enameled hunting cased pendant watch converted to wristwatch /// Universal Geneve, rare lady’s Uni-Compax manual double register chronograph with tachymeter scale /// Asymmetrical Swiss wristwatch with amusing engraving /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, 14K OF original case, the back monogram pierced and set with tiny diamonds /// Pateck & Cie, Genève, 18K gold and black enamel original HC with signed gold cuvette, rose-cut diamond accents /// Swiss lady’s high grade bezel-winding ball-form watch, together with non-matching diamond pin, 18K gold and platinum basse-taille enamel case /// Elgin, Lady Elgin, 10S, 18K gold drum style original HC with gold cuvette, case with very attractive lake scene engraving on front /// Vacheron & Constantin, Geneva, Made for J E Caldwell, Philadelphia, 18K rose gold case /// Waltham, 0S, 14K original HC with gold cuvette, together with heavy 14K solid gold 50-inch rope-chain /// L Duchêne & Fils melon-form fusee pendant watch, 18K, ca 1800 /// Prussian market chatelaine watch, Franco-Prussian war period /// Frères Wiss & Amalric (Geneva, late 18th century), verge fusee, 18K gold original consular case with pearl band, multicolor gold borders /// Early pendulette automaton ring watch, 18K gold /// etc.
Early clocks from the George Long collection: French Boulle mantle clock with original bracket, in red tortoiseshell with brass inlay and ormolu mounts to the waisted side, ca 1825-1850 /// James Vick, London (at St Mary le Strand, 1735), ca 1750, 8-day bracket clock in ebony veneered case of small size with verge escapement and pull-quarter repeat on fi ve bells, brass dial with silvered chapter rings, pendulette and date /// Samuel Norton, Fish Street Hill, London (listed simply as “pre-1773”), 8-day double-fusee bracket clock, bell top mahogany case with fi gured veneers and brass handle, bracket feet /// Edward Stanton, London, early lantern clock, signed engraved dial with silvered time and alarm chapters, blued steel hand, ca 1670 /// Lewis Ferron, London (listed ca 1720), long case clock, near-black lacquered case with raised gilded gesso relief to door and base, ca 1730.
Marine chronometers, deck watches and carriage clocks: François- Arsène Margaine, Paris (1869-1914, won silver medal at exposition in Paris in 1889 and gold in 1900), 8-day grande and petite sonnerie, quarter repeating carriage clock in mid-size gorge case with alarm and elaborately engraved dial mask /// 8-day grande and petite sonnerie in plain case /// Tiffany & Co 8-day travel clock in 14K solid gold carrying case, made by Concord Watch Co /// Hamilton fusee detent chronometer model 21 /// Hamilton deck watches /// Hamilton torpedo boat watches /// Waltham and Elgin deck watches /// Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, British Hydrographic Services (HS2) deck watch, 60mm, very heavy sterling silver .925 original case /// Zenith and Nardin chronometers /// Scarce Bulova Accutron chronometer deck-watch.
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117. Charles Oudin high-grade minute repeating chronograph with minute recorder in spectacular cloisonné 18K case. estimate: $6/10,000
106. French Boulle mantle clock with original bracket, in red tortoiseshell. Estimate: $3/5,000
122. Patek Philippe automatic perpetual calendar with moon phase. Estimate: $24/30,000
Borel minute repeating moon-phase triple calendar chronograph White 14K gold and ruby suite designed for creative interchange of components
E Howard very heavy and spectacular 18K and enamel original “JL” scalloped edge HC with black enamel star decorations
Elgin spectacular heavy 14K multicolor gold drum style Omega Seamaster Professional triple register manual chronograph Jules Jurgensen pivoted detent pocket chronometer
Girard Perregaux, GP 7000 automatic triple register chronograph with date, 18K
Antique butterfly brooch in 14K rose gold set with rose-cut diamonds, rubies, sapphires, one central garnet, emerald eyes and pearls
Hampden, Special Railway, 16S, 14K original HC with gold cuvette, beautiful raised multicolor gold monogram
Patek Philippe ref 2509 18K
Jaccard-Lange contract, mvt by Jules
Jaccard & Co, Geneva, original D&S case signed A Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, 52mm, heavy 18K rose gold original true box-hinged HC with gold cuvette
Henry Capt à Genève, 36mm, 18K gold and scenic enamel original HC with signed gold cuvette
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