13,800 CHF
Patek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 66368, made circa 1887. Very fine 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating watch, accompanied by Extract from the Archives. Five-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divi-sions,sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. 43 mm (19’’’), maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement,cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring with outer Phillips terminal curve, "swan-neck"micrometric regulator, Audemars type repetition with fixed star and all-or-nothing, repeating on gongs throughactivating slide in the band.Signed on dial and case, movement and case with the same serial number. Notes A high quality minute repeater with a high quality early maillechort movement. It comes from a small series of minute and 5-minute repeaters destined mostly for the American market.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
