Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 296

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 111958. Produced for Tiffany & Co. in 1901, sold on June 30, 1903. Very fine and extremely rare 18K gold, keyless watch with split-seconds chronograph, 60-minute and 12-hour registers.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, by master dialmaker P. Reymond, radial Arabic 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.Dial, case and movement signed by the retailer.Diam. 50 mm.