| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8-11 |
Good Slightly scratched Slightly worn |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Model Chronometro Gondolo
Year circa 1908
Movement No. 140 197
Calibre 21’’’ gilded brass, with going barrel, train of gold wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw
Case No. 245 699
Material 18K pink gold
Diameter 55.5 mm.
Signature Dial, case and movement
Notes
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 271890, 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”