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PATEK PHILIPPE. A LADY'S RARE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A LADY'S RARE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 178273, CASE NO. 282845, MANUFACTURED IN 1913

Closed24 April 2008

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A LADY'S RARE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, Movement No. 178273, Case No. 282845, manufactured in 1913
With gilt-finished lever movement, wolf's tooth winding, bi-metallic compensation balance, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, circular hinged case with wide bezel and screw-set lugs, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
26mm diam.

Specialist note

Accompanied by an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirming the date of manufacture as 1913 as a wristwatch and its subsequent sale on April 5th, 1917.

According to our research the present watch has never before appeared at auction.

For a similar example of an early lady's wristwatch see Huber & Banbery, Patek Philippe Wristwatches, Volume 2, Second Edition, p. 105, pl. 111.