Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 15, 2015
LOT 143
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATING DRESS WATCH GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneva, Switzerland, No. 197681, case No. 409863. Made circa 1922. Very fine, rare and elegant, 18K yellow gold, keyless minute-repeating dress watch. Accompanied by a period Patek Philippe fitted box.
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
HKD 84,000 - 125,000 / USD 10,800 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 22,500
Four-body "demi-bassine " polished, with concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. Matte gold with champleve Art Deco Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 17"', slim, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance witHEIGHT adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2-8* |
Very good Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |