219,750 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE GRANDE & PETITE SONNERIE CLOCKWATCH WITH TRIP MINUTE REPEATING Patek, Philippe & Co. , Genève, movement No. 97217, case No. 211827, retailed by Marenzeller's Wien. Made in 1893, sold on May 23rd, 1894. Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, 18K gold, two-train, grande and petite sonnerie striking keyless clockwatch with trip minute-repeating. Accompanied by a heavy 18K gold chain and the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, forme collier, polished, engine-turned back with offset small engraved monogram, the band with selection slides for grande/petite sonnerie and strike/silent. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the retailer's details. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 19''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, twin barrels with tandem winding, 33 jewels, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, swan-neck micrometer regulator, striking the hours and quarters and repeating with two hammers on two gongs, repeating activated by a trip-slide on the band. Notes Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 50 mm. GRANDE & PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING A clockwatch strikes at every passing quarter-hour exactly in the same way as a clock. In the present watch, two options are available depending on what the user prefers: GRANDE SONNERIE, whereby the hours are struck
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-11-08
