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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 256
Minute-Repeating Dress Watch Patek, Philippe & Co., Geneva-Switzerland, No. 156693, case No. 404446. Made in 1909, sold on August 2, 1919. Very fine, thin, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 100,000 - 130,000
USD 13,000 - 17,000 / EUR 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: HKD 144,000
C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. D. Frosted gilt, engineturned, radial champlevé dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 16''', rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-01 |
Good Oxidized HANDS Original |