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Lot 144 THE PROPERTY OF AN ITALIAN COLLECTOR
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, FINE AND UNUSUAL SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS METRONOME WITH MUSICAL SCORE, STOP FUNCTION AND DEADBEAT HALF-SECOND MOVEMENT.
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENÈVE, CASE NO. 58, CIRCA 1880.
Closed23 March 2018
Price Realised
USD 28,750
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This metronome pocket watch is one of the rarest Patek Philippe creations. To date, only six of these mysterious timers are known, all identical:
1. In Geneva's prestigious Patek Philippe Museum, exhibited at "Exposition de la fabuleuse collection privée de Patek Philippe" in 1989 (Exhibit no. 498), and described and illustrated in Patek Philippe Museum, Patek Philippe Watches, Volume I by Patek Philippe, p. 291
2. No. 2, sold at Christie’s Geneva in May 2014
3. No. 4, in private collection
4. No. 5, formerly in the Time Museum (Inv. 2616), sold at public auction in 2002
5. Sold at public auction in Geneva in 1980
6. No 58, the present watch.
1. In Geneva's prestigious Patek Philippe Museum, exhibited at "Exposition de la fabuleuse collection privée de Patek Philippe" in 1989 (Exhibit no. 498), and described and illustrated in Patek Philippe Museum, Patek Philippe Watches, Volume I by Patek Philippe, p. 291
2. No. 2, sold at Christie’s Geneva in May 2014
3. No. 4, in private collection
4. No. 5, formerly in the Time Museum (Inv. 2616), sold at public auction in 2002
5. Sold at public auction in Geneva in 1980
6. No 58, the present watch.