46,000 CHF
Kosciuszko's memorial mound. Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 15144, made for the Polish market and sold on September 10, 1858. Very rare and important, 18K gold keyless, double-train early independent dead seconds dress watch with winding crown, in fitted leather box, with a gold chain. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/dead-seconds divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Patek Philippe was involved in the development of chronograph watches from the very beginning of its existence. By 1840 they had already made independent dead-seconds watches (for example No. 274), based on the principle invented in 1776 by Moise Pouzait of Geneva. Patek Philippe began using the stem-winding system with two barrels as early as 1847. Not many were made, even fewer survived. In 1889 Adrienne Philippe developed and patented his own keyless winding system for two-train watches. The present watch is one of the earliest examples of an independent seconds mechanism by Patek Philippe with the old Mairet winding system. Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Was a general in the Polish army as well as in Washington's army. He was the organizer of what is known as Kosciuszko's insurrection against the Russian occupation.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
