PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE, RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT GILT-BRASS SOLAR-POWERED DESK CLOCK WITH CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, CASE BY MICHEL DEVILLE AND SAPPHIRE-SET QUARTER NUMERALS, PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MOSCOW FROM THE GENEVA AUTHORITY IN 1956, LATER THE SAME YEAR GIVEN AS THE PRIZE FOR THE DRAGON GOLD CUP, 1956

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE, RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT GILT-BRASS SOLAR-POWERED DESK CLOCK WITH CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, CASE BY MICHEL DEVILLE AND SAPPHIRE-SET QUARTER NUMERALS, PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MOSCOW FROM THE GENEVA AUTHORITY IN 1956, LATER THE SAME YEAR GIVEN AS THE PRIZE FOR THE DRAGON GOLD CUP, 1956
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 703, MOVEMENT NO. 872'552, CASE NO. 28, MANUFACTURED IN 1956
Cal. 17-250 lever movement, photo-electric cell connected to a circuit board, silvered dial, sapphire-set quarter numerals and engraved baton numerals on gilt chapter ring, gilt plate engraved Les Autorité de Genève, la Ville de Moscou - 1st Mai 56, cylindrical case with individual polychrome cloisonné enamel panels depicting birds, owls and roosters within a geometric landscape, revolving top in polychrome cloisonné enamel depicting a star-covered Goddess holding the Sun and the Moon within a geometric landscape, with a solar panel set in to the domed revolving top, all on three fluted feet, dial and movement signed, case numbered
120 mm. wide and 220 mm. high