25,200 CHF
Minute Repeater Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, movement No. 156929, case No. 265286. Made in 1910, sold on May 3, 1911. Extremely fine and rare, large and heavy, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased pocket watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe mahogany fitted box, copy of the original Certificate of Origin, Extract from the Archives and spare mainspring. Four-body, "demi-bassine", polished, the interior of the front cover with an engraved dedication. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Notes This watch is a very good, large and heavy example of a Patek Philippe minute repeater. The dial is particularly beautiful with Breguet numerals, the case is extremely clean and crisp due to its protection by the original box. What is a Minute Repeater? A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the 9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case.First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it counts out the hours. Then both hammers strike both gongs alternately to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality counts out the minutes after that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quar
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
