Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 126

PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE POCKET WATCH Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 189534, case No. 405718. Made in 1919. Presented to A.C. Carpenter by M & M. Bureau for services rendered as Chairman, New Orleans, LA on December 9, 1919. Fine, 18K yellow gold, open-face keyless-wind pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine,? solid, polished, case back with deco style initials ACC, hinged gold cuvette with presentation inscription. D. White enamel with black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, inset barrel arbor, straight-line moustache lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Patek Philippe patented micrometer cam regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm.