8,400 CHF
Yellow Gold “21 Ligne Chronometro Gondolo” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, “Chronometro Gondolo”, No. 175221, case No. 276580. Made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Rio de Janeiro, in 1912, sold on January 31, 1914. Very fine, large, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe morocco fitted box, original Certificat d’Origine, spare crystal and the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, engine-turned back cover. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold “spade” hands. 21’’’, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 18 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, gold wheel train, straight-line “moustache” lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Patek Philippe patented micrometer cam regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
