Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 169
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 881302, case No. 624806, circa 1940.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,715
Fine 18k gold keyless very flat watch. Double body massive "demi-bassine" case with inset hinges and engine turned back. Mat silver dial with applied gold Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold "feuilles" hands. Rhodium plated 17" movement bearing the Geneva quality mark, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels. straight line lever escapement. cut bimetallic balance, 3 heat and cold isochronism and 5 position adjustments. Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial. the case and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.
