448,500 HKD
“Diamonds and Sapphires” Patek Philippe & Co. , Genève, No. 937023, case No. 2791294, Ref. 916. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and extremely rare, skeletonized, thin, 18K yellow gold, diamond and cabochon sapphire keyless dress watch with matching gold, diamond and sapphire-set display stand. Three-body, 12-sided, rope-twist bezels, the band and bow set entirely with brilliant-cut diamonds, each side with twelve cabochonsapphire markers, winding crown set with a cabochon sapphire, sapphire crystals. Black “feuille” hands. Fully skeletonized, gilt,foliate engraved, spring barrel with the “Calatrava” symbol, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensatingBreguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Display stand: solid 18K gold, circular scalloped frame set with cabochon sapphires and diamonds, oval guilloché and polished basewith applied gold scroll ornaments.Movement, case, and display stand signed.Diam. 47 mm., Height 14.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm. Notes Very few such watches were ever produced with matching stands; the superb quality of the craftsmanship, the goldsmith’s and jeweller’s art, clearly stands out.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
