Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 657

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No 860041, case No 613798, circa 1936. Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown, register and tachometer.

CHF 280,000 - 300,000

C. massive, polished. D. matt silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and painted indexes + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. «Feuille» blued steel hands. M. 13- rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 24 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Accompanied by the Extract of the Archives. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm.


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This single button chronograph wristwatch is particularly important as a collector's item for its beauty, rarity, excellent condition and, above all, the special typology of its dial, typically Art Deco. This watch was one of the top lots in the thematic sale The Arl of Patch Philippe, 9 April 1989, lot 235, auctioned in this same saleroom and sold for SFr. 308'000. Francois, Prince de Joinville The Prince de Joinville was born in 1818, third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French. His mother was Marie Amelie, daughter of Ferdinand 1, King of the Two Sicilies. Francois, Prince de Joinville, entered the French navy in 1836. Doling his distinguished career in the navy, which led hint to attain the rank of Vice-Admiral, among his various engagements, he attended the transfer of Napoleon ' s body from St. Helena in 1840, and later fought for the Union in the American Civil War. The King of the Belgians spoke of him in 1842 as "a very excellent fellow but a little wild ", while, in 1849, Queen Victoria regarded him as " the jewel of the male part of the family " . In 1843, the Prince married Fr ncisra, daughter of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil. From their union was born a son, the Duc do Penthievre, who remained unmarried although he had a daughter, Jeanne, from his relationship with Angetique Lebesgue. Later, Jeanne also had a son out of wedlock, Rene, but in 1903 she married the Marquis de Gagny d ' Arcis. Rene Lebe.sgue married Yvonne Macllec, a chanlense at Fursty, a famous cafe-theatre itt tarn-of>tlu century Paris.