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Patek Philippe. A very fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, platinum, enamel and diamond-set Art Deco openface keyless lever pendant watch with matching chain, original certificate and box
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Patek Philippe. A very fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, platinum, enamel and diamond-set Art Deco openface keyless lever pendant watch with matching chain, original certificate and box

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, MOVEMENT NO. 158'367, CASE NO. 267'095, MANUFACTURED IN 1910

Closed9 November 2015

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Patek Philippe. A very fine, rare and attractive 18K gold, platinum, enamel and diamond-set Art Deco openface keyless lever pendant watch with matching chain, original certificate and box
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneva, Switzerland, movement no. 158'367, case no. 267'095, manufactured in 1910
Cal. 10''' gilt-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, gold cuvette engraved Made for Minnie Jobson Birnie 1911 by Patek, Philippe & Co., Geneva, Switzerland, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer red five minute divisions, translucent light blue-grey enamel on guilloché background decorated circular case, bezel enhanced with white enamel, hinged back decorated with translucent light blue-grey enamel on guilloché background, diamond-set rim, centred by finely detailed platinum mounted filigré round-cut diamond-set floral decoration, swivel bow, similarly decorated white and yellow gold and translucent light blue and white enamel link chain, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
27.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin and Warranty and original fitted presentation box containing a spare crystal numbered "267'095". Furthermore delivered with the Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with blue-grey enamel case with rose-cut diamonds on the center and Limoges style decoration in 1910 and its subsequent sale on 8 May 1911.

Fresh to the market it is a fine example of one of Patek Philippe's filigree watches, distinguished by their delicately detailed and pierced diamond-set decoration. Based on the engraved inscription on its cuvette, it was made for Minnie Jobson Birnie, wife of Donald Birnie, son of William Perkins Birnie who founded the Birnie Paper Company in Springfield, MA.

Another example of such filigree decorated pendant watch, movement no. 158'340, is illustrated and described in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches - Volume II, p. 104, Inv. P-1641.