57,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Chronometro Gondolo", No. 175555, case No. 604852. Produced circa 1915, retailed by Gondolo & Labouriau, Rolojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro.Very fine and rare, large, Art Deco, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. two-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, screwed-down gold bars. matte silver with painted Arabic numerals. "Spade" blued steel hands. Notes A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 112.Gondolo & Labouriau - Rio de Janeiro - BrazilAbout 1915, a special type of movement was used in certain wristwatches commissioned by the firm Gondolo & Labouriau in Rio de Janeiro. This type of watch, which was sold under the name of "Chronometro Gondolo", had the following technical details: "moustache" lever, excentric micrometric regulation, in the version patented in 1881, and a wheel-train of 9K gold. The square socket in the barrel-arbor always found in the Gondolo pocket-watches, is not always present in their wristwatches. The "guiloché" cases and enamel dials were comparable to those often used by Patek Philippe at that time.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
