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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003

LOT 358

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 157424, case No. 406135, circa 1912. Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless double-train trip minute-repeating dress watch.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 26,700 / USD 23,000 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished with monogrammed back, gold cuvette with concelaed hinges. D. Gilt, matte and guilloché, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds, Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 40 mm. (18'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, two-train, 33 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, tandem winding, repeating on gongs by tripping the gold pushpiece in the crown.Signed by the retailer on dial, case and movement.Diam. 48 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Patek Philippe started making double-train trip repeaters around 1900 and continued making them, in very limited quantities, over the next 25 years. There are fewer than thirty of them known.