59,000 CHF
“Art Nouveau Lady” Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 111443, case No. 222940, retailed by A. Newsalt, Dayton, Ohio. Made in 1898 and sold on July 9, 1901. Very fine and unusual 18K yellow gold, ruby, rose-cut diamond and enamel lady’s keyless Art Nouveau pendant watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body “half open-face”, matted bezel and band, the back cover decorated in high relief with the portrait of a young lady with flowing hair and an enamelled Madonna lily, set with six old-cut rectangular rubies within a rose-cut diamond-set border. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 22 mm., 10’’’, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding straight-line “moustache” lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 27 mm. Notes Patek Philippe watches in the Art Nouveau style are exceptionally rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
