21,600 CHF
Minute-Repeating & Split-Second Chronograph Patek, Philippe & Co. , Geneva, No. 80642, case No. 80642, retailed by George C. Shreve & Co., San Francisco, Cal. Made in 1889, sold on July 31st, 1890. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold keyless pocket watch with split-second chronograph. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second divisions, outermost red Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 43 mm., 19’’’, three-quarter plate, 29 jewels, counterpoised straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, chronograph with visible works. Dial, case and movement signed George C. Shreve & Co., movement signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva. Diam. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
