Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
Patek Philippe & Cie - Genève - No 180948, case No 281203, made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Relojoeiros, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1918.
Good 18k gold "Chronometro Gondolo". Four body massive "demi-bassine" engine-turned case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold Breguet hands. GiIt brass 20" movement with a gold train of wheels, 21 jewels. straight line lever escapement "à moustaches", cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a Patek Philippe patent-ed micrometric index. Signed on the dial. the cuvette and the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 56 mm.