Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 413

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 971808, made in 1949, movement delivered to Guillermin, in Paris ,on February 2, 1950. Very fine, rectangular, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

CHF 7,500 - 8,500

C. by Guillermin, Paris, massive, polished, satined, fluted sides, back with monogram, lapidated lugs, flat top crystal. D. matt silver with diamondset indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille " white gold hands. M. 9"'-90 tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 21 x 40 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 4-6*

Fair

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 25-01

Chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

Guillermin & Mallet, exclusive agents for Patel( Philippe in Flume. During the years that followed the second World War, a customs regulation was temporarily introduced in France, forbidding the import of watch cases made of precious metals, to protect French craftsmen working in this particular field. During this whole period, therefore, Guillermin & Mallet, then exclusive agents for Patel Philippe in France, received from Geneva only the watch movements and respective dials, while the watch cases themselves were produced in Paris. These watch cases were made either on the basis of those produced by Patek Philippe in Switzerland, or as exclusive cases for watches intended solely for the French Market. All the watch cases of French production are marked with the eagle head, which is the official hallmark, applied on all jewelry and gold items, by the official body regulating precious metals, Service Official (le Contrdle des Adetaux Pre."cieux. Such watch cases do not therefore bear the Swiss hallmarks nor indeed the Patek Philippe Master Mark.