Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006
LOT 39
?Minute Repeater? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 112288, case No. 231671. Made for Tilden Thurber Co., Providence. Made in 1902, sold on May 1903. Very fine and rare, small, minute-repeating 18K gold pocket watch with the original Patek Philippe & Co., fitted box and spare crystal. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
EUR 10,000 - 13,000 / USD 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 25,960
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and red painted Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed, cuvette and movement also signed by the retailer. Diam. 46 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |