PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
Lot 2744

PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVA, RETAILED BY BAILEY BANKS AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, MOVEMENT NO. 103'590, CASE NO. 217'248, MANUFACTURED IN 1895

Closed27 November 2013

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HKD 50,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVA, RETAILED BY BAILEY BANKS AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, MOVEMENT NO. 103'590, CASE NO. 217'248, MANUFACTURED IN 1895
Jewelled lever movement, silver cuvette, silver dial, white enamel cartouches with blue enamel Roman numerals, the center with foliate scrolls, circular case, the bezel engraved with IN TEMPESTATE SECVRITAS, hinged case back with engraved scene in high relief of Saint George slaying the dragon and also engraved with S GEORGIVS EQVITVM PATRONVS, the inside of the case back depicting Jesus and His disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee in a boat during a great storm, movement and cuvette signed and numbered, movement further signed by the retailer
33 mm. diam.

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US$3,800-6,400

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with oxidised silver dial and white enamel cartouches with blue Roman figures in 1895 and its subsequent sale on 29 May 1917.