Highly jeweled nickel lever movement, wolf-tooth wind, slide repeat, bi-metallic compensation, balance, gold cuvette engraved Alfred G. Stein, white enamel dial, roman numerals, four subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds combined with dates, day of week, months, and moon phases combined with ages of the moon, polished case with 18k chain terminating in a pocket knife engraved with the signature of Alfred G. Stein, also accompanied by a medal struck in 1901 inscribed MANTUFACTURE D’HORLOGERIE FONDEE EN 1839 PATEK PHILLIPE ET CIE SOCIETE ANOYME DU 1 ER FEV: 1901 ADMNISTATEURS: A. BENASSY = PHILIPPE PRET, J. PERRIER • SECR; A. CONTY E. PHILIPPE Alf: G. – STEIN. The front struck with profiles busts of Ant. N. DE. Patek and AD. Philippe, the medal signed by the artist George Hantz. Diameter 54 mm. Alfred G. Stein, an American, became partner of Patek Phillippe in 1901. He was named head of the New York office and responsible for the distribution of Patek Philippe watches in the United States. $60,000-70,000. Sotheby’s Important Watches and Wristwatches and Clocks, New York, Mon, October, 1989. Code name 5917 “SCHULZ”.
Oil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2022.
• 444 A GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALNDAER WATCH WITH MOON PHASES, FOR ALFRED G. STEIN, PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENÉVE, NO, 97633, CIRCA 1895, 18k, highly jeweled nickel lever movement, wolf-tooth wind, slide repeat, bi-metallic compensation, balance, gold cuvette engraved Alfred G. Stein, white enamel dial, roman numerals, four subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds combined with dates, day of week, months, and moon phases combined with ages of the moon, polished case with 18k chain terminating in a pocket knife engraved with the signature of Alfred G. Stein, also accompanied by a medal struck in 1901 inscribed MANTUFACTURE D’HORLOGERIE FONDEE EN 1839 PATEK PHILLIPE ET CIE SOCIETE ANOYME DU 1 ER FEV: 1901 ADMNISTATEURS: A. BENASSY = PHILIPPE PRET, J. PERRIER • SECR; A. CONTY E. PHILIPPE Alf: G. – STEIN. The front struck with profiles busts of Ant. N. DE. Patek and AD. Philippe, the medal signed by the artist George Hantz. Diameter 54 mm. Alfred G. Stein, an American, became partner of Patek Phillippe in 1901. He was named head of the New York office and responsible for the distribution of Patek Philippe watches in the United States. $60,000-70,000. Sotheby’s Important Watches and Wristwatches and Clocks, New York, Mon, October, 1989. Code name 5917 “SCHULZ”.
Oil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2022.
Signed Patek Phillipe & Co., Geneve, No. 47374, circa 1877With gilt-finished jeweled bar movement, Wolf’s tooth winding, bi-metallic multi screw compensation balance, helical hairspring, free sprung regulator, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, plain case with black enamel Roman hour indications around half-hunter opening, case and cuvette signed and numbered – 56 mmThis watch is accompanied by the original fitted mahagony box and certificate. SFr. 20,000-25,000 Important Watches and Wristwatches, Geneva, Wednesday, 26 May, 1993, Christie’s Publications. Auction will be sold at Hotel Richemond, 8-10 rue A. Fabi, 1201 Geneva, under the aegis of Maître Jean Christian, Hussier Judiciaire. Wednesday May 26, 1993 at 10.30h (lots 1-138) and at 14.00h (lots 139-285). Sale Code: DANIEL-1145.
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 182.88 cm (36” x 60”), November, 2016. Private collection.
18k, gilt duplex movement, bi-metallic compensationbalance, diamond endstone, wound by means of pulling piston on pendant, gold dials with seconds at 3 o’clock, roman numerals, the center engraved with scrolls, roman numerals, engine-turned case centered by a blank disc, movement signed, case hallmarked, London 1806, case stamped with casemaker’s mark LC (Louis Comtesse.) Diameter 49mm. $2,000-3,000. Highly Important Americana from Stanley Paul Sax Collection, January 16th-17th, 1998, SOTHEBY’S, Publications, New York. Sale Code: 7087-SAX
Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, 2016. Private collection.
COMPENSATION BALANCE and/or (Lot No. 406 A SMALL 18 CARAT GOLD ONE MINUTE KEYWOUND TOURBILLON HUNTER-CASED WATCH, Unsigned circa 1850. With three-quarter plate gilt finished movement, going barrel, compensation balance with free-sprung regulator, three armed tourbillon carriage, the silvered textured dial with matt chapter ring, Roman numerals, engine-turned case – 46 mm diam. SFr. 40,000-60,000. Important Watches and Wristwatches, Geneva, Wednesday, 18, November 1992. CHRISTIE’S, International, Geneva, 1992. Auction at the Hotel Richemond, 8-10 rue A. Fabi, 1201 Geneva. Under the aegis of Maître Jean. Christin, Hussier Judicaire. Wednesday November 18, 1992 at 10.00h (lots 1-184) at 14.00h (lots 185-406). Sale Code: STERNCHEN 1127.)
Oil on canvas
91.44 cm x 182.88 cm (36” x 72”)
September, 2016
Paul Ditisheim No. 10257 A gold hunting case triple gold bridge one-minute tourbillon with chronometer escapement, circa 1916, diameter 2 3/8in (5.9cm), with original red leather box. New York $170,500 (£120,070). 11.XII.86 (P.242, The Atwood Collection, SAA 1987).
Oil on canvas, 36” x 30”, 2015. Private collection.
Damascened gilt movement with Guillaume balance, blued steel spiral spring and micrometer adjustment to the regulator, silvered dial, Arabic numerals, the minutes divided into fiths, plain case stamped with Admirality arrow and H.S. 2 54836, in brass box with screw bezel contained in mahagony deck box, with label inscribed Issued from Chronometer Dept. Royal Greenwich Observatory. Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex. Lacking bow. Diameter 60 mm. (2) £1,200-1,500 Clocks, Watches, Mechanical Music & Instruments of Science & Technology, London, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th, October, 1993, SOTHEBY’S Publications, London. Important Clocks, Watches and Barometers, including a further selection from the property of Joseph M. Meraux, Mechanical Musical Instruments of Science and Technology. Day of Sale: Thursday 7th October 1993 at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm, Friday 8th October 1993 at 10.30 am. In the Colonade Galleries. Sale Code: LIBRA
Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, 2016. Private collection
Nickel lever movement, 18 jewels, adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, bi-metallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, silvered matte dial, applied Arabic numerals, four subsidiary dials indicating months calibrated for leap-year cycle, day of week, date and moon phases combined with constant seconds, satin polished case engraved with arms of Henry Graves, Jr., case, dial and movement signed. Diameter 46 mm. Henry Graves, Jr., shares with J.W. Packard the distinction of being the greatest patrons of Patek Philippe in the 20th century, culminating in his request to the company for a watch more complicated than Packard’s, sold April 6, 1927 for 12,815 SF. The result took five years to produce and was delivered to Henry Graves on January 19, 1933 for the price of 60,000. This remained the most complicated watch made until the Calibre 89 in 1989. His watched are distinguished by his coat of arms or his name enameled on the dial. The watches are always distinguished by their purity of design as well as their complications.$35,000-45,000. Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks, New York, Tuesday February 11, 1992, SOTHEBY’S publications, NY, 1992. Sale Code: 6272 “MAXI”
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 121.92 cm (36” x 48”), 2017.