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Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with engraved representation of brown coal mine N.V. Louisegroeve, original certificate and box
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Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with engraved representation of brown coal mine N.V. Louisegroeve, original certificate and box

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENÈVE, MOVEMENT NO. 157'141, CASE NO. 413'597, MANUFACTURED IN 1910

Closed13 May 2013

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Patek Philippe. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with engraved representation of brown coal mine N.V. Louisegroeve, original certificate and box
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, movement no. 157'141, case no. 413'597, manufactured in 1910
Cal. 18''' mechanical jeweled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, minute repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, gold cuvette with engraved inscription Souvenir aan Graetheide 1921 - 1927, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case, engine-turned back centred by engraved initials JS, engraved representation of the brown coal mine N.V. Louisegroeve in Graetheide (Limburg) to the front, repeating slide in the band, case stamped and numbered, cuvette signed and numbered, dial and movement signed
51 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificat d'Origine & de Garantie, also stamped Horlogerie J. Bornefeld, Den Haag, confirms the initials JS, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel dial and Breguet numerals in 1910 and its subsequent sale on 4 November 1927. The Extract also confirms the engraved monogram on the engine-turned case back. Furthermore delivered with a Patek Philippe contemporary presentation box also stamped J. Bornefeld, Chronometermaker, Den Haag, containing two spare springs and a gold chain.

The watch was offered by its first owner, the great grandfather of the present owner, to his son-in-law Johannes S. on the occasion of the marriage to his daughter Louise.