Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 172

So-Called "Top Hat" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 838801, case No. 645436. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, rectangular "bombé", 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, "bombé" crystal. D. Copper-colored with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau-shaped, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.