Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 166

PATEK PHILIPPE POCKET WATCH PINK GOLD ? FOR PRINCE ALEXANDRE BIBESCO Patek Philippe & Cie, retailed by A. H. Rodanet, Constructeur de Chronomètres, 36, Rue Vivienne, Paris, movement No. 50208 / 3654. Made circa 1881. Fine, 18K pink gold, half-hunting case keyless pocket watch.

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

HKD 28,000 - 44,000 / USD 3,700 - 5,700

Sold: CHF 4,375

Four-body, bassine, polished, the front cover with glazed aperture and radial black champlevé Roman numerals, the back cover with engraved foliate monogram AX. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication ?Alexandre à Xavier Bibesco à Drevet?. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 18```, matte gilt, 15 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight- line lever escapement à moustache, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed and also signed by the retailer, movement numbered on the dial plate.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 48 mm. Prince Alexandre Bibesco (1842-1911) was the son of Prince Georges Bibesco who reigned as Hospodar (a Slavic King) on the Wallachian throne between 1842 and 1848. Wallachia is an ancient medieval Principality in Romania. Bibesco studied and lived in Paris where his wife, Princesse Hélène was a pupil of the legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein.