Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012
LOT 420
PATEK PHILIPPE ?THE KING OF BULGARIA? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 83879, case No. 204110. Made in 1890. Fine and particularly rare 18K gold and enamel keyless dress watch bearing the cipher of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. To be sold without reserve
HKD 20,000 - 28,000
USD 2,500 - 3,500 / EUR 2,000 - 2,800
Sold: HKD 75,000
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the hinged back cover decorated with the cypher of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria beneath a crown and within an oval red translucent guilloche enamel reserve. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outer Arabic fi ve minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 19''' (42.75 mm), frosted gilt, 15 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight line lever escapement a "moustache", cut bimetallic compensation balance, fl at blued steel balancespring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-25 |
Good Chipped |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Ferdinand Maximilan Charles Leopold Marie (1861- 1948) Born in Vienna, he succeeded his father as Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was proclaimed Prince Regnant of autonomous Bulgaria on July 7, 1887 Ferdinand became Tsar of Bulgaria upon the country's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire on October 5, 1908. He abdicated after Bulgaria's defeat in World War I.