Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 139
?Minute Repeater & Chronograph? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 112311, case No. 230368. Made in 1902, sold on October 22nd, 1903. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K gold and champlevé enamel pocket watch with chronograph.Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 80,000 - 120,000
USD 11,000 - 16,000 / EUR 8,000 - 12,000
Sold: HKD 112,100
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, the back cover decorated with a royal blue translucent enamel monogram, bolt at 11 to lock the chronograph. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial dauphine numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second divisions, red Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Louis XVI? hands. M. 42 mm., 19???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 35 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, chronograph button in the crown, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-43-01 |
Good HANDS Original |