32,200 HKD
“A. Kisseleff” Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 120948, case No. 231599, circa 1902. Fine and rare 18K pink gold keyless half open-faced pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box. Four-body, polished, hinged wide curved bezel, inner bezel, hinged back with filled monogram “A.K.”, hingedgold cuvette with filled inscription “A. Kisseleff”. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, sunksubsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes A.Kisseleff Was a close friend and adviser to Prince Orloff. He was a descendant of General Pavel Kisseleff, ambassador for the Russian Imperial Court in Paris, ruller for the foreign Russian policy in Europe and co-signor of the Traité de Neuchâtel.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
