Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 240

?Two-Train Independent Dead Center Seconds? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 90492. Made in 1897. Very fine and very rare, keyless watch movement only with independent dead center seconds. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe mahogany fitted box and original Certificate of Origin.

D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 19???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 21 jewels, two-train with tandem winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, independent dead center seconds train with two extra bridges, a flirt mounted on the last pinion of the dead seconds train engaging the escape wheel pinion allowing one-second jumps, Philippe?s patented winding system, lever in the side for stop/start. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm.