333,500 CHF
"Savonnette type" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 861355, case No. 687686, Ref. 2524/1, retailed by Gübelin Lucerne. Sold 25 October 1957. Production of this reference started in 1955. Important and very rare minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with subsidiary seconds dial and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, dedicated back, sloped bezel, concave lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold Bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. Notes Engraved on the back: "To N.B. C. from L.P. C. - L'amour toujours - Dec. 25, 1957". Minute-repeating wristwatch movements were originally made for two types of case. The first, the "savonnette" type, features subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, and the repeat slide is activated in a clockwise direction. The second, the "Lépine" type, has no subsidiary seconds and the repeat slide is activated in an anti-clockwise direction. Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, pp. 318-319, and in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, pp. 314, 315, and 317. What is a Minute Repeater? A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the 9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
