225,000 HKD
PATEK PHILIPPE INDEPENDENT CENTER SECONDS YELLOW GOLD Patek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 124969, case No. 269118. Made in 1904, sold on July 31, 1912. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold, half-hunting-cased, two-train, keyless pocket watch with independent dead center- seconds. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the front cover with Royal blue enamel radial Roman numerals and inner minute track, activating pushbutton at 4 o'clock in the band. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. 42 mm., 19''', rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line counterpoised and calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, a flirt mounted on the last pinion of the independent dead seconds train engaging escape wheel pinion allowing one-second jumps, Adrien Philippe's patented winding system. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 53 mm. In 1776, in Geneva, MOISE POUZAIT invented the independent dead seconds mechanism in which the movement has two trains, one conventional, and the second with a sweep-seconds hand which can be stopped without stopping the main train. ADRIEN PHILIPPE's independent dead seconds mechanism differs radically from the conventional one based on Pouzait's design. Philippe moved the entire "independent" train over the center bridge,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-06-28
