10,625 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE - QUARTER-REPEATER Patek, Philippe & Co. , Geneve, No. 27059, retailed by A.H. Rodanet & Cie, 38, Rue Vivienne, Paris. Made circa 1870. Fine and rare, 18k yellow gold, keyless, quarter-repeating pocket watch. Four-body, “bassine et filets” polished, the back cover engraved engraved with a monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and five-minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 19’’’, matte gilt, 21 jewels, wolf ’s tooth winding, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed and numbered, also by the retailer. DiAM. 49 mm. Notes Quarter-repeating watches made by Patek Philippe are rare. Another very similar example also retailed by Rodanet was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, March 27th, 2011, lot 415
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17
