$24,150
Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 111631, case No. 223810. Produced in 1899, sold on February 27, 1900.Very fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Recently serviced by Patek Philippe. four-body, "bassine", polished, case back engraved with initials "A.B.T." in red and blue enamel, gold hinged cuvette engraved: "No. 111631, Made for Ashley Bemis Tower, 1899, by Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève", slide-bolt on the band at 11 to lock and unlock the chronograph button, a pushbutton to its left for controlling the split-seconds mechanism. white enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale and five minute/seconds red Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Pik gold "Louis XVI" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-03-24