31,050 CHF
Patek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 90091, case No. 205330, "manufactured expressly for Wright Kay & Co., Detroit" in 1890 and sold to them on May 27, 1891.Very fine and rare 18K gold split-seconds chronograph watch with instantaneous 60-minute center register, accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine", massive, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds track, five-minute/seconds red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes Patek Philippe made only a very few watches with central recorder - no more than five are known - and no other is known with a split-seconds mechanism. The last Patek Philippe with center minute register, the so-called "Gradowski", was sold by Antiquorum in Hong Kong on June 9, 2002 as lot No. 423.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
