$36,000
PATEK PHILIPPE HUNTING CASED PERPETUAL CALENDAR MADE FOR THE SPANISH MARKET Patek Philippe & Co. , Geneve, No. 27095, case No. 27095. Made in 1866 and sold on September 29th, 1868. Very fine and extremely early, rare, astronomic, 18K gold, keyless, hunting cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, retailed by M. de Arregui, Madrid. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives mentioning production with an enamel dial and guilloche cover. Four-body, “bassine et filet”, engine turned and polished, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette with later presentation inscription ‘A nuestro querido hijo Emilio, con todo el immienso carino de tus padres, 19=III=1939’ White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the months, the seconds and days of the week and the date, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel spade hands. 42 mm., 19‘’’, rhodium-plated, 20 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case signed, movement numbered and signed by retailer. Diam. 53 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-10
