Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Hong Kong, Dec 12, 2018
LOT 211
PATEK PHILIPPE CHRONOMETRO GONDOLO WITH DOUBLE NUMBERING
HKD 39,000 - 55,000
USD 5,000 - 7,000 / EUR 4,400 - 6,200
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, guilloché engine-turned case-back, hinged case-back, with subsidiary seconds at 6; made for the Brazilian market. Movement based on the French invention patent No. 142 376, delivered on April 16, 1881, to Jean-Adrien Philippe (1815-1894), Geneva, for a "régulateur de precision" (precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail). Movement also based on the Swiss invention patent No. 2 680, delivered on September 27 1890, to Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, for a "Remontoir avec mise à l'heure perfectionné" (the definitive version of the keyless-winding and setting device), and, on the US design patent No. 20 483, delivered on January 31, 1891, to Adrien Philippe, Geneva, for a "Watch bridges for Watch-Movements" Cuvette engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention "CHRONOMETRO GONDOLO / Fabricado expressamente para Gondolo & Labouriau Relojoeiros / RIO-DE-JANEIRO"
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-11 |
Good Slightly worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe
Model Chronometro Gondolo
Year circa 1913
Movement No. 180 850
Case No. 400 587
Caliber 21''' gilded brass, with going barrel, train of gold wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, Ã moustaches, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented index regulator with swan-neck s
Dimensions Ø 55.5 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement