Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 81
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 97747, case No. 218996, circa 1893.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 28,750
Fine 18k pink gold quarter repeating keyless watch, in original leather covered fitted case. Four body massive "demi-bassine" polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals. outer red Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. Nickel-plated 18" movement "fausses cotes" decoration, 24 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escape-ment, cut bimetallic balance and Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the hand. Signed on the dial, the cuvette and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.
