253,700 HKD
“Large Minute Repeater” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 174090, case No. 332855, Ref. 876. Movement made in 1912, completed and cased in 1975, sold on April 29, 1976. Very fine, large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, “bassine”, polished. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 19’’’, rhodiumplated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
