$21,250
Patek Philippe- Lapel Watch Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 115201, case No. 224891. Made in 1900, sold March 8th, 1901. Very fine and possibly unique, 18k yellow gold lady's lapel watch hanging from an 18K yellow gold brooch decorated in a floral and leaf motif set with 4 pearls. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and correspondence. Four-body, solid, bassine, bark-finished, hinged bezel, back and cuvette, bezel decorated with 2 applied flowers and leaves, back decorated with various-color enamel, mistletoe and 5 pearls. White enamel with painted radial dauphine numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 10’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line moustache lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 27 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes An almost identical watch, numbered 117869, was sold by Christie's Geneva in May 2010, lot 315.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-12-08
