Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990

LOT 180

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 861090, case No. 317098, ref. 844 circa 1950. Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold minute repeating moon phase astronomical keyless dress watch with digital perpetual calendar.

Three piece massive "variée carrure carrée" polished and satiné case. Mat silver dial with applied gold indexes, aperture for the months, date and days of the week, subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold " Dauphines" hands. Very fine rhodium plated 17' movement, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monométallic balance with screws adjusted for heat and cold isochronism and five positions, self compensating Breguet balance spring with a micrometric index. Striking on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Signed on the dial, the case and the movement. In excellent condition. Diam. 51 mm. An identical watch is described and illustrated in the Patek Philippe book of pocket watches, page 228, fig. 211.