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Patek Philippe. A lady's very fine and elegant 18K gold, enamel, platinum and diamond-set openface keyless lever pendant watch
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Patek Philippe. A lady's very fine and elegant 18K gold, enamel, platinum and diamond-set openface keyless lever pendant watch

Signed Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, retailed by Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston, movement no. 158’328, case no. 265’396, manufactured in 1910

Closed14 May 2018

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Patek Philippe. A lady's very fine and elegant 18K gold, enamel, platinum and diamond-set openface keyless lever pendant watch
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland, retailed by Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston, movement no. 158’328, case no. 265’396, manufactured in 1910
Movement: cal. 10’’’, manual, 18 jewels, signed by maker and retailer
Dial: white enamel, signed
Case: hinged back and bezel overlaid with translucent blue-grey enamel and white painting, platinum and diamond ornamentation, 27 mm. diam., signed, hinged gold cuvette signed by maker and retailer
With: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with blue-grey enamel back, applied lace-like ornaments in platinum and brilliants in 1910 and its subsequent sale on 16th October 1911.

Specialist note

Fresh to the market and possibly unique, this beautiful lady’s pendant watch epitomizes the delicacy and femininity of the precious objects made during the “belle époque”. Patek Philippe. Always striving for design and unparalleled craftsmanship the firm produced highly decorative lady’s timepieces such as the present watch which were embellished using the most fashionable and innovative techniques of the time: rich enamels made popular by Fabergé and the settting of diamonds in platinum popularized by Cartier and Boucheron in the early years of the 20th century.

A watch decorated with similar techniques with movement no. 158’340, close to the present watch, is in the Patek Philippe Museum (Inv. P-1641) and illustrated in: Patek Philippe Watches, Volume II, Patek Philippe Museum, 2013, p. 104.