Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 171

?Large Minute Repeater? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 174090, case No. 332855, Ref. 876. Movement made in 1912, completed and cased in 1975, sold on April 29, 1976. Very fine, large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished.
D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands.
M. 19???, rhodiumplated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56