Bidspirit auctions | Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH Auction May 9

Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH, May 9. 255 lots, estimates 300 - 40000 €.

Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH -

Pocket watches and wristwatches, fine collector’s watches

This sale presents an exceptional horological journey, offering a comprehensive collection of timekeeping devices. Spanning from the 17th to the 21st century, it features a diverse array of pocket watches from eminent European makers, showcasing remarkable technical complexities such as repeaters, chronometers, and automatons, alongside exquisite artistic and decorative designs. Complementing these are significant wristwatches, precision marine chronometers, rare scientific instruments, and elegant antique accessories, reflecting centuries of masterful craftsmanship and innovation.

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Lots in this catalog (255)

• Lot 4001: Pocket watch: rare ‘Le Jockey’ casino music box, France, ca. 1920 — €400 - €800
• Lot 4002: Pocket watch: Casino music box "Horse Racing", Switzerland, circa 1925 — €400 - €800
• Lot 4003: Revue brand digital pocket watch with jumping hours and jumping minutes, ca. 1915 — €300 - €600
• Lot 4004: Pocket watch: probably a military navigation watch with 24-hour dial "Chronometre", ca. 1915 — €300 - €600
• Lot 4005: Pocket watch: Geneva Ankerchronometer circa 1890 Paul Jeannot Geneva No. 5199 — €300 - €800
• Lot 4006: Pocket watch: large, fine Glashütte precision watch, circa 1890, Union Glashütte watch factory — €300 - €1,000
• Lot 4007: Pocket watch: rare, very fine Ankerchronometer watch, Meylan Geneva, circa 1900 — €400 - €1,000
• Lot 4008: Pocket watch: technically interesting lever escapement watch, C. E. Jacot, patent 1867 — €300 - €800
• Lot 4009: Pocket watch: rare chronograph, OMEGA CHRONOTACHYMETRE circa 1900 — €600 - €1,200
• Lot 4010: Pocket watch: early French 8-day watch with calendar, silver, Duchet Paris, ca. 1860 — €500 - €800
• Lot 4011: Pocket watch: very fine school watch from 1944 in steel, IWC Calibre 67 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4012: Pocket watch: large, rare IWC Calibre 67, ca. 1957 — €600 - €1,000
• Lot 4013: Pocket watch: interesting early crown-winding watch with experimental winding mechanism, Henri Robert circa 1858 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4014: Pocket watch/pendant watch: silver Freemason watch, probably 1960s — €500 - €800
• Lot 4015: Pocket watch: rare, square Art Nouveau pocket watch by Zenith, ca. 1910 — €500 - €800
• Lot 4016: Rare square Neo-Renaissance pocket watch, circa 1890 — €500 - €800
• Lot 4017: Pocket watch: very rare Art Nouveau watch by Omega, ca. 1910 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4018: Pocket watch: rare, square Art Nouveau watch by Omega, circa 1900 — €700 - €1,200
• Lot 4019: Pocket watch: large, unusual Art Nouveau relief watch ‘Queen of Wine’, signed Frainier, c. 1900 — €600 - €1,000
• Lot 4020: Pocket watch: rare ‘Tir Cantonal Morges 1891’ marksman's watch, fine precision movement by Jaccard du Gros, Geneva — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4021: Pocket watch: Tir Cantonal Fribourg 1905 marksman's watch, Scherz & Cie. St. Imier — €750 - €1,250
• Lot 4022: Pocket watch: rare ‘Tir Cantonal Neuchatelois’ marksman's watch, Cail S.F.C.M dial 1812–1912 — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4023: Pocket watch: rare Longines marksman's watch “Bern 1910”, Art Nouveau relief case — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4024: Pocket watch: one of the rarest and earliest marksman's watches, “Tir Federal Geneve 1887”, — €1,200 - €3,000
• Lot 4025: Pocket watch: early London pocket watch with mock-pendulum, circa 1700, John Halstedt London No. 288 — €300 - €3,000
• Lot 4026: Pocket watch: early London pocket watch circa 1700, Joseph Windmills London — €300 - €3,000
• Lot 4027: Pocket watch: early Irish pocket watch c. 1720, Thomas Parker Dublin — €300 - €2,000
• Lot 4028: Pocket watch: early, interesting rack lever watch with 15-second display, Robert Roskell Liverpool 1805 — €300 - €1,500
• Lot 4029: Pocket watch: heavy English hunting case pocket watch with early rack lever movement, Thomas Moss London 1805 — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4030: Pocket watch: Technically extremely rare double-wheel Omskirk escapement, James Ryland Omskirk circa 1795 — €500 - €2,500
• Lot 4031: Pocket watch: extremely rare verge watch with a rotating enamel disc as an hour indicator above the spearhead, ca. 1819 — €1,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4032: Pocket watch: interesting Seconde Morte for Tsarist Russia, C. A. L'Hardy Locle circa 1860 — €300 - €1,000
• Lot 4033: Pocket watch: Verge watch with an enamel painting of historical/military interest, ‘Peace of Tilsit’, 1807 — €600 - €2,000
• Lot 4034: Pocket watch: rare German duplex watch, M. F. Illig Darmstadt, chronometer maker circa 1820 — €500 - €1,500
• Lot 4035: Pocket watch: Robert Roskell Liverpool with very rare calibre, ca. 1860 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4036: Pocket watch: exceptional onion-shaped watch with decorative movement, silver bridge, Jean Baptiste Paillard, Paris, c. — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4037: Pocket watch: early French verge watch circa 1745, Garnaud le Jeune of Toulouse, silver bridge! — €450 - €900
• Lot 4038: Pocket watch: rare paircase verge watch for the Ottoman market, Brockbanks London — €700 - €1,500
• Lot 4039: Pocket watch with enamel painting, hidden erotic scene, Hamann & Koch New York, circa 1865 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4040: Pocket watch for the Chinese market with a mock pendulum, Fleurier, c. 1860 — €300 - €800
• Lot 4041: Pocket watch: rare, large deck watch for the Chinese market, Fleurier duplex, c. 1850 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4042: Horizontal sundial with compass, original box, Butterfield type, c. 1730, Claude Langlouis Paris — €500 - €1,500
• Lot 4043: Equatorial travelling sundial, c. 1700, L Gräf/Graff, Augsburg — €500 - €1,500
• Lot 4044: Thermometer: rare, early pocket thermometer in manner of Frederick Houriet, Delambre, Nantes, circa 1815. — €1,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4045: Pocket watch/travel watch: extremely rare Art Deco enamel purse watch by Omega, ca. 1930 — €1,200 - €2,500
• Lot 4046: Pocket watch: very rare Art Nouveau relief watch "St. George", Longines, circa 1910 — €700 - €1,200
• Lot 4047: Pocket watch: heavy Ankerchronometer watch with heavy silver chain, Moser & Co. circa 1900 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4048: Pocket watch: gold Union Horlogere men’s watch with original box and original papers from 1911 — €600 - €1,200
• Lot 4049: Pocket watch: early precision pocket watch with crown winding, Le Roy Paris circa 1860 — €600 - €1,500
• Lot 4050: Pocket watch: extremely rare Zenith ladies’ watch with tiger’s eye case, ca. 1920 — €1,600 - €3,000
• Lot 4051: Pocket watch: rare 18K gold ladies’ chronograph “Compteur”, Switzerland, circa 1870 — €1,500 - €2,000
• Lot 4052: Pocket watch: Gold hunting case pocket watch repeater, Fabrique Aureole / Successeur de Ph. Wolf, circa 1900 — €1,000 - €2,500
• Lot 4053: Pocket watch: heavy gold hunting case pocket watch minute repeater and chronograph, Perrelet & Cie. Locle, circa 1900 — €1,500 - €3,000
• Lot 4054: Pocket watch: historically interesting gold hunting case pocket watch, — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4055: Pocket watch: IWC rarity, steel relief watch with original chatelaine, extract from the archives, IWC 1893 — €1,500 - €4,000
• Lot 4056: Pocket watch: rare Art Nouveau hunting case pocket watch, gold-plated steel/enamel painting, c. 1910 — €500 - €700
• Lot 4057: Pocket watch: gold IWC men’s watch, Schaffhausen, circa 1925 — €1,000 - €1,400
• Lot 4058: Pocket watch: as good as new, heavy gold hunting case pocket watch with precision movement, circa 1925 — €1,200 - €2,000
• Lot 4059: Pocket watch: technically fascinating Le Roy & Fils featuring the first version of the crown winding mechanism, — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4060: Pocket watch: early Geneva Ankerchronometer watch with crown winding, Mermod Frères No. 41715 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4061: Militarily interesting pocket watch, Emperor Wilhelm I presentation watch, Hartmann Berlin Ankerchronometer, circa 1870 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4062: Valuable antique seal, agate/gold, 19th century. — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4063: Watch chain pendant, 4-fold hinged medallion pendant, 19th century, gold — €600 - €1,000
• Lot 4064: Valuable antique signet ring, gold/citrine, 19th century. — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4065: 2 antique signet rings, 19th century. — €800 - €1,200
• Lot 4066: Pocket watch: Cylinder watch with repeater, Ramboz a Limoges, circa 1780 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4067: Pocket watch: fine Louis XV miniature verge watch with diamond setting, Lepine Paris, circa 1770 — €600 - €1,200
• Lot 4068: Pocket watch: rare Danish-German verge watch, Frederik Charlo, Copenhagen, c. 1780 — €1,200 - €2,000
• Lot 4069: Pocket watch: gold and enamel verge watch, c. 1770, Gudin Paris — €1,300 - €1,600
• Lot 4070: Pocket watch: Gold/enamel verge watch with very fine detailed enamel painting, Arthur Paris, circa 1770 — €1,500 - €2,200
• Lot 4071: Pocket watch: small gold and enamel ladies’ verge watch with gemstone setting, Gudin Paris, c. 1770 — €1,200 - €1,600
• Lot 4072: Pocket watch/shaped watch: Rock crystal/gold ball shaped watch, circa 1880, Henry Capt, Geneva — €1,800 - €5,000
• Lot 4073: Pocket watch: large Lepine with off-centre dial, gold/silver, circa 1830 — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4074: Pocket watch: Enamel pocket watch for the Chinese market, ca. 1820 — €1,200 - €2,000
• Lot 4075: Pocket watch: large Lepine with jumping hours and seconds display, ca. 1830 — €1,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4076: Pocket watch: large Breguet-style cylinder watch with seconds and repeater, Paris, c. 1810 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4077: Pocket watch: technical rarity, double wheel duplex watch with alarm, Clavey á Vesoul, circa 1800 — €2,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4078: Watch keys: 3 large gold ceremonial keys for verge watches, France c. 1820 — €700 - €1,500
• Lot 4079: Pocket watch: Breguet-type Lepine repeater, very fine quality, ca. 1820 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4080: Pocket watch: early, single-hand onion-shaped watch with central winding, Gilles Martinot Paris, circa 1690 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4081: Watch keys: set of early onion-shaped keys, circa 1650–1700 — €600 - €800
• Lot 4082: Pocket watch: early single-hand onion-shaped watch with central winding and mock pendulum, Alexandre Paris, circa 1700 — €2,200 - €4,000
• Lot 4083: Pocket watch: early Hamburg pocket watch with date, Thomas Arnold, circa 1690 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4084: Pocket watch: early, rare Regensburg sack watch, c. 1700, Mathias Rieppolt — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4085: Pocket watch: early London pocket watch with self-striking mechanism, John Finch 1668–1713 — €3,000 - €6,000
• Lot 4086: Pocket watch: rare, early Dutch pocket watch with alarm, J. Bernard van Stryp, Antwerp, circa 1680 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4087: Pocket watch: early Oignon with a mock pendulum and central winding, André Hory Paris, circa 1690 — €3,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4088: Pocket watch: early onion watch with central winding, by the eminent watchmaker Pierre Rousseau, Paris, circa 1690 — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4089: Pocket watch: rare Augsburg pocket watch with alarm, Johannes Beidlrock, Augsburg (London), c. 1700 — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4090: Pocket watch: rare English carriage watch repeater, ca. 1790 — €3,000 - €7,000
• Lot 4091: Complicated carriage clock with 3 barrels, Adolphe Georg Nevir Berlin, court clockmaker, c. 1780 — €5,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4092: Pocket watch: very fine pocket watch with à-toc and à-tact repeater, Marcus Mayr, Lublin, c. 1750 — €3,000 - €4,500
• Lot 4093: Pocket watch: early English pocket watch with self-striking mechanism, Charles Cabrier No. 1190, c. 1700 — €4,500 - €8,500
• Lot 4094: Pocket watch: early pocket watch with alarm, extremely rare construction, Abraham Yver, ca. 1680 — €4,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4095: Pocket watch: fine, probably Friedberg repoussé double-cased verge watch, J. "Ernts" London, circa 1770 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4096: Watch chain: high-quality 18K watch chain with medallion and key, 19th century France — €4,600 - €6,000
• Lot 4097: Pocket watch: early English skeletonised verge watch, Wood London, circa 1770 — €2,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4098: Pocket watch: Repoussé double-cased verge watch, Newton London hallmarks 1761 — €2,500 - €4,000
• Lot 4099: Pocket watch: English repoussé double-cased verge watch repeater, J. Debaufre London c. 1730 — €3,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4100: Wristwatch: limited edition Corum "Bubble Privateer" with box and papers, No. 22 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4101: Wristwatch: Chronoswiss "Regulateur" Ref. CH 1223, with papers, very good condition — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4102: Wristwatch: very high-quality Glashütte ladies’/men’s watch, Glashütte Original “Serenade”, RRP: €16,700 — €6,000 - €12,000
• Lot 4103: Pocket watch: Mobilis Tourbillon, Courvoisier Frères, c. 1910 — €800 - €2,000
• Lot 4104: Pocket watch: early chronometer with repeater, court chronometer maker Rangenier in Hanover, circa 1865 — €1,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4105: Pocket watch: interesting Danish precision watch with duplex escapement, H.E. Holst Kjöbenhavn, circa 1860 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4106: Pocket watch: large Le Roy Paris Lepine with repeater, No. 1809, ca. 1820 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4107: Pocket watch: large Lepine with a highly interesting calibre, Le Roy Paris No. 2408, circa 1800 — €500 - €1,500
• Lot 4108: Pocket watch: movement of an extremely rare Breguet “Souscription” – formerly with a platinum case, sold in 1807 — €2,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4109: Pocket watch: extremely early movement from a Breguet ‘Souscription’ of 1799, No. 389, early, experimental Souscription — €2,000 - €10,000
• Lot 4110: Pocket watch: extremely rare Lepine calibre, blued gongs, large cylinder watch with repeater, ca. 1820 — €2,500 - €4,000
• Lot 4111: Pocket watch: very fine Lepine with repeater, Breguet pupil Mugnier Paris No. 2544, ca. 1820 — €1,500 - €5,000
• Lot 4112: Pocket watch: German deck chronometer, chronometer maker Eugen Kulms, Glashütte/Geneva, circa 1900 — €500 - €5,000
• Lot 4113: Pocket watch: early, extremely rare chronograph with rattrapante and rare counter, Anker-duplex, Robert London ca. 1860 — €1,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4114: Pocket watch: large 59mm chronometer Jules Jürgensen Copenhagen No. 11852, ca. 1870 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4115: Pocket watch: fine, rare pocket chronometer, Parkinson & Frodsham London 1848 — €1,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4116: Pocket watch: heavy, rare Ulysse Nardin/August Ericsson St. Petersburg pocket chronometer, circa 1900 — €2,000 - €6,000
• Lot 4117: Pocket watch: exceptional Swiss pivoted detent chronometer, very rare calibre, circa 1880 — €2,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4118: Pocket watch: early Jules Jürgensen pivoted detent chronometer circa 1855, No. 8046 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4119: Pocket watch: Lepine Paris, circa 1780, fine cylinder watch with a rare, early Lepine calibre — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4120: Pocket watch: rare deck chronometer, Ulysse Nardin/August Ericsson No. 1659, ca. 1900 — €1,200 - €4,000
• Lot 4121: Pocket watch: Ulysse Nardin Observatory chronometer, tested in 1927 and 1929 — €1,600 - €3,500
• Lot 4122: Pocket watch: Glashütte precision pocket watch, circa 1908, with original Thimig Dresden sales box — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4123: Heavy, large Glashütte pocket watch, German precision watch ‘Original Glashütte’, ca. 1920 — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4124: Pocket watch: A. Lange & Söhne 18K gold pocket watch, Glashütte 1903 — €1,500 - €2,000
• Lot 4125: Pocket watch: very early A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte quality DUF with extract from the archives, 1884 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4126: Pocket watch: early gold savonnette, A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte, circa 1890 — €2,000 - €3,500
• Lot 4127: Pocket watch: well-preserved, large pink gold hunting case pocket watch A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte No. 72112, ca. 1913 — €2,500 - €4,000
• Lot 4128: Pocket watch: particularly heavy gold hunting case pocket watch, Union Glocke Dürrstein Dresden, circa 1900 — €2,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4129: Pocket watch: very rare Glashütte school watch by Herbert Klein, 1947, Grade 1A — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4130: Pocket watch: previously unregistered A. Lange & Söhne Anker chronometer with original papers! — €2,000 - €7,000
• Lot 4131: Pocket watch: an absolute rarity, DUS Glashütte pocket chronometer, Oswald Firl 1921 — €5,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4132: Pocket watch: significant, extremely early Glashütte chronometer, Gutkaes & Lange No. 1056, pre-1850 — €7,500 - €25,000
• Lot 4133: Pocket watch: Very rare Glashütte Anker chronometer, Union Watch Factory, circa 1915 — €2,500 - €7,500
• Lot 4134: Pocket watch: extremely rare Glashütte school watch in gold, watchmaking school, Herrmann Kühnel No. 2921 — €4,000 - €8,000
• Lot 4135: Pocket watch: very rare Glashütte precision watch with minute repeater 1A, Union No. 44670, ca. 1900 — €8,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4136: Pocket watch: A. Lange & Söhne chronograph, chronometer test by Leipzig Observatory, 1916 — €8,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4137: Pocket watch: extremely heavy A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte Chronograph 1A, 1897 — €8,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4138: Marine chronometer: extremely rare school chronometer, Glashütte Watchmaking School, Margrit Kulms, 1929 — €4,000 - €10,000
• Lot 4139: Marine chronometer: extremely rare school chronometer, Glashütte Watchmaking School Georg Schallwig 1932 — €5,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4140: Wristwatch: legendary Rolex Prince Brancard chronometer, so-called "Zebra", Ref. 971, 1930s — €5,000 - €10,000
• Lot 4141: Wristwatch: sought-after Rolex chronometer, extremely rare (silver) Rolex Prince Brancard, late 1930s — €4,000 - €8,000
• Lot 4142: Wristwatch: extremely rare Rolex Bubbleback Chronometer 3133 "Serpico y Laino", 1940s — €8,000 - €14,000
• Lot 4143: Wristwatch: Men’s Rolex Datejust in steel and gold from 1981, Ref. 16013 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4144: Wristwatch: 1942 Tiffany men’s watch in pink gold — €700 - €1,200
• Lot 4145: Wristwatch: sought-after Omega chronometer Ref. 2782SC/2799 "Pie Pan", Constellation, ca. 1954 — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4146: Wristwatch: rare vintage Breitling Navitimer Ref. 0816 from 1967 — €2,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4147: Pocket watch: solid gold vintage LeCoultre ‘Roulette’ dress watch, ca. 1950 — €3,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4148: Pocket watch: extremely rare gold/enamel Art Deco dress watch with minute repeater, ca. 1925 — €4,000 - €8,000
• Lot 4149: Pocket watch: particularly heavy American gold hunting case pocket watch, Waltham, circa 1909 — €3,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4150: Pocket watch: technically very rare Tiffany, rattrapante & 5-minute repeater, circa 1900 — €3,500 - €10,000