Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 119

?Hooded Lugs? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 836722, case No. 634259. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with hooded lugs and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a specially made Patek Philippe Medallion.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, "bombé" crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold bâton and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 9-90, tonneau-shaped, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 20 x 36 mm. Thickness: 9 mm.