Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 427

Patek Philippe, Unique Watch with Enamel Miniatures on both sides ?Chasse a Courr e, le Debucher et le Bien Aller? by Madame Bischoff. Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 893171, case No. 320042, Ref. 823/003. Sold by Gubelin, Lucerne on December 6th, 1976. Unique and exceptional, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased keyless dress watch, both covers with polychrome painted on enamel miniatures of hunting scenes after Carle Vernet signed M. Bischoff. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, original Certificate of Origin, Gubelin sales receipt and information from Patek Philippe detailing the commission of the enamels.

HKD 600,000 - 900,000

USD 80,000 - 115,000 / EUR 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: HKD 1,100,000

C. Three-body, bassine, the band and bezels engraved with laurel leaves, the front cover decorated with a painted on enamel scene ?chasse a courre?, the back cover with ?le débucher et le bien aller? both by M. Bischoff. D. Silver with black painted radial Roman numerals. Black Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 17??? 140, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. The back cover enamel signed M. Bischoff. Diam. 46 mm.


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Case: 2-24

Very good

Slightly chipped
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Mme. Bischoff Along with Suzanne Rohr and L. Pellarin-LeRoy, Madame Bischoff was one of the very few enamellists capable of producing such exquisite work for Patek Philippe. Her scrupulous attention to detail and long experience of the technique of painting on enamel could perhaps be said to have reached its zenith in the creation of the present watch.
Carle Vernet (1758-1835) Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (known as Carle), was a French painter, the son of Claude Vernet. He excelled in the painting of hunting scenes and the depiction of horses. His sister was executed during the French revolution, after which he ceased painting until the Directoire period, when his style changed dramatically and his works depict the battles of Napoleon in minute detail.