78,200 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 80275,case No. 201221, made for C. Fredenhagen, Agent Général, Buenos Aires, circa 1888.Fine and extremely rare, 18K gold hunting cased keyless watch with split independent centre-seconds, fly-back, 60-minute progressive recorder and1/4 seconds diablotine. Four body, massive, "pomme et gouges", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals, sunk 1/4 seconds foudroyante and minute registers. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes A similar movement but with single independent centre-seconds and without minute recorder is described and illustrated by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery in Patek Philippe Pocket Watches, 1993 Edition, p. 197, fig. 170 b.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-14
