Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Oct 15, 1989
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 193476, case No. 824-647237, specially made for J. B. Champion Junior, circa 1919. Good 18-carat gold pocket chronometer.
Three body massive "demi-bassine" polished case with invisible hinges. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "pear" hands. Good 18' rhodium plated movement, "fausses-côtes" decoration, beraring the Geneva quality mark, 23 jewels, one gold screwed setting, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, "Extra" brass-invar Guillaume balance adjusted to heat and cold isochronism and five positions, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve and a swan neck micrometric index. In very good condition. Diam. 48 mm.