42,550 CHF
Charles Frodsham & Co. , 84, Strand, London, AD.FMSZ No. 7326, with London hallmarks for 1887.Very fine and unusual silver deck-watch, with 54 hour power reserve indication and free sprung special balance spring in original fitted mahogany deck watch box. Three body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, marked "G. J. T." (George James Thickbroom). Hinged silver cuvette. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Blued steel "pear" hands. Notes Jean Adrien Philippe (1815-1894) andAntoine Norbert de Patek (1812-1877)Patek Phillipe. The Company known today as Patek Philippe was founded in Geneva in 1839 by an exile from Russian Poland, Antoine Norbert de Patek and his compatriot François Czapek. The earliest watches were signed with the names of Patek and Czapek & Co., until 1845 when Czapek left the partnerships. At the same time the company was joined by a French watchmaker, Adrien Philippe, who was to be the inventor of their famous stem-winding and hand-setting mechanism. From May 1845 to January 1851 thfirm was known as Patek & Co.; Philippe lent his name to the company in 1851 when he took a position as a full partner.Amongst the reasons for their initial success was the high standard of watchmaking and praticality of Philippe's new stem-winding system. Queen Victoria of England was already a client in the opening years of the partnership.It is from the middle of 19th century that Patek Philippe assumed a leadi
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
