27,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 803, TWENTY DOLLAR COIN WATCH, BREGUET NUMERALS Patek, Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1179580, case No. 2743272, Ref. 803. Made circa 1975. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless watch with extra thin movement, set into a U.S. Twenty Dollar gold coin dated 1904. Accompanied by the original Certificate of Origin and Patek Philippe (Japan) service guarantee card and a Patek Philippe pouch. Five-body, the hinged watch within the coin opening by a push-piece concealed in the band, in the front the profi le of Lady Liberty and on the back the American Eagle. Satine gold with painted black Breguet numerals. Black oxidized gold baton hands. Cal. 175, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration,18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34.5 mm. Notes Twenty Dollar coin watches by Patek Philippe are rare, particularly so with Breguet numerals in place of the more usual baton indexes found on this model
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
