Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015
LOT 302
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 174831, case No. 404387. Made in the 1920s. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 150,000 - 250,000
USD 19,000 - 32,000 / CHF 18,000 - 31,000
Three-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved: ''DAVID WITH LOVE FROM HIS MOTHER GRACE BOARDMAN POST CHRISTMAS 1925''. Champagne with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight- line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| 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 |