Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 198

?Chronometro Gondolo 12 Lines? Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, ?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 176081, case No. 280497. Made for Gondolo & Laboriau, Relojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro, sold in 1913. Very fine and rare, small, 18K pink gold keyless gentleman?s ?boutonnière? lapel watch. Accompanied by the original leather buttonhole cord, the original Patek Philippe box, certificate and extra glass.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, engine-turned case back, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 12''', frosted gilt patented bridge caliber, 18 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, gold wheel train, straight line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Wilmot's patented micrometer cam regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm.