3,980,000 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 80772, case No. 215215, made in 1890, sold on 21 March 1903.Important and extremely rare 18K pink gold keyless pocket chronometer with equation of time and perpetual calendar. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring and inner sunk small dials for days of the week, dates and months, marked in red with inner subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands and gold "sun" hand for the equation of time. Notes Patek Philippe watches with equation of time are extremely rare, and this watch appears to be the only one with this type of equation of time display. Only 11 are known, two of which broke the world record for the most expensive watch: 24919 - 20'''; sold to Pena, Madrid on May 31, 1865, equation table printed on the back. 24920 - 20'''; exhibited in Paris in 1867, small equation sector. 27116 - 19'''; sold to Pena, Madrid; in 1867, equation sector. 47887 - 19'''; sold on Feb 20, 1879, small equation sector concentric to moon phases. 80772 - 19'''; this lot; equation hand concentric with minute hand traveling from 45 min. to 15 min. 111505 - 20'''; sold to Mrs. Bradford, made in 1898. 198023 - 19'''; James Ward Packard; Patek's most complicated watch until the "Graves" watch. 198385 - 25'''; Henry Graves; sold in 1933, most complicated watch until the Caliber 89. 844400 - Caliber 89; sold in 1989. The most complicated watch ever. 8
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
