Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 163

So-Called "Top Hat" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 837580, case No. 637332. Made circa 1942. Very fine, rectangular "bombé", 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, " bombé" crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau, 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. 25 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.