Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 180

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 197504 ?Extra?, made for Tiffany & Co., New York. Produced in the 1920s. Fine and elegant, thin, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold dress watch.

C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine?, solid, polished, case back with initials. D. Frosted gold with painted Arabic numerals, recessed subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 17???, rhodium plated, ?fausses c?tes? decoration, 29 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel flat balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band.Case and movement signed, dial signed by the retailer.Diam. 45 mm.