$5,750
Patek Philippe & Co. , Geneva, No. 65557, made for Geo. C. Shreve & Co., San Francisco, circa 1882.Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K gold, split-seconds chronograph watch. 42.8 mm, nickel, half-plate, damascened, 21 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balane with gold screws and blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on the movement by Patek Philippe. Dial and case signed by "Geo. C. Shreve & Co. San Francisco Cal."Diam.52.7 mm. Notes This is an excellent example of a watch put together by one of America's most skilled jewelers, using the best European movements and best American cases.Tiffany & Company, New YorkJewelers, goldsmiths, watchcase and watch movement manufacturer.In 1837, a 25-year old named Lewis Tiffany, founded Tiffany & Co. That same year, Queen Victoria ascended the British throne, thus beginning a period of history characterized by a strict respect of tradition and customs, good taste, and wealth. The Victorian Age, as it came to be known, was not limited to Europe. In America, the middle and upper classes continued to follow many of the traditions and trends of their European counterparts, however they proved to be receptive to a more definitive syle that Tiffany was about to create.Tiffany was the first to employ the purity standard of 925/1000 for silver and, thanks to the efforts of Charles Lewis Tiffany, this came to be defined by the American Congress as the norm for American solid silver. Tiffany's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-28
