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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 52

Minute Repeater Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, movement No. 112288, case No. 231671. Made for Tilden Thurber Co., Providence in 1902, sold on May 11, 1903. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

USD 10,500 - 16,000 / EUR 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial dauphine numerals, outer minute track and red painted Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator,repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed, cuvette and movement also signed by the retailer. Diam. 46 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-23-01

Good

Later

HANDS Original

Notes

Tilden-Thurber was a celebrated store in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1856, at 60 Westminster Street. Tilden-Thurber became synonymous with beauty and quality in Rhode Island.