Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, No. 65852, case No. 65852, sold to H. Muller & Co., sole agent, Shanghai, on 29 th May 1887. Extremely rare and fine silver pocket chronometer with 32 hour power reserve indication. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and clocks

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Geneva, Apr 20, 1996

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Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, No. 65852, case No. 65852, sold to H. Muller & Co., sole agent, Shanghai, on 29 th May 1887. Extremely rare and fine silver pocket chronometer with 32 hour power reserve indication.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

Sold: CHF 63,250

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold "spade" hands. M. 19"', three-quarter plate, nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 15 jewels, fusee with chain and maintaining power, spring detent escapement with gold escape wheel, large cranked two-arm compensation balance with gold poising and timing screws, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement. In very good condition with certificate. Diam. 55 mm.

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Patek Philippe pocket chronometers with fusee and chain are extremely rare, none being recorded by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery in their book: Patek Philippe - Geneve, dedicated to the pocket watches; moreover, this particular example is fitted with a very large balance with cranked arms to allow room for the helical balance spring, and with an unusual form of spring detent escapement with a crank detent.