Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 09, 2021

LOT 98

PATEK PHILIPPE, GONDOLO & LABOURIAU CHRONOGRAPH

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,000 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 12,500

Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph made for the Brazilian market.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-11

Very good

Slightly worn
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-70-01

Very good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline

HANDS Original

Brand Patek Philippe

Model Chronometro Gondolo, especially made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Year made in 1903 sold in May 1904

Movement No. 124504

Case No. 234103

Caliber 21’’’ gilded brass, with going barrel, train of gold wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw

Dimensions 57 mm

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories original box with the original main sping and extract from the archives

Notes

Movement based on the French invention patent No. 142 376, delivered on April 16, 1881, to Jean-Adrien Philippe (1815-1894), Geneva, for a “régulateur de precision” (precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail).
Movement also based on the Swiss invention patent No. 2 680, delivered on September 27 1890, to Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, for a “Remontoir avec mise à l’heure perfectionné” (the definitive version of the keyless-winding and setting device), and, on the US design patent No. 20 483, delivered on January 13, 1891, to Adrien Philippe, Geneva, for a “Watch bridges for Watch-Movements”.
Cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention “chronometro gondolo / Fabricado expressamente para Gondolo & Labouriau Relojoeiros / rio-de-janeiro”.