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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD HALF-HUNTER CASE HALF-QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
Lot 4724

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD HALF-HUNTER CASE HALF-QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, NO. 27'439, MANUFACTURED IN 1869

Closed30 May 2012

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD HALF-HUNTER CASE HALF-QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, NO. 27'439, MANUFACTURED IN 1869
Cal. 19"' keyless jewelled lever movement, half-quarter repeating on two polished hammmers onto two gongs, gold cuvette with inscription Philip John Darlington Gamon Captain Dragoons Cyprus, O.A.S. Christmas 1944 from his Mother, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case with blue enamel Roman numerals around the glazed aperture in front, repeating mechanism activated by slide in the band, the monogrammed case back with a moose's head and Deus Providebit or God provides on a banner below, case and cuvette numbered
52 mm. diam.

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US$5,200-8,200

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel dial in 1869 and its subsequent sale on 10 November 1870. Furthermore delivered with a fitted presentation box.

The present watch has never been offered at auction previously and is one of only 6 known half-quarter repeating examples to have re-surfaced on the market.