Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
Yellow Gold ?Dress Watch? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 191883, case No. 405705. Made for Wright, Kay & Co., Detroit, in 1919. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, keyless dress watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
C. Three-body, "forme collier", polished bezels, the band decorated with a continuous leaf pattern, hinged back with striped engine-turning and central engraved monogram. D. Matte champagne with applied yellow gold Art Deco ?cubiste? numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "trefoil" hands. M. 38 mm., 17''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, wolf's tooth winding, 18 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and meantime screws, eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |