7,590 CHF
Bayley, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, Swiss, almost certainly made by Patel Mounted on a moulded black lacquered circular base. Nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by blued steel screws, going barrel, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with micrometric index of the type patented by Patel Notes Very well executed, this model of escapement is an exhibition piece made to demonstrate the best quality of straight line lever escapement of the time. Bayley, Banks & Biddle, being the agent for Patek Philippe in Philadelphia, this demonstration escapement due to its quality, was almost certainly made in the Patek Philippe workshop.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12