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Lot 102 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL HALF-HUNTER CASE KEYLESS LEVER PENDANT WATCH

MANUFACTURED BY PATEK PHILIPPE, RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO, NEW YORK, MOVEMENT NO. 81570, CASE NO. 202135, MANUFACTURED IN 1889

Closed10 June 2009

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL HALF-HUNTER CASE KEYLESS LEVER PENDANT WATCH
MANUFACTURED BY PATEK PHILIPPE, RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO, NEW YORK, MOVEMENT NO. 81570, CASE NO. 202135, MANUFACTURED IN 1889
Cal. 12 nickel-finished lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, finely chased and engraved scroll and foliate decorated case and bow, pink guilloché enamel front center, polychrome scroll design, black enamel edging, enamel Arabic numerals surrounding the aperture, polychrome enamel landscape scene to the reverse, outer polychrome scroll design, black enamel edging, the band with black enamel, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed by retailer
33mm diam.

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With a Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming producution of the present watch in 1889 and its subsequent sale on November 7th of the same year. The extract confirms the watch left the Patek Philippe factory with enamel Dauphine hour markers to the front and an enamel painted scene to the reverse.

To the best of our knowledge the present watch has never before been offered in public.