$8,510
Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 137694, case No. 248336, made for Spaulding, Chicago circa 1908.Very fine, 18K gold, keyless "EXTRA" adjusted minute-repeating watch. four-body, "bassine", polished with monogram "R" engraved on the back, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. "Louis XV" gold hands. 42 mm (19’’’) nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide ithe band.Case and movement signed. Dial, case and movement also signed by the retailer.Diam. 53 mm. Notes The watch comes from a small "Private Labels" minute and five minute repeater series.Superbly adjusted Swiss watches of the period, and particularly those of Patek Philippe, were signed "EXTRA"or "SPECIAL".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08
