31,250 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE THIN MINUTE REPEATER Patek Philippe & Cie. , Geneva, Switzerland, No. 174798, case No. 404585. Made circa 1915. Very fine, thin, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "demi-bassine", polished, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. Off-white enamel, bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 18''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 48 mm. A very good example of a Patek Philippe minute-repeater with perfect enamel dial.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
