222,000 HKD
Silver Travelling Watch Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 115698, case No. 115698, Made for Theus & Co., Savannah, Ga (Georgia), circa 1900. Very fine, extremely rare and unusual, silver portable keyless desk watch in the form of a snuff box. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. To be sold without reserve Three-body, engraved throughout with stylized foliage and flowers, folding panel displaying the watch, reeded bezel, large winding crown. Silver cuvette. White enamel with radial dauphine numerals, outer minute track and red Arabic fiveminute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. 18’’’, “adjusted”, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line moustache lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Wilmot’s patented cam micrometer regulator. Dial, box, cuvette and movement signed. Dim. 82 x 64 x 17 mm. Notes This is an extremely unusual object in Patek Philippe’s output and was probably made as a special order. Often with unusual pieces such as this Patek supplied the movement only (as stated in the Extract from the Archives), however in this case the silver box is fully signed on each part, making it extremely rare as an object entirely made by Patek Philippe.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-27
