Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 83

Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève,?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 139364, case No. 244797. Produced exclusively for Gondolo & Labouriau, Relojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1907. Very fine, keyless, 18K pink gold dress 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'''), 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 paented micrometric cam regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 56 mm.