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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 239

?Dmitri Andreyevich Tolstoy? Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 30449/2257. Made in 1867, sold in March 1868 to Russian Education Minister D. Tolstoy. Very fine, 18K gold keyless hunting-cased pocket watch with Patek Philippe fitted box. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. To be sold without reserve

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

EUR 5,000 - 7,500 / USD 6,500 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 10,030

C. Four-body, "forme collier", engine-turned and polished, reeded borders, engine turned band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19''', frosted gilt, bar caliber, wolf's tooth winding, "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Case and cuvette signed, movement numbered on the front plate. Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dmitri Andreyevich Tolstoy (1823-1889) Russian statesman and member of the State Council of Imperial Russia (1866), he was a distant relation of writer Leo Tolstoy. He held a position in the Ministry of the Navy. and was a procurator of the Holy Synod, while simultaneously holding the post of Minister of Education (as of 1866). From 1882 to 1889, he was Interior Minister and Chief of the Gendarmerie. Tolstoy became President of the Russian Academy of Science in 1882.