135,500 CHF
Patek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No.70184, case No.70814, Retailed by Linderoth, Stockholm. Made for King Oscar the Second of Sweden. Sold August 14th 1885. Very fine and rare 18K gold enamel and diamond-set half hunting-cased keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Five-body, "pomme et filets", cover with glazed aperture, blue enamel radial Roman chapter ring, inner minute track, translucent imperial blue guilloché enamel surround, back with rose diamond-set monogram “OS” surmounted by a rose diamond-set crown on translucent imperial blue guilloché enamel ground, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "double-spade" hands. Notes Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (1829-1907), King of Sweden and Norway, son of Oscar I, born in Stockholm on the 21st of January 1829. He entered the navy at the age of eleven, and was appointed junior lieutenant in July 1845. Later he studied at the university of Upsala, where he distinguished himself in mathematics. In 1857 he married Princess Sophia Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of Duke William of Nassau. He succeeded his brother Charles XV on the 18th of September 1872. He was largly responsible for the peaceful solution eventually adopted for the separation of the Crown. His acute intelligence and his aloofness from the dynastic considerations affecting most European sovereigns gave the King considerable weight as an arbitrator in in
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
