Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 232

?Chronometro Gondolo 12 Lines? Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, ?Chronometro Gondolo?, No. 143140, case No. 248710. Made for Gondolo & Laboriau, Relojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1910. Very fine and rare, small, keyless, 18K rose gold lady?s pendant watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, engine-turned case back, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 12''', frosted gilt, patented bridge caliber, 18 jewels, gold train, straight line lever escapement ?à moustache?, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balancespring, eccentric cam micrometer cam regulator, wolf's tooth winding. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm.