The back of the watch is inscribed Floyd H. Bradlat Camden. New Jewet from Eldridge B. Johnson September 21, 1931. American tycoon Eldridge Reeves Johnson (1867-1945), president of the Victor Talking Machine Co. (purchased by RCA, Radio Corporation of America, in 1929), presented this watch to the prominent U.S. corporate attorney Floyd Henry Bradley (1883-1954), in gratitude for successfully trying a series of important cases, with particular reference to the one won on 21 September, 1931. Interestingly, Bradley had been given the choice of selecting either a watch or an automobile. After his death, the watch was inherited by his third son, Floyd H. Bradley Jr, who gave it to his second son, Floyd Henry Bradley III. This watch is one of the smallest minute repeating wristwatches ever produced by Patek Philippe, of which only very few were made and only 2 examples are known to date. A similar wristwatch, in platinum, was specially made for John Graves Jr, a successful New York business man and the greatest Patek Philippe collector of the 1930's; its movement number ( No. 198212) immediately precedes that of the present lot (see Patch Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 315, pl. 470 a-d). Until the late 1960's, minute repeating wristwatches were produced by Patek Philippe in five designs: "Tonneau"-shaped, rectangular, square, "Tortue"-shaped and round. The latter appears to be the final and the most commonly found design after world war II. Rare Patek Philippe minute repeating wristwatches known to date: - One "Tonneau"-shaped, in platinum, specially made in 1928 for John Graves Jr (as mentioned in the note above) and now in the Patek Philippe Museum. - One rectangular, in yellow gold, sold by Antiquorum, in Geneva, The Art of Patel? Philippe thematic auction, 9 April, 1889, lot 297, specially made in 1927 for Eugene D. Hirsch, Los Angeles, California, (illustrated in Patel? Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 314, pl. 469 a-c). - One square, made in 1926, illustrated in Patch Philippe Wristwatrhes by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 317, pl. 472. - Very few "Tortue"-shaped examples were produced in the late 1920's and the early 1930's. They were made in platinum, white gold, yellow gold or bicoloured and, altogether, less than 10 examples are known today. One, identical to the lot now offered, is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Iluber & Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 316, pl. 471 a-c. - Several round models exist, made between the 1930's and the 1960's, of which a few feature a subsidiary seconds dial (see Patch Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 317-319).