220,750 CHF
“To Dean Wentworth Myers” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 156727, case No. 282257. Made in 1910. Extremely fine and very rare minute-repeating astronomic 18K gold keyless pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, phases of the moon, lunar calendar, minute counter. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe Certificat d'Origine et de Garantie and Patek Philippe fitted wooden box and the Extract from the Archives. Notes Triple-complication Patek Philippe watches appear on the market very rarely, no more than once a year. There are fewer than 50 of them known and they are perhaps the most representative of Patek Philippe pocket watches. For a similar example, No. 197708, see: Antiquorum, “The Private Collection of Theodor Beyer”, November 16, 2003, lot 109. Another is illustrated in “Patek Philippe, Genève”, Huber and Banbery, 2nd Edition, 1993, p. 226.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
