Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005
LOT 305
?Monopoussoir? Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 48242. Made circa 1878. Fine and rare, 18K gold pocket watch with single button chronograph.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 4,000 - 5,000 / USD 5,000 - 6,500
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, the back cover with engraved foliate monogram. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of second scale, Arabic five minute numerals. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 19''', unusual bridge calibre, nickel plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 23 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, steel chronograph work mounted on the backplates activated by a single button in the crown, chronograph locking slide in the band. Case and cuvette signed. Diam. 49 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |