17,700 CHF
“Quarter Repeater” Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, No. 65361. Made for the Hispanic market in 1882, sold on January 6, 1883. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe wooden fitted box, original Certificat d’Origine, alternative silver and gold dial, spare mainspring and repeat spring, extra crystal and hands and the Extract from the Archives. Four-body, “pomme et filet”, polished bezel, reeded band, engine-turned back cover with polished border, the center with three engraved initials “G.Z.C”. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 18’’’, rhodium-plated, “fausses cotes” decoration, 23 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm. From the Collection of a Spanish Gentleman Notes The white enamel dial presently fitted to this watch is an alternative to the fine engraved silver dial with gold foliate decoration that is sold with the watch and can be changed if so desired. The white enamel dial is mentioned on the original certificate and the silver and gold dial is mentioned on the Extract from the Archives. It is very unusual for the original box, certificate and spare parts to sur
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
