Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 174541, case No. 174541, made for Tiffany & Co, circa 1915.
Elegant very flat 18k gold and enamel keyless minute repeating watch. Three body massive "demi-bassine" polished case with invisible hinges, the champlevé enamelled monogram "DKE" on the back. Gold cuvette. Mat gold dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued "spade" hands. Rhodium plated 17''' movement, "fausses cotes" decoration. 31 jewels, 1 gold screwed setting, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments. Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Signed Tiffany on the dial, both Tiffany and Patek Philippe on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 46 mm.