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Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set pendant watch with matching brooch
Lot 275

Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set pendant watch with matching brooch

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVE, RETAILED BY J.J. FREEMAN & CO., TOLEDO, OHIO, MOVEMENT NO. 105'400, CASE NO. 217'586, MANUFACTURED IN 1896

Closed16 May 2011

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CHF 30,000

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Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set pendant watch with matching brooch
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, retailed by J.J. Freeman & Co., Toledo, Ohio, movement no. 105'400, case no. 217'586, manufactured in 1896
Cal. 10''' nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with green Roman numerals separated by gold stars, gilt Arabic five minute divisions, gold Louis XV hands, circular case with pearl-set bezel and bow, hinged back centred by a finely detailed translucent green enamel over the guilloché image of a chimera, pearl-set border, associated 14K gold, green enamel and pearl-set palmette-form brooch, case and movement signed by maker and retailer and numbered, dial signed by maker
27 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel dial, Louis XV hands, green hour markers, gold stars and numerals in 1896 and its subsequent sale on 22 September 1896. The Extract further confirms the case ornamented with translucent green enamel on a chased background with chimera motif and pearl-set decoration on the bezel and bow.

During the second half of the 19th century, Patek Philippe produced a wide variety of pendant watches decorated with translucent enamel on engine-turned backgrounds. Very few examples were produced with detailed imagery, as is the case with the present lot, which features the mythical chimera.