Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 210

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 866773, case No. 2807785, Ref. 939, circa 1990.Exceptionally fine, rare and important, 18K gold Grande Complication astronomical pocket watch with Grande, Petite Sonnerie et Silence, clockwatch with minute-repeating, split-seconds chronograph with instantaneous 30-minute register, instantaneous perpetual calendar and phases of the moon. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

USD 450,000 - 550,000

EUR 420,000 - 510,000

C .four-body, solid, "bassine", polished, gold hinged glazed cuvette, push-button for the split-seconds at. 11 o'clock, chronograph safety bolt at 11:30, switch from petite to grande sonnerie at 3:30, silent/striking switch at 8:30. D. white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months, phases of the moon and moon's age concentric with minute register, subsidiary seconds concentric with date. Bled steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 44 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, adjusted to five positions, temperature and isochronism, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, punched twice with seal of Geneva Quality Hallmark, repeating on gongs by tripping small slide in the band,.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 60 mm.


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Case: 1
Movement: 2*
Dial: 1 - 01

Notes

In the 1980's Patek Philippe decided to make a few Grande Complication watches in the way they made them hundred years earlier. Just a few were made. No. 866776 was introduced by Patek Philippe in their 1993 catalog, p. 28. Each one was a little different but all were based on the same 20''' movement. All are superbly finished, all are testimony to the continuation of the famous Patek Philippe tradition - their capability to provide the best in super-complicated timepieces.