Since I posted some pictures of these earlier, I figured I'd follow up with the prices realized:
Lot 6: Breguet - €120,000
Lot 13: De Bethune - €80,000
Lot 23: Ikepod - €23,000
Lot 28: MB&F - €170,000
Lot 37: Vacheron Constantin - €90,000
Lot 38: Van Cleef and Arpels - €215,000
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The VC&A piece isn't one I'd found good pictures of before, but it is an amusing piece. The name is "From the Earth to the Moon" and it is a variant of their double-retrograde movement, with the hours on the left side and the minutes on the right. The dial is a whimsical space scene, with the earth crossing off the edge of the dial at the bottom right and the moon, it really looks more like Jupiter, at the top. Both planets are champleve enamel and the indicator for the minutes is the space-ship, so it completes the journey once an hour. The black dial is a polished black jade with a small agate in the middle to represent a planet in the distance.
Lot 6: Breguet - €120,000
Lot 13: De Bethune - €80,000
Lot 23: Ikepod - €23,000
Lot 28: MB&F - €170,000
Lot 37: Vacheron Constantin - €90,000
Lot 38: Van Cleef and Arpels - €215,000
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The VC&A piece isn't one I'd found good pictures of before, but it is an amusing piece. The name is "From the Earth to the Moon" and it is a variant of their double-retrograde movement, with the hours on the left side and the minutes on the right. The dial is a whimsical space scene, with the earth crossing off the edge of the dial at the bottom right and the moon, it really looks more like Jupiter, at the top. Both planets are champleve enamel and the indicator for the minutes is the space-ship, so it completes the journey once an hour. The black dial is a polished black jade with a small agate in the middle to represent a planet in the distance.
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