Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 14, 2017
PATEK PHILIPPE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH MINUTE REPEATER PINK GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 90365, case No. 207545. Sold on September 21st, 1892. Very fine and extremely rare, heavy, 18K pink gold keyless minute-repeating hunting cased pocket watch with split- seconds chronograph. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.
Four-body, "bassine", polished, front cover engraved with coat of arms, entire case florally engraved, 2 push buttons in the band for start/stop chronograph and the split-seconds functions, triple hinged. White enamel with painted radial roman numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk dial for the seconds. Blued steel baton hands. Cal. 19```, nickel silver, fausses côtes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide in the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
| Grade:  | |
| Case: 2 | Very good | 
| Movement: 2* | Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense | 
| Dial: 2-01 | Very good HANDS Original |