Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 533

Pink Gold ?14 Ligne Chronometro Gondolo? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, ?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 114484, case No. 260110. Made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Rio de Janeiro, in 1900, sold on December 7, 1909. Very fine, very small, 18K pink gold, keyless lady?s pendant watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe morocco fitted box, spare mainspring and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished bezel and band, engineturned back cover with foliate monogram ?MD? and polished border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 14???, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, gold wheel train, straight-line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. From the Collection of a Spanish Gentleman