Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 30
Patek Philippe
Pocket watch, gold dial; 18K pink gold
Pocket watch, gold dial; 18K pink gold
HKD 28,000 - 36,000
CHF 3,500 - 4,500 / USD 3,700 - 4,800
18K pink gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, “Lentille”, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back polished.
Gold dial with suspended blue enamelled fancy Arabic numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement 17’’’, rhodium-plated, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, eight adjustments.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Year circa 1910
Movement No. 159 866
Case No. 75 583 (probably by an American casemaker)
Caliber 17’’’, lever escapement
Dimensions Ø 47.8 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories copies of the invention patents; extract from the Archives
Notes
The Extract from the Archives, dated May 12, 2020, mentioned that the movement only wassold on June 30, 1911.
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 2 680, delivered on September 27, 1890, to Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, for a “Remontoir avec mise à l’heure perfectionné” (the definitive version of the keyless-winding and setting device), and, on the US design patent No. 20 483, delivered on January 13, 1891, to Adrien Philippe, Geneva, for a “Watch bridges for Watch-Movements”.