Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
LOT 545
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATING & CHRONOGRAPH Patek, Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 66219, retailed by A.H. Rodanet, 36 Rue Vivienne, Paris. Made circa 1885. Very fine, 18K pink gold, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch with chronograph.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
HKD 125,000 - 165,000 / USD 16,000 - 21,000
Sold: CHF 25,000
Four-body, "bassine et filets," polished, chronograph safety bolt on the band at 11 o'clock. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and fifths of a second divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two hammers activated by a slide on the band. Case and cuvette signed, cuvette also signed by the retailer.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |