25,300 CHF
Patek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 97197, made in 1893 and sold to Tiffany & Co. on July 31, 1893. Very fine and exceptionally rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, double-train independent split-seconds chronograph watch with 30-minute recorder and with “foudroyante” returning to zero and special overcoil safety device, accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Notes Watches with jump-seconds that return to zero are exceptionally rare; they require a special additional mechanism which, without moving the sweep seconds hand, allows the diablotine to start again and stop at zero.Patek Philippe made only a few watches with diablotine, most of them in the 27000 series. Only two are known from later series; this one and o. 124946 .Adrien Philippe was one of a group of watchmakers working on the “Fly- Back” chronograph and diablotine. His invention was one of the symplest yet most efective solutions to the problem.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
