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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

LOT 736

Not signed, No. 2112 - 16998, almost certainly made by Patek Philippe & Cie, circa 1850. Fine and very rare 18 ct. gold and enamel early keyless fob watch with three enamel panels.

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

C.Four body, "bassine et filets", the band with azure champlevé enamelled decoration, the back with a fine painted scene of the Holy Virgin and child, La Madonna della Sedia, after Raphael, with outer azure champlevé enamelled decoration, the interior with the painted enamel portrait of a young girl. Hinged gold cuvette enamelled with a painted Swiss lake sicle landscape, mountains on the back ground. D. white enamel with Roman numerals and offset sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet bands. M. 15"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 12 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. In very good condition. Diam. 37 mm.


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This watch is fitted with the first stem-winding designed by Adrien Philippe (French patent No. 1317 of April 22, 1845, without the possibility of turning the crown anti-clockwise during winding. Published in M. Huber & A. Bamberi Patek Philippepocket watches, p. 51. Although it is not signed and not recorded in the books, this watch is very similar to those made by Patek Philippe at the same period. The scene painted on the back is almost identical to that illustrated in M. Huber & A. Banbery Patek Philippepocket watches, p. 108, fig. 18a and the landscape on the cuvette is very similar to that of the previous lot. The only explanation which can be offered is that the movement was supplied by Patek, a case maker and/or an enameller who subsequently completed the watch selling it in his own series of production. No. 2112 punched on the front plate was then subsequently used by Patek for another movement.