Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Tokyo, Dec 15, 1989
LOT 434
Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No 174008, case No 275325, circa 1915. Good 18 ct. gold minute repeating watch with a split second chronograph and a 30 minute instantaneous recorder.
JPY 3,600,000 - 4,000,000
USD 24,000 - 28,000
Four body massive "demi-bassine" polished case, a champlavé enamelled monogram on the back. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outer arabic minute and chronograph rings, subsidiary seconds and minute register. Blued steel Breguet hands. Fine 16,5' rhodium plated movement, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjustments, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band, visible chronograph work with a split second push piece and a bolt on the hand. Signed on the dial, the cuvette and the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 48 mm.
