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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 139
Chronograph Patek Philippe & Co, Geneva, No. 65266. Made for the American market circa 1880. Very fine 18K yellow gold, keyless, hunting-cased pocket watch with chronograph. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 40,000 - 60,000
USD 5,000 - 6,500 / EUR 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 93,600
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned covers with polished borders, milled band, chronograph button between 4 and 5 o?clock for the stop/start and return-to-zero function of the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and fifths of a second divisions 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 and movement signed Patek Philippe & Co. Geneva, case numbered, cuvette erroneously numbered 68266. Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-25 |
Good Chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |