Live Auction 1401Important Watches including Property from an Important European Collection
Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch
Lot 276

Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch

PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. A GENÈVE, NO. 20'191, MANUFACTURED IN 1861

Closed12 May 2014

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Patek Philippe. A rare and early 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch
Patek Philippe & Co. a Genève, No. 20'191, manufactured in 1861
Cal. 18''' mechanical jewelled lever movement, repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, excentrique subsidiary seconds to 10 o'clock, engine-turned circular case, repeating slide in the ribbed band, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered
48 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with engine-turned case in 1861 and its subsequent sale on 5 April 1864. Furthermore delivered with a Patek Philippe presentation box.

The present watch is fitted with Jean-Adrien Philippe stem winding and hour setting mechanism, patented in Paris on 22 April 1845, patent no. 1317. Philippe specified that his invention would be "applicable to all types of watches" - and indeed this feature can be found to date in timepieces which he could probably have never imagined: self-winding and ultra-thin wristwatches, quartz watches, calendar watches and diving watches, just to name some.