Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 85

Pink Gold Chronometro Gondolo Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, ?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 175221, case No. 276580.Made for Gondolo & Laboriau, Rio de Janeiro, in 1912, sold on January 31, 1914. Very fine, large, 18K pink gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the original Certificat d?Origine and the Extract from the Archives. To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,800 - 4,600 / EUR 2,000 - 3,100

Sold: CHF 7,800

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, engine-turned back cover. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 22???, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 18 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, gold wheel train, straightline moustache lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Wilmot?s patented micrometer cam regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-10

Good

Patinated

Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original