37,760 CHF
“Minute-Repeat” Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 174607. Made circa 1916. Very fine and rare, thin, keyless, minute-repeating, Art Nouveau style 18K yellow gold, platinum, and enamel dress watch with a diamond-set winding crown. Three-body, "demi bassine", solid, polished, case back with blue enamel and yellow gold monogram, inside engraved with a dedication dated 1916, winding crown set with a large faceted diamond. “Guilloché” silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "Breguet" hands. Notes This watch is inscribed in the interior of the back “Joseph J. Sterne, San Antonio, Texas, 1916. By Patek Philippe and Co., Geneva, Switzerland. From Stella, March Seventh.”
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-02
