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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 444

Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 90632, case No. 224481, circa 1892.Very fine and unusual 18K gold keyless chronograph pocket watch with 30-minute instantaneous register.

HKD 38,000 - 45,000

USD 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: HKD 57,500

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the back cover with coat-of-arms, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute ring, outermost chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds, minute register at 12 o'clock. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 40.5 mm, nickel, straight-line "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, 24 jewels, cam-type micrometric regulator.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 49 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

This watch features a very fine chronograph mechanism, unusual for Patek Philippe. The minute register steel bridge, for instance, is reminiscent of the center bridge in their early pendant watches.