74,750 CHF
Patek Philippe & Co. , Geneve, No. 27397. Made in 1870 and sold on 31st August 1871. Very fine and exceptionally rare and early 18K gold keyless pocket watch with chronograph and fly-back 15- minute recorder. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minutetrack and outer seconds track divided into fifths and with Arabic five second divisions, subsidiary seconds, 15-minute recording sector with flyback hand. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes According to the Patek Philippe Archives, this watch is the earliest Patek Philippchronograph with recorder, and the only known example made with a fly-back 15-minute recorder.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
