Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 174
PATEK PHILIPPE MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 174830, case No. 404386. Made in the 1920s. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch.
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
HKD 80,000 - 120,000 / USD 10,500 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 20,000
Three-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. 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 |