Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015
LOT 217
PATEK PHILIPPE CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, No. 156854, case No. 408866. Sold on March 5th, 1925. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph, 60-minutes and 12-hour registers. Accompanied by a fitted box and Extract from the Archives.
HKD 116,000 - 150,000
USD 15,000 - 19,000 / CHF 16,000 - 20,000
Three-body, "bassine", polished, hinged case back with engraved initial, co-axial button in the crown for start/stop chronograph function, locking bolt at 11 o`clock, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with painted radial Paris numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic numerals, 60-minute register at 12, 12-hour register at 6. Blued steel spade hands. 17''', nickel silver, fausses côtes decoration, 24 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, registers.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |