Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 501
Bayley, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, Swiss, almost certainly made by Patel< Philippe for the American Market, circa 1885. Model of Extra Special Escapement.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 7,590
C. Mounted on a moulded black lacquered circular base. M. Nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by blued steel screws, going barrel, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with micrometric index of the type patented by Patel< Philippe in 1881 and mainly used on the Chronometro Gondolo. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition, original glass dome lacking. Movement diam. 9,5 cm.
Notes
Very well executed, this model of escapement is an
exhibition piece made to demonstrate the best quality of
straight line lever escapement of the time.
Bayley, Banks & Biddle, being the agent for Patek Philippe
in Philadelphia, this demonstration escapement due to its
quality, was almost certainly made in the Patek Philippe
workshop.