Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 233

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, ?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 163924, case No. 268518. Produced exclusively for Gondolo & Labouriau, Relojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1912.Very fine, keyless, 18K pink gold pocket watch.

C. four-body, "bassine", solid, polished, engine-turned case back, hinged gold cuvette with inscription.D. white enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 50 mm. (22 1/2'''), frosted gilt, patented bridge caliber, 18 jewels, gold wheel train, straight line lever escapement "à moustache", cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Wilmot's patented micrometric cam regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 56 mm.