Only Online Auction
Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 140
Patek Philippe
Pocket watch movement, dead independent seconds, “free spring” unidirectional-winding system, later case; silver
CHF 4,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,700 - 7,400 / USD 4,400 - 8,800 / HKD 34,100 - 69,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 4,000
Silver (0.925), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch movement in a later working case, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and two horological complication:
· Dead independent seconds (exterior graduation with central hand; activated by the push-piece located on the case-band at 4 o’clock)
· Two mounting barrels in series with unidirectional-winding and “free” mainspring
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Pear” hands.
Movement 20’’’, gilded brass, two going barrels (the one of the dead seconds mechanism with slipping mainspring, so-called free spring), double-train of wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator.
Custom-made silver (0.925) case, probably not made by Patek Philippe, with screwed case-back. Originally, the watch was certainly cased in a gold half hunting-case.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-6-8 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-70-73-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped under bezel,not visible when closed HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Year circa 1877 and circa 1919
Movement No. 27 291
Case No. 27 291 (with London import letter-date for 1919)
Material Silver (0.925)
Diameter 62.9 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, lever escapement
Weight 153 gr. (approx.)
Signature case
Notes
Patek Philippe dead independent seconds with two mounting barrels in series with uni-directional-winding and “free spring”
This watch is fitted with the new system with two mounting barrels in series with unidirectional-winding and “free” mainspring, which give will the Swiss invention patent No. 1 017, delivered to Patek Philippe, Geneva, on May 23, 1889, for a “Montre à secondes indépendantes à deux barillets se remontant ensemble par le même mécanisme de remontoir au pendant, et à deux corps de rouage dont le rouage des secondes est planté dans le même pont et au-dessus de celui de la montre.”.
In fact, this invention was already presented by Jean-Adrien Philippe (1815-1894), during the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1867. This invention dates back to 1866. The Genevan manufacture will market watches of this type until 1913. As with its mechanism of winding and time-setting at the pendant, nearly a quarter of a century of reflections and improvements lead to the final version; that finally patented in 1889.
Very few of them were made; this watch is one of the first ten or fifteen produced according to this design.
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