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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 285

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 825782, Produced in the late 1930's.Very fine and elegant, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch.

C. three-body, "bassine", solid, polished, hinged back. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, sunk "guilloché" subsidiary seconds. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 17 1/2''' stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balane-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 43 mm.