2,760 CHF
Patek & Cie. , Genève, No. 4884, case No. 1724, made for Lepine, Horloger du Roi à Paris, circa 1850. Fine 18 ct. gold, watch. Four body, forme quatre baguettes with reeded band, the engine-turned back engraved with a mask and scrolled foliage. Gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals, Blued steel Breguet hands. gilt brass, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 40 mm. Notes The signature, "Patek & Cie" is marked on the front plate, under the dial. This is a new evidence that Patek, as soon as 1850 was already supplying watches to the best makers in Paris.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-04-25
