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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004
Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 137805, case No. 258527, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with chronograph and 30-minute register.
C. Five-body, "bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette.D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute/sec-ondstrack, Arabic five-minute/seconds, sunk minute register at 12 o'clock, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold"Breguet" hands.M. 41 mm (19'''), rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line calibratedlever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometor regu-lator,chronograph mechanism on the back plate, repeating on gongs via activating slide in the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |