Important Watches, Collectors’ Wristw...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 445

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 198005, case No. 412303, made for Alfredo Alvarez, Bilbao, circa 1925. Very fine and extremely rare platinum, slim, elegant keyless minute-repeating dress watch in original fitted box, accompanied by original certificate.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, matted with enameled coat of arms on the back, platinum polished cuvette.D. Silver, radial bold champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 38 mm (17'''), maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with flat balance spring, repeating on gongs throughactivating slide in the band.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm.