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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 194

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 111748, movement made in 1900 and sold to Tiffany & Co. without case on November 15, 1900.Very fine, 18K gold, keyless minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph, and 30-minute instantaneous register. Accompanied by an extract from the Patek Philippe archives.

USD 18,000 - 20,000

C. four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. white enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds, minute register at 12 o'clock. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 35.7 mm (16'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, split-seconds mechanism on the back plate, repeating on gongs trough activating a slide in the band.Signed by Tiffany on dial, case and movement.Diam. 44 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch is not only a good example of the cooperation between American jewelers and casemakers and European watchmakers, but is also a very rare example of a complicated watch with a rather small movement.