Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 290

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 111951, case No. 226620. Produced for Tiffany & Co. in 1901, sold on Sept. 3, 1901. Very fine and extremely rare 18K gold, keyless minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph, 60-minute and 12-hour registers.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, back engraved with coat of arms with motto ?Over Fork Over?, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, by P. Reymond, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, minute register at hour register at 6.M. 40 mm (18???), maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 38 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, chronograph and split-seconds mechanisms on the back plate, registers driven directly from the motion train, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Dial, case and movement signed by the retailer.Diam. 50 mm.