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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum openface minute repeating keyless lever watch with additional dial
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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum openface minute repeating keyless lever watch with additional dial

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, MOVEMENT NO. 198'330, CASE NO. 416'935, MANUFACTURED IN 1929

Closed15 November 2010

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CHF 27,500

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum openface minute repeating keyless lever watch with additional dial
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneva, Switzerland, movement no. 198'330, case no. 416'935, manufactured in 1929
Cal. 17''' nickel-finished lever movement, 29 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, minute repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, platinum cuvette, silvered dial, applied baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case, snap on back, repeating slide in the band, case, dial and movement signed
45 mm. diam.

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With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial and raised platinum Breguet numerals in 1929 and its subsequent sale 12 January 1938, and Patek Philippe brown leather presentation box. Furthermore delivered with a spare silvered dial signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, with applied Breguet numerals, however in size not matching the watch.

Fresh to the market, this watch is one of the exceedingly rare examples of a Patek Philippe minute repeating watch cased in platinum to appear in public, furthermore preserved in very good, original overall condition.