Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 217
Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 97073 , case No . 212852 . Made circa 1896 . Very fine and rare 18K gold minute repeating, keyless pocket watch with chronograph .
HKD 80,000 - 95,000
USD 10,000 - 12,000 / EUR 8,000 - 9,500
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished . I inged gold cuvette . D . White enamel with black Arabie numerals, outer minutes and seconds divisions, red Arabie five minutes/seconds markers, subsidiary sec onds . Gold "Louis XVI" hands . M . 18-, rhodium-plated, "fausse s côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, counterpoised straight fine lever escape - ment, eut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repcating with two hammers on tw o gongs via a slide in the band, chronograph activated by co-axial pusher in the crown . Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |