322,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 861494, case No. 2604978, Ref. 2524/1. Production of this reference started in 1955.Very fine and very rare, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. Notes Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, Patek Philippe S.A., Geneva, 1998 Edition, pp. 318-319, and in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, pp. 314, 315, and 317.What is a Minute Repeater?A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the #9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes aftr that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used bells. At theend of the 18th century, two bent-wire gings became the more popular mechanism. In
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
