$17,250
Patek Philippe & Co, No. 80379. Produced for Tiffany & Co., New York in 1888, sold on October 3, 1888.Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K pink gold minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph. Accompanied by an original fitted box, Extract from the Archives and a gold chain. four-body, "bassine", polished, monogrammed case back, gold hinged cuvette, double front bezel. white enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths of a second, gold five-minute/seconds Arabic markers. "Spade" blued steel hands. Notes An interesting and rare minute-repeating split-seconds chronograph with a double bezel, which Tiffany is known to have used on occasion when mounting a Patek Philippe movement. The case, with its double bezel and housing a half-plate movement is very unusual for Patek Philippe. For a similar example see Lot 166, March 19, 2003, Antiquorum New York Catalogue..
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-09-24
