THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING AND RELATED SCIENCES

October 9th, 2026 at 2:00 PM
75009 Paris - France

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THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING AND RELATED SCIENCES
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9 Rue Drouot, 75009 Paris, France

October 7th, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
October 8th, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Lot no. 1
BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Clarifications on the invention, theory…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 2
BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. An Essay on Clockmaking, in which this …
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 3
CAJETANO, David at S. Neus Rädergebäude, Vienna 1791.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 4
JODIN, Jean. ‘Rest Escapements Compared with Recoil Escapeme…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 5
LEPAUTE, Jean André. A Treatise on Clockmaking containing ev…
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 6
THIOUT, Antoine. A Treatise on Mechanical and Practical Cloc…
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 7
UNGERER, Alfred & Theodore. The Astronomical Clock of Strasb…
Val.: €120 - €180
Lot no. 8
Parts of a cylindrical TABLE CLOCK
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 9
TABLE CLOCK
Val.: €12,000 - €15,000
Lot no. 10
SMALL ‘lantern’-style brass and iron weight-driven clock, wi…
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 11
Iron clock movement, French, possibly from Normandy, late 17…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 12
MOVEMENT from a 17th-century striking weight-driven clock.
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 13
LANTERN CLOCK
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 14
RACK-AND-PINION CLOCK
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 15
PORCH CLOCK in white and grey marble, striking on the hour a…
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 16
PORTABLE CLOCK known as the ‘Capucine’, striking on the hour…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 17
FOUR-COLUMN PORTICO CLOCK in mahogany and walnut, striking o…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 18
Table CLOCK comprising a cylindrical silver case, 19th centu…
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 19
LYRE-SHAPED CLOCK with chimes at the half-hour; Paris-made m…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 20
MYSTERIOUS CLOCK in bronze (traces of gilding) and cast iron…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 21
Flying pendulum mantel clock, marked (on the dial) ‘Jerome &…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 22
2-day chronometer, signed ‘Porthouse & French Makers to the …
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 23
2-day walking chronometer signed ‘Victor Kullberg, Maker to …
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 24
MOINET, L. A New General Treatise … on Clockmaking for Civil…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 25
Small DIPTYCH DIAL in the ‘axe’ style, unsigned, Germany, 17…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 26
A diptych timepiece signed ‘Fait Et Inue[nit] Par Charles Bl…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 27
Universal equinoctial ring, unsigned, England, late 17th cen…
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 28
Portable horizontal dial with a ‘Butterfield’-type compass, …
Val.: €1,500 - €1,800
Lot no. 29
Hexagonal silver and brass equinoctial dial, signed ‘Johann …
Val.: €3,000 - €3,500
Lot no. 30
AXIS-STYLE DIPTYCH DIAL for English travellers, signed (on t…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 31
DIPTYCH DIAL with an axis-style design, inscribed (on the co…
Val.: €120 - €180
Lot no. 32
Equinoxial dial in gilded brass and silver, signed ‘L.
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 33
Portable horizontal ‘Butterfield’-type compass dial in silve…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 34
Portable horizontal ‘Butterfield’-type compass dial in silve…
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 35
DIPTYCH COMPASS with an axis-style design, inscribed (on the…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 36
Portable vertical brass sundial, unsigned, England?, late 18…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 37
Equinoxial dial in gilded brass and silver, signed ‘Iohann S…
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 38
Combined dial and compass in the form of a pocket watch, uns…
Val.: €300 - €350
Lot no. 39
Horizontal pocket quadrant for a single latitude (approx.
Val.: €100 - €120
Lot no. 40
Chinese equinoctial sundial made of lacquered wood, painted …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 41
HORIZONTAL DIAL and pocket compass with floating dial, cylin…
Val.: €80 - €120
Lot no. 42
HORIZONTAL DIAL and pocket compass with floating dial, pyram…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 43
HORIZONTAL DIAL and pocket compass with a floating dial, rou…
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 44
Maghrebian ASTROLABE, unsigned, late 12th century H (18th ce…
Val.: €18,000 - €20,000
Lot no. 45
PLANETARY CLOCK with rotating dials, unsigned but made by De…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 46
PLANETARY manual by Devon Clocks, in collaboration with Paul…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 47
Drum-shaped hanging clock with alarm, unsigned, Southern Ger…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 48
Drum-shaped hanging clock with alarm; the case back is stamp…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 49
Small octagonal silver watch case, late 16th/early 17th cent…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 50
WATCH with an oval-shaped case in gilded brass and silver, s…
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 51
Silver watch with an octagonal verge movement incorporating …
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 52
Astronomical watch signed ‘Leonard Bury Abasle’, between 166…
Val.: €9,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 53
Silver rod watch without a fusee but with an alarm, signed (…
Val.: €4,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 54
‘Onion-shaped’ rod watch signed ‘Gaudron à Paris’, circa 169…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 55
A watch with an ‘onion’-shaped stem and an alarm, signed ‘La…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 56
‘Onion-shaped’ verge watch signed ‘Claude Raillard à Paris’,…
Val.: €2,500 - €2,800
Lot no. 57
A ‘onion-shaped’ rod watch in gilded brass, signed ‘Bellard …
Val.: €1,800 - €2,000
Lot no. 58
Silver ‘onion-shaped’ rod watch signed ‘Colliot A Lion’, cir…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 59
Silver ‘onion-shaped’ staff watch with a repeater, marked ‘D…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 60
Watch with a so-called ‘onion’ crown in gilded brass, signed…
Val.: €1,800 - €2,000
Lot no. 61
Silver ‘onion’-style verge watch signed ‘Le Roy Aparis’, sec…
Val.: €1,800 - €2,000
Lot no. 62
TWO watch movements with balance springs, one marked ‘Barbie…
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 63
WATCH with a three-colour gold bezel (weight: 42 g), signed …
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 64
Wristwatch with a two-tone gold stem (weighing 70 g), featur…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 65
Wristwatch with a three-colour gold case (weight: 52 g), sig…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 66
Wristwatch with a three-colour gold case (weight: 52 g), sig…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 67
Cylindrical gold key (weighing 7 g),
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 68
Gold-bezel watch (weighing 117 g) with quarter-hour repeater…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 69
Silver staff watch signed ‘Tho[ma]s Maston, London 41630’, c…
Val.: €600 - €700
Lot no. 70
Silver staff watch signed ‘Robert Martin AD 1827 No.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 71
Gold cylinder watch (weighing 114 g) with quarter-hour repea…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 72
Sign-marked (dial and movement) ‘G.
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 73
24-hour regulator in argentan.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 74
Steel calendar and moon phase clock, late 19th century.
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 75
Steel calendar and moon phase clock, late 19th century.
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 76
Gold ‘stopwatch’ pocket watch (weighing 112 g) with quarter-…
Val.: €3,000 - €3,500
Lot no. 77
MOVEMENT from a carriage watch with a passing-hour chime and…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 78
Silver carriage clock with striking mechanism and alarm, bea…
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 79
Case of a verge watch with a dial signed ‘Beranger à Genève’…
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 80
Watch with an enamelled gold verge escapement (weighing 46 g…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 81
WATCH with an enamelled gold stem (weight: 91 g), signed (di…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 82
A gilded brass chatelaine with four links and five strands, …
Val.: €300 - €400
Lot no. 83
White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, openwork gold hands.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 84
Gold-bezel watch (weighing 69 g) with enamel work, signed ‘G…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 85
Watch with an enamelled gold rod (weighing 72 gr) featuring …
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 86
Wristwatch with a mandolin-shaped case in gilded brass [to b…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 87
Gold pocket watch (weight: 22 g) with clip, unsigned, early …
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 88
MOVEMENT from a watch signed ‘N.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 89
Brass proportion compass marked ‘Butterfield AParis’, 18th c…
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 90
CARRIAGE WATCH with striking mechanism and alarm, signed ‘N …
Val.: €30,000 - €35,000
Lot no. 91
SMALL SILVER WATCH with a double-decimal and duo-decimal dia…
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 92
WANDERING-HOUR CLOCK, the movement signed ‘Jacob Widemann Au…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 93
Mechanised globe bearing the ‘RED’ logo, with a letter ‘A’ c…
Val.: €8,000 - €9,000
Lot no. 94
A two-week astro-geographical table clock, inscribed on the …
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 95
Round-shaped easel clock, signed (dial and case) ‘Cartier’, …
Val.: €28,000 - €30,000
Lot no. 96
A three-link chatelaine in gilded brass with four strands, t…
Val.: €180 - €200
Lot no. 97
A three-link chatelaine in gilded brass, decorated with a ma…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 98
Three-link chatelaine in gilded brass, Rocaille style.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 99
18K yellow gold enamel pocket watch, signed (on the case) ‘G…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,800
Lot no. 100
ENAMEL-PAINTED CASE, circa 1650/1660, fitted with a movement…
Val.: €15,000 - €18,000
Lot no. 101
Gold-bezel watch with a double case, signed (dial and moveme…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 102
Two-tone gold staff watch (weight: 80 g) with striking and t…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 103
WATCH with an enamelled gold rod (weighing 58 g) signed (on …
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 104
Gold-bezel watch with date display and striking quarter-hour…
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 105
WATCH with a three-colour gold balance staff, featuring a da…
Val.: €1,800 - €2,000
Lot no. 106
Skeletonised gold verge watch (weighing 45 g), unsigned, cir…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 107
Two-tone gold verge watch (weight: 70 g) marked (dial and mo…
Val.: €1,500 - €1,800
Lot no. 108
Gold verge watch (weighing 116.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 109
A dodecagonal enamelled gold watch (weighing 70 g) for the O…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 110
WATCH: enamelled gold pocket watch (weight 26.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 111
Unsigned gold verge watch, mid-19th century.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 112
Gold verge watch (weighing 47.27 g) marked ‘Breguet à Paris’…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 113
Gold cylinder watch (weight: 31.
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 114
LARGE gold ‘savonnette’ watch (weight 252.
Val.: €4,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 115
24-hour pocket watch with a matching chain in silver-plated …
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 116
A foldable two-link chatelaine in gold and silver depicting …
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 117
Three-pronged chatelaine in gold and silver (weight: 101 g)
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 118
Silver CHATELAINE with two links, one of which is decorated …
Val.: €200 - €250
Lot no. 119
‘Onion’-shaped rod watch signed ‘Bardet A Paris’, c.
Val.: €3,000 - €3,500
Lot no. 120
‘Onion’-shaped rod watch signed ‘Albert Baillon Paris’, c.
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 121
Silver ‘onion-shaped’ rod watch with quarter-hour repeater, …
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 122
‘Onion’-shaped rod watch signed ‘Fremy A Paris’, c.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 123
Silver rod-style watch with date display, signed (dial and m…
Val.: €2,800 - €3,500
Lot no. 124
Double-cased staff watch with a decorated dial, signed ‘Daws…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,400
Lot no. 125
Signed double-cased silver verge watch (dial & movement) ‘Ma…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,400
Lot no. 126
Signed double-cased silver verge watch (dial and movement) ‘…
Val.: €1,400 - €1,800
Lot no. 127
Signed double-cased verge watch (movement) ‘Jn° Slatter Lond…
Val.: €1,300 - €1,800
Lot no. 128
Silver double-cased cylinder watch with central seconds hand…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 129
WATCH with a gold stem (46.06 g gross) marked ‘Lepine à Pari…
Val.: €1,200 - €1,500
Lot no. 130
Double-cased silver staff watch, signed (dial and movement) …
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 131
131 Triple-cased verge watch in silver, signed (dial and mov…
Val.: €1,300 - €1,500
Lot no. 132
Triple-cased silver staff watch, signed (movement) ‘Tarts Lo…
Val.: €700 - €1,000
Lot no. 133
Signed triple-cased silver staff watch (movement) ‘Dan[iel] …
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 134
Signed double-cased verge watch (dial and movement) ‘D.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 135
Signed silver double-cased verge watch (movement), ‘Jn° Akce…
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 136
Wristwatch with a gilded, enamelled brass verge escapement, …
Val.: €450 - €500
Lot no. 137
Double-cased staff watch with decorated dial, signed (on the…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 138
Silver rod watch decorated with enamel, signed ‘L[oui]s Duch…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,400
Lot no. 139
Gold-bezel watch (weight: 60.7 g) with quarter-hour repeater…
Val.: €1,300 - €1,700
Lot no. 140
‘Doctor’s stopwatch’ with a second hand, marked ‘Jam[es] Upj…
Val.: €1,600 - €2,000
Lot no. 141
Large-sized rod watch in a painted horn case, signed (dial a…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 142
Silver rod watch with a decorated dial, signed ‘Johann Ember…
Val.: €700 - €900
Lot no. 143
Quarter-hour repeater rod watch with a decimal and duodecima…
Val.: €2,500 - €2,800
Lot no. 144
Silver verge watch with a decimal calendar, signed (on the m…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 145
Silver-bezel watch with a decimal calendar, c.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 146
Half-skeletonised verge watch with quarter-hour repeater and…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 147
Double-cased silver rod watch with date display, signed (dia…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,200
Lot no. 148
Half-skeletonised silver rod watch, signed (movement) ‘Berth…
Val.: €800 - €900
Lot no. 149
Signed ‘Coulin à Genève’ (dial and movement) dual-time-zone …
Val.: €500 - €700
Lot no. 150
Four-dial rod watch, signed (on the dial) ‘Vaucher 12504’, e…
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 151
Three-dial rod watch with visible balance wheel, circa 1795.
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 152
A rod-style watch with a decorated dial and visible balance …
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 153
Verge watch with a dial decorated in grisaille, c.
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 154
Calendar watch with a central seconds hand, circa 1815.
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 155
Silver compass-style verge watch with central seconds hand, …
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 156
Compass-style watch with central seconds hand (second hand m…
Val.: €400 - €700
Lot no. 157
Signed silver ‘clock watch’ with striking mechanism (case) ‘…
Val.: €700 - €800
Lot no. 158
Silver verge alarm watch, unsigned, c.
Val.: €350 - €400
Lot no. 159
A rod-style watch with a calendar, signed on the dial ‘A Wil…
Val.: €400 - €800
Lot no. 160
Silver-bezel watch with date display, circa 1830.
Val.: €400 - €500
Lot no. 161
Silver-bezel watch with date display, signed (on the movemen…
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 162
Three-dial rod watch with visible balance wheel, circa 1830.
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 163
Gold anchor-escapement watch (weighing 86 g) with independen…
Val.: €1,500 - €2,000
Lot no. 164
Wristwatch with an ‘erotic’ scene, marked (on the dial and m…
Val.: €2,500 - €3,000
Lot no. 165
Gold-bezel watch (weight 28.14 g) with enamelled dial, signe…
Val.: €900 - €1,200
Lot no. 166
Gold anchor-escapement watch (weight: 72.
Val.: €1,400 - €2,400
Lot no. 167
Silver anchor-escapement watch (weight approx.
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 168
Vermeil escape watch (weight: 122.
Val.: €2,000 - €2,500
Lot no. 169
Anchor-escape watch featuring a portrait of a sailor, marked…
Val.: €400 - €450
Lot no. 170
CHRONOGRAPH WATCH signed (movement) ‘E Wise Manchester 27150…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 171
Silver anchor-escapement watch marked (on the movement and d…
Val.: €250 - €300
Lot no. 172
Gold WATCH (weight: 68 g) signed (dial, movement and case) ‘…
Val.: €1,300 - €1,600