410,500 CHF
Precision Timekeeper with 7 ComplicationsPatek, Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 111543, case No. 226407, circa 1899, property of Prince Orloff in 1901.Very fine and important large 18K gold and enamel hunting-cased, keyless astronomical minute-repeating watch with chronograph, perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine", front engraved with coat-of-arms under a crown, back with crown in black champlevé enamel encircled with geometrical pattern decoration, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minutes and seconds rings, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, months and subsidiary seconds, concentric with the date and aperture for phases of the moon with sector for its age. Gold "Louis XV" hands. Notes Prince Vladimir Nicolaievitch OrloffPrince Vladimir Nicolaievitch Orloff, the son of Prince Nicholas Alexeievitch Orloff and Princess Catherine Nicolaievna Troubetzkoy, was born in Brussels on January 12 1869 and died in Sannois on August 29, 1927. He was Lieutenant General and Chef de la Maison Militaire of Emperor Nicolas I. Among his numerous decorations was that of Commander of the Legion of Honor. Prince Vladimir married Princess Olga C. Belosselsky Belozersky (1874-1923), the daughter of Prince Constantin Belosselsky Belozerky.Prince Vladimir's father, Prince Nicholas Alexeievitch (born circa 1827), began as adjudant in the Imperial guard of Nicholas I, and wa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
