25,000 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATER – PINK GOLD Patek Philippe & Co. , Genève. No. 48486. Made circa 1876. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, heavy 18K pink gold, keyless, hunting cased pocket watch. C. Four-body, “bassine et filets,” polished, the front and back covers with engraved foliate monograms. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. Cal. 18’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed and numbered, case numbered. DIAM. 52 mm. Notes A fine and relatively early example of an 18 ligne Patek Philippe minute-repeater, the present watch has been consigned from a private family and is in very good condition with perfect enamel dial
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-05-12
