8,496 CHF
“Tir Cantonal Centenaire 1814 - 1914” Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 173144, case No. 281542. Made circa 1914. Fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel keyless lady’s pendant watch commemorating the Tir Cantonal du Centenaire, Genève-Suisse, 1814 – 1914. Accompanied by the original Patek, Philippe & Cie fitted box and certificate. Four-body, “bassine et filets”, frosted, the bezel and border with white enamel double line decoration, the back cover decorated with a painted on enamel scene of Lac Leman with Geneva and the Alps in the background, champlevé enamel rose swag border and inscribed 1814–1914. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and gold painted Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 12’’’, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 10 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. 32 mm. Notes An almost identical watch is illustrated in “Patek Philippe, Genève”, Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1993, page 151.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
