374,500 CHF
Patek Philippe Minute-Repeating "Savonnette type" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 861355, case No. 687686, Ref. 2524/1, retailed by Gübelin Lucerne. Made in 1954, sold on October 25th, 1957. Important and very rare minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with subsidiary seconds dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, the back with engraved inscription, inclined bezel, concave lugs. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, engraved outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Notes Production of this reference started in 1955. Engraved on the back: "To N.B. C. from L.P. C. - L'amour toujours - Dec. 25, 1957". Minute-repeating wristwatch movements were originally made for two types of case. The first, the savonnette type, features subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, and the repeat slide is activated in a clockwise direction. The second, the Lépine type, has no subsidiary seconds and the repeat slide is activated in an anti-clockwise direction. 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 strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and t
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
