Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 440

?The Spirit of Fire? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 866527, case No. 2948863, Ref. 979/1. Made in 1994 and sold on July 25, 1994. Extremely fine, rare and exceptional, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch set with 735 diamonds (13,30 ct.) and 112 rubies (7,28 ct.) with perpetual calendar, 24-hour indication and moon phases. Accompanied by a specially made Patek Philippe 18K gold display stand set with 515 diamonds (6,37 ct.) and 39 rubies (2,68 ct.) and Extract from the Archives.

HKD 3,000,000 - 4,600,000

USD 400,000 - 600,000 / EUR 320,000 - 500,000

Sold: HKD 3,479,000

C. Three-body, curved bezel pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and 20 calibre-set baguette-cut diamonds forming the quarter hour markers, calibre-set rubies surrounding the dial for the hours, bow decorated en suite, the back cover pavé-set with diamonds around the border, foliate engraved inner border and polished center, brushed band, the repeat slide set with 12 brilliant-cut diamonds, cabochon ruby-set winding crown. D. Gold mask very finely engraved with foliate scrolls, pave diamond-bordered matte silvered subsidiary dials for seconds and date, days of the week and 24-hours, months and leap-year, aperture for the moon phase. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. 17???, rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? and ?oeil de perdrix? decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Display Stand: Circular, 18K gold, with rope-twist and polished panels, pave set with diamonds and with cabochon, pear-shaped and calibre-set rubies, oval guilloché and polished base applied with scroll ornament Dial, case, movement and stand signed. Diam. 57 mm. Height of stand 16.5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm. To be sold without reserve


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This exceptional watch with its magnificent stand is a testament to Patek Philippe?s skills as makers of both highly complicated watches and extremely fine jewelry. The present lot combines the skills of the master watchmaker, the jeweler, and the engraver, to create what can only be considered a true masterpiece. The present lot is from a set of four watches made for a Royal family, one set with diamonds, one diamonds and blue sapphires, one diamonds and emeralds and and with diamonds and rubies.