3,479,000 HKD
“The Spirit of Fire” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 866527, case No. 2948863, Ref. 979/1. Made in 1994 and sold on July 25, 1994. Extremely fine, rare and exceptional, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch set with 735 diamonds (13,30 ct.) and 112 rubies (7,28 ct.) with perpetual calendar, 24-hour indication and moon phases. Accompanied by a specially made Patek Philippe 18K gold display stand set with 515 diamonds (6,37 ct.) and 39 rubies (2,68 ct.) and Extract from the Archives. Three-body, curved bezel pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and 20 calibre-set baguette-cut diamonds forming the quarter hour markers, calibre-set rubies surrounding the dial for the hours, bow decorated en suite, the back cover pavé-set with diamonds around the border, foliate engraved inner border and polished center, brushed band, the repeat slide set with 12 brilliant-cut diamonds, cabochon ruby-set winding crown. Gold mask very finely engraved with foliate scrolls, pave diamond-bordered matte silvered subsidiary dials for seconds and date, days of the week and 24-hours, months and leap-year, aperture for the moon phase. Yellow gold “baton” hands. 17’’’, rhodium plated, “fausses cotes” and “oeil de perdrix” decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Display Stand: Circu
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
