Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 538

Pink Gold ?Chronograph? Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, No. 66057. Made in 1885, sold on February 27, 1888. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Accompanied by the original fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, ?pomme et gouge?, polished, the front cover with an engraved foliate monogram, chronograph button at 5 o?clock. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second track with Arabic five minute/seconds numerals. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 19???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 21 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, visible chronograph work. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 51 mm. From the Collection of a Spanish Gentleman