Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015
LOT 101
PATEK PHILIPPE CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, No. 124581, case No. 235845. Sold on July 17th, 1905. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph, 60-minutes and 12-hour registers. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 110,000 - 250,000
USD 14,200 - 32,000 / CHF 13,300 - 30,000
Sold: HKD 131,250
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 Roman numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 6, 30-minute register at 12. 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, micrometric cam index 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 |