Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 272

Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 189395, case No. 417906. Made circa 1920. Very fine and elegant, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold Art Deco dress watch.

C. Three-body, "demi-bassine?, solid, polished. D. Satiné silver, applied yellow gold Roman numerals and indexes, outer minute divisions, ?guilloché? subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 38 mm. (17'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.