Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019

LOT 527

PATEK PHILIPPE POCKET WATCH WITH EARLY WINDING- AND SETTING-DEVICE; 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 27,000 - 35,000

CHF 3,500 - 4,500 / USD 3,550 - 4,600

18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch; fluted case-band. Case-back guilloché engine-turned, engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with a jockey on a horse. Cuvette (dome) engraved with the mention "invention brévetée" (patented invention), a referral to the French Patent, No. 1 317, registered in Paris on April 22, 1845 by Jean-Adrien Philippe (1815- 1894); this invention was described by his inventor as "un système ou disposition mécanique de remontoir et de mise à l'heure des montres par le pendant, disposition qui peut être appliquée à toute espèce de montres ordinaires, à répétition, de marine, et même aux montres à secondes indépendantes" (a system or mechanism for winding and setting watches by the pendant, which can be applied to all types of ordinary watches, with repeater, deck chronometers, and even for watches with independent seconds).


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9-12

Good

Scratched

Worn

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-71-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Brand Patek Philippe

Year Circa 1850

Movement No. 5 176

Calibre  18''', gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring

Case No. 5 176

Material 18K yellow gold.

Caliber 18''', gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring

Dimensions Ø 45 mm

Signature cuvette

Accessories Extract from the Archives, fitted box

Notes

The Extract from the Archives, dated March 12, 2019, mentioned that this watch was sold on August 30, 1852.