$23,750
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATER MADE FOR BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE CO. Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 138045. Made circa 1911. Fine, minute repeating, open face, 18K yellow gold keyless pocket watch. C. Four-body, "bassine" polished, hinged cuvette engraved: Wm. M. Anderson. D. White enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 17', Special, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, wolf 's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Repeating on gongs by activating slide in the band. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. Bailey Banks & Biddle Co. Movement also signed Patek Philippe. Diam. 46 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-09-18