Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 248

Canton of Geneva Presentation Watch Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 822131, case No. 608240. Made in 1929, sold on May 11th, 1934. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, Art-Deco, keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted box, original certificate of Origin, spare crystal and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, "Murat", polished and brushed, inclined bezel, rounded band, the back engraved with the arms of the Canton of Geneva. Hinged gold cuvette engraved ?Offert par le Conseil d?Etat de la Republique et Canton de Geneve?. D. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold Art Deco Arabic numerals, outer engraved dot minute indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. 17"', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement "a moustache," cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.