Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 273

Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 881155, case No. 624091. Retailed by Casa Welsch, Lima, Peru in the 1930s. Very fine and elegant, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold Art Deco dress watch.

C. Three-body, "demi-bassine?, solid, polished and brushed. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer minute divisions, ?guilloché? subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 38 mm. (17'''), stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel flat balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.