93,750 HKD
MINUTE REPEATER AND CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Swiss, the dial signed Patek Philippe & Co. , Genève, No. 80022, No. 175021 case by the American Watch Case Co., Made circa 1880s. Very fine, keyless, minute repeating, 14K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph. Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with fifths of a second chronograph divisions and Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 18''', rhodium plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf`s tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial signed Patek Philippe & Co., case signed A.W.C.Co. DIAM. 51 mm. THICKNESS 17 mm. The movement of this watch although unsigned is very high-grade and certainly equal to Patek Philippe standard. However, the numbers of the watch do not correspond to any watch in the Patek Philippe archives and therefore the dial signature must be considered erroneous. The American Watch Case Co. was founded in 1893 in New York by Henry Oppenheimer and only made cases in solid 14K or 18K gold.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-06-28
