Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 482
PATEK PHILIPPE - QUARTER REPEATING WATCH Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 80009. Made circa 1890. Extremely fine and very rare, heavy 18K pink gold, hunting cased, quarter-repeating, keyless pocket watch.
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
HKD 100,000 - 165,000 / USD 13,000 - 21,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 30,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, entirely engine-turned, the front cover with engraved foliate monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Cream enamel, bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18???, rhodium plated, fausses-cotes decoration, 19 jewels, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating the hours and quarter hours with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and cuvette signed, movement numbered on the dial plate. DIAM. 51 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |