2,530 CHF
“Otto Foeste” Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 186186, case No. 402436. Made circa 1915 for Bunde & Upmeyer Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Fine, 18K yellow gold, thin, keyless Art Deco dress watch. Four-body, “bassine”, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription “Otto Foeste from Mother and Flo, 1917”. Silvered with applied gold radial Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold “fancy” hands. !6’’’, rhodium plated, 18 blue sapphire jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial case and movement signed, cuvette signed for the retailer. Diam. 44 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
