Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 244

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, retailed by Tiffany & Co., New York, No. 930587, case No. 300161. Made in the 1940s. Very fine, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch.

C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine?, solid, polished, case back inside with dedication. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 17???, stamped with the Geneva Quality hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm.