30,000 CHF
PATEK & CO - VERY EARLY PATENT KEYLESS WINDING - `THE BLACK MADONNA OF OSTRABRAMA` Patek & Co. à Genève, No. 3209. Made in 1848, sold on November 7th, 1854. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, enamel and diamond-set lady's pendant watch with Adrien Philippe's first patented stem-wind and hand-setting mechanism of 1845 without coasting. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine", bezel, band, pendant and bow engraved with foliage, back cover decorated with a rose cut diamond-set flower spray on a translucent red guilloche enamel ground, flat-topped winding crown. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with a finely enameled and engraved gold icon the `Black Madonna of Ostrabrama` flanked by engraved angels and foliage. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 13''', frosted gilt, bar caliber, 8 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed, cuvette and case numbered. Notes DIAM. 34.5 mm. This watch is an extremely early example of Adrien Philippe's first patent stem-wind and hand-setting mechanism of 1845 and is in very good condition. The extract from the archives confirms the red guilloche enamel and diamond decoration of the case, furthermore the beautifully decorated cuvette is also mentioned as `painted portrait of the Black Madonna of Ostrabrama`. The movement is signed Patek & Co., a signature us
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
