Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 166

?Diamonds and Sapphires? Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 937023, case No. 2791294, Ref. 916. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and extremely rare, skeletonized, thin, 18K yellow gold, diamond and cabochon sapphire keyless dress watch with matching gold, diamond and sapphire-set display stand.

HKD 220,000 - 300,000

EUR 22,000 - 30,000 / USD 28,000 - 38,000

Sold: HKD 448,500

C. Three-body, 12-sided, rope-twist bezels, the band and bow set entirely with brilliant-cut diamonds, each side with twelve cabochonsapphire markers, winding crown set with a cabochon sapphire, sapphire crystals. D. Black ?feuille? hands. M. Fully skeletonized, gilt,foliate engraved, spring barrel with the ?Calatrava? symbol, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensatingBreguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Display stand: solid 18K gold, circular scalloped frame set with cabochon sapphires and diamonds, oval guilloché and polished basewith applied gold scroll ornaments.Movement, case, and display stand signed.Diam. 47 mm., Height 14.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1 - 01

Notes

Very few such watches were ever produced with matching stands; the superb quality of the craftsmanship, the goldsmith?s and jeweller?s art, clearly stands out.