29,900 CHF
Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 125299, case No. 240637, made in 1905 and sold on July 29, 1911. Extremely fine silver deck lever chronometer adjusted for the 1908 Geneva Observatory Timing Contest, with 36-hour power reserve indicator and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, silver hinged cuvette. Heavy, solid silver, bold champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer champlevé minute track, champlevé up-and-down sector at 12, champlevé subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel “spade” hands. 47 mm. (21””) Cal. 18o, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with “winged” arms, gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum mean time ones, special alloy Breguet balance spring inner and outer terminal curves, diamond endstone, “swan-neck” micrometric regulator. Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 60 mm. Notes Patek Philippe’s large movements with 18o, and more rarely with 18H calibers, were made to the highest possible standards. They were adjusted by such masters as Henri Wehrli, J. Golay-Audemars, F. Modoux, and C. Batifolier, who were the best-paid workers in the watch industry. Watches they adjusted, and particularly those awarded prizes at Observatory Contests, were several times more expensive than the regular production. The present watches, lots 91 and 92, are exceptionally well made and adjusted for the Observatory Contests. Every detail, such as the special Guillaume b
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
