80,500 ITL
Very fine and rare, two time zone, 18ct gold gentleman's wristwatch, with three hands and an addional dial with applied gold indexes. massive, polished bearing two buttons activating the hour hand forwards or backwards according to the world time independently by steps of one hour at a time. mat silver, with applied gold Breguet numerals + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" gold hands. 2-- 400 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance acljusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator . Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", page 183 and in "Signori del Tempo", page 163, this "Two Time Zone" system was invented by Louis Cottier and produced for Patek Philippe. Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 727310, case No. 309758, Ref. 2597, circa 1957 .
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-01-18
