Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 161
PATEK PHILIPPE FIVE MINUTE-REPEATER POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, retailed by Spaulding, Chicago, No. 97054, case No. 223964. Circa 1894. Fine and rare, keyless, five-minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
HKD 64,000 - 96,000 / USD 8,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 12,500
Four-body, "bassine", polished, hinged back and bezel. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with black dauphine numerals, outer minute track with red-painted Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 38 mm.(17```), nickle-plated with fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Movement and dial signed Patek Philippe, case stamped, movement and case signed Spaulding & Co. Chicago.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |