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Lot 211
Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold openface minute repeating perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch with moon phases
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, NO. 174'465, MADE FOR TILDEN THURBER CO., PROVIDENCE, MOVEMENT NO. 174'465, CASE NO. 401'341, MANUFACTURED IN 1914
Closed11 May 2009
Price Realised
CHF 135,000
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Specialist note
With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1914 and its subsequent sale on 21 January 1915.
According to the engraved inscription on the cuvette of the present watch, it was made for John Wells Coggeshall of Providence, Rhodes Island, in 1914, possibly a descendant of John Coggeshall, progenitor of the family in America, and first president of the Colony of Rhode Island.
According to the engraved inscription on the cuvette of the present watch, it was made for John Wells Coggeshall of Providence, Rhodes Island, in 1914, possibly a descendant of John Coggeshall, progenitor of the family in America, and first president of the Colony of Rhode Island.