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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 140
?Minute Repeater? Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 112288, case No. 231671. Made for Tilden Thurber Co., Providence in 1902, sold on May 11th, 1903. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating 18K gold dress watch. Accompanied by the original fitted box, spare crystal and the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 100,000 - 150,000
USD 13,000 - 20,000 / EUR 10,000 - 15,000
Sold: HKD 177,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial dauphine numerals, outer minute track and red painted Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed, cuvette and movement also signed by the retailer. Diam. 46 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-43-01 |
Good HANDS Original |