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Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch
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Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch

SIGNED INVENTION & EXÉCUTION DE PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. A GENÈVE, NO. 15'043, MANUFACTURED IN 1857

Closed14 May 2012

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Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch
Signed Invention & Exécution de Patek Philippe & Co. a Genève, No. 15'043, manufactured in 1857
Cal. 18''' mechanical jewelled lever movement, repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, gold cuvette engraved Invention & Exécution de Patek Philippe & Co. à Genève, No. 15043, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned circular case, repeating slide in the band, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered
48 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1857 and its subsequent sale on 6 August 1858.
The engraved inscription on the cuvette of this watch, Invention et Exécution, refers to Jean-Adrien Philippe's French patent no. 1317, filed in Paris on 22 April 1845.

Jean-Adrien Philippe specified his invention would be "applicable to all types of watches" - and indeed this feature can be found to date in timepieces which he could probably have never imagined: self-winding and ultra-thin wristwatches, quartz watches, calendar watches and diving watches, just to name some.