It's not just Paris, Monaco or Geneva... The proof: the Hôtel des Ventes Bordeaux Quinconces is already at its fourteenth watch sale in the space of three years... For this new session, next March 19 , CEA expert Jean-Christophe Guyon, in partnership with VWS, has selected around a hundred vintage watches.
Complications, sporty, dressy, feminine, historical, adventurous… There will be something for all tastes and all wrists.
Cartier Tonneau Cintrée - Dual Time / Yellow Gold
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Cartier Tonneau Cintrée - Dual Time / Yellow Gold
Here is an exceptional curved tonneau watch with dual time zone produced in a few copies by the watchmaker of forms, with an 18-carat (750 thousandths) yellow gold case with screwed back (stamped, signed and numbered).
This amazing piece is equipped with two quartz calibers signed Cartier / 057 Swiss.
(Lot 12 - Ref. W1502853 / 224-89, circa 1998/2000 - Est. €10,000 / 15,000)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Triple Date / Moon - Rose Gold
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Triple Date / Moon - Rose Gold
This 36 mm complication watch combines a large aperture case in rose gold, teardrop handles and clipped basin back (French maker's mark E Sablier J for Edmond Jaeger) and numbered.
Its dial displays hours, minutes, moon phases and small seconds at 6 o'clock, date on the railway (reading by red pointer hand), day of the week and month by windows at 12 o'clock in French).
Its hand-wound mechanical caliber is signed Jaeger-LeCoultre.
(Lot 12 - N° 100860 - Circa 1948, Est. €5,000/8,000)
Heuer Chronograph Pasadena Date - “Full Black”
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Heuer Pasadena Date Chronograph - 'Full Black'
Speedster enthusiasts will love this tonneau-shaped pilot's chronograph from the 1980s, the latest generation of Heuer Pasadena models.
Its matte black anodized steel case is associated with a black dial with three ringed counters: indication of small seconds at 9 o'clock, minutes at 12 o'clock, hours at 6 o'clock, large red hand for the chronograph and date by window at 3 o'clock.
Pilot's watch requires, there is an inner tachymeter scale on the flange and mineral glass.
It is equipped with an automatic mechanical caliber signed Heuer / Valjoux 7750 Swiss.
(Lot 24 - Ref. 750.501, Circa 1982, €3,500/5,000)
Montblanc Heritage Chronometry Exo Tourbillon Minutes Chronograph Rose Gold
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Montblanc Héritage Chronométrie Exo Tourbillon Minutes Chronograph rose gold
This recent creation, dating from 2020, is an imposing watch with chronograph and tourbillon functions, 44 mm in diameter, offered in its case.
On the functions side, there are hours, minutes, chronograph with two retrograde half-counters (seconds at 8 o'clock and minutes at 4 o'clock, activated by the trigger at 8 o'clock, second stop), To be able to set the time precisely, the cage of
the tourbillon is equipped with a red mark in the shape of an arrow, which makes it possible to read the seconds on a scale printed on an opening of the dial around the tourbillon at 6 o'clock.
The date is indicated by a hand at 12 o'clock.
Its self-winding mechanical double-barrel caliber signed Montblanc / MB R 230 offers a power reserve of 50 hours.
Lot 30 - Ref.
146.2.34.S - Around 2020 €25,000 / 35,000)
Bulgari Octo Finissimo / Roma Green
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Bulgari Octo Finissimo / Roma Green
Fans of finesse will be tempted by one of the finest watchmaking successes of recent years, in new condition, here with a metallic green dial, with date window at 3 o'clock, equipped with a self-winding Bulgari / BVL 191 caliber.
(Lot 45 - Ref. Po6839 Ocswt102660 - Circa 2021 - €6,000 / 8,000)
Cartier Panthère Joaillerie Lady - Yellow Gold
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Cartier Panthère Joaillerie Lady - Yellow Gold
This Cartier classic dates back to the decade of the 1980s. Square, curved, in 18-carat yellow gold, it features the classic cabochon crown with a diamond on the breech-point side and an opaline cream dial with railway and Roman numerals.
Its movement is a quartz winding caliber signed Cartier / 157 Swiss.
(Lot 47 - Circa 1985/90, 7000 / 10000 €)
Omega Seamaster - Memomatic Cushion / Alarm
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Omega Seamaster - Memomatic Cushion / Alarm
A seventies example of the manufacture's alarm watch, then a competitor of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox, with its tonneau-shaped case, its rally dial with off-white and orange sunburst indexes, its gray seconds scale and its date window at 3 o'clock (adjustment by integrated pusher along the case at 3 o'clock).
It features a self-winding mechanical caliber signed Omega / 980 Swiss.
(Lot 54 - Ref. 166.0072, Circa 1971 - 2000 / 3000 €)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso - Squadra Automatic Hometime
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso - Squadra Automatic Hometime / Black
This 2010 version of the brand's sporty chic classic combines a reversible rectangular steel case with a fluted bezel and a black dial with a guilloché center with a railroad track, a small recessed seconds counter at 6 o'clock, day/night indication at 9 o'clock (coupled to local time) and date at 3 o'clock by counters.
A third red hand allows reading of the second time zone.
(Lot 90. Ref. 230.8.77, Circa 2010 - 4000 / 6000 €)
A Patek Philippe Ref. 1930s
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A Patek Philippe Ref. 523 from the 1930s
Not to be missed: an exceptional and extremely rare gentleman driver's watch from the 1930s produced in 100 pieces, with a curved rectangular case, with stepped arms in 18-carat yellow gold.
A piece produced in 1939, delivered with its excerpt from the Manufacture's archives dating from 2016. It features a Patek Philippe hand-wound mechanical caliber
/ 9 ''' 90 (the rarest version) n° 833.207 Swiss.
(Lot 89 - Driver Curvex / Yellow Gold - Ref. 523 - Circa 1939 - €20,000 / 30,000)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Chemin de Fer / Black
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Chemin de Fer / Black
A superb example of a Reverso produced in the 1930s, with a reversible rectangular shaped staybrite steel case and ribbed bezel cradle (numbered 929).
Its clipped back is engraved with the stylized initials RJ.
Timepiece equipped with a manual winding mechanical caliber with open dust cover signed LeCoultre & Cie / caliber 411 N°31534.
It will be provided with its extract from the archives of the Jaeger-LeCoultre factory dated February 1, 2023.
(Lot 94 - N° 17929 - reference 2201 Vers 1935 - 6000 / 8000 €)
Bordeaux - Quinconces auction house
Watch auction collection
Sunday March 19, 2023 at 2 p.m.
Catalog available on Drouot.com and Interencheres.com