Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 15, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 111714, case No. 31714. Made circa 1910. Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold minute-repeating keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by a pouch.
Four-body, "bassine," polished, gold hinged cuvette with engraving. White enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 18```, nickel, fausses côtes decoration, 31 jewels, straight- line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by activating co-axial button on the winding crown.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |