Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 429

Patek Philippe Minute Repeating Chronograph Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, movement No. 157131, case No. 267183. Made in 1910, sold on July 20th, 1911. Very fine and rare, large 18K yellow gold keyless minute-repeating hunting-cased pocket watch with chronograph. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted wooden case, spare crystal in numbered paper, the original Patek Philippe Certificat d'Origine et de Garantie, and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Four-body, "bassine", heavy, polished, chronograph button in the band. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved inscription. D. White enamel, radial Dauphine numerals, outer minute track and extreme outer seconds track divided into fifths of a second, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balancespring, swan-neck micrometer adjustment to the regulator, repeating with two polished hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, movement, case and cuvette signed. Diam. 56 mm.