Live Auction 1891Important Pocket Watches And Wristwatches
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL ULTRA-THIN OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH
Lot 132

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL ULTRA-THIN OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 193679, CASE NO. 406685, RETAILED BY SPAULDING & CO., CHICAGO, MANUFACTURED IN 1920

Closed17 October 2007

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USD 6,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL ULTRA-THIN OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER DRESS WATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 193679, CASE NO. 406685, RETAILED BY SPAULDING & CO., CHICAGO, MANUFACTURED IN 1920
Cal. 17 nickel-finished lever movement, wolf's tooth winding, 18 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, 8 adjustments, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, polished case with the bezel, rim and pendant with Greek key design enhanced with translucent red enamel, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed, cuvette and movement signed for the retailer
46mm diam.

Specialist note

Accompanied by an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirming the date of manufacture as 1926 and its subsequent sale on December 14th of the same year.

According to our research the present watch has never before appeared at auction. A similar watch is illustrated in Huber & Banbery, Patek Philippe, Volume 1, p. 165, pl. 119.