Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 350

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 124749, case No. 233485, made for Spaulding & Co., Chicago, circa 1904.Very fine 18K gold keyless minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph.

CHF 13,500 - 16,000

EUR 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five-minute/seconds red Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 36 mm (17'''), nickel, "fausses c?tes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, chronograph mechanism on the back plate, split-seconds mechanism under the dial, repeatig on gongs through activating slide in the band.Signed on the movement, case and the dial in addition signed by the retailer.Diam. 45 mm


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Grading System
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The watch comes from a small series of Patek Philippe private label watches with complications. It was sold by Antiquorum on October 20, 1976, lot 140.