Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 383

"Travel Time" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Travel Time", No. 3080629, Ref. 4864. Made circa 2000. Very fine, two-time-zone, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold lady's wristwatch with 3 cabochon sapphire-set crowns and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped ribbed bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal, the crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding, the pusher at 8 activates the local time jump-hour forwards by one hour at a time, the second pusher at 10 activates the same hand backwards. D. White with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 6 and the 24-hours for the second time-zone at 12. Black oxydized gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 215 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 29 mm. Thickness 8 mm.