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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND EARLY 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET POCKET WATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS, ENAMEL CASE BACK DEPICTING A SPHINX AND MATCHING BROOCH
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND EARLY 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET POCKET WATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS, ENAMEL CASE BACK DEPICTING A SPHINX AND MATCHING BROOCH

MOVEMENT NO. 109’750, CASE NO. 221’709, MANUFACTURED IN 1898

Closed26 May 2024

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HKD 163,800

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND EARLY 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET POCKET WATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS, ENAMEL CASE BACK DEPICTING A SPHINX AND MATCHING BROOCH
MOVEMENT NO. 109’750, CASE NO. 221’709, MANUFACTURED IN 1898
Movement: Manual
Dial: Enamel with Breguet numerals
Case: 27 mm.; case back decorated with a Sphinx in gold relief and rose cut diamonds, yellow, red and green enamelled background
With: Matching gold, enamel and diamond-set brooch and Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the case back decoration
Remark: Fresh to the market

Specialist note

A ravishingly beautiful example of Patek Philippe’s enamelled and jewelled lady’s pendant/brooch timepieces, the present watch, made in 1898, is the embodiment of the European Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 20th century.

The case is wonderfully decorated with translucent red, green and yellow enamel as a background to the central Sphinx in gold relief and set with rose-cut diamonds. The accompanying detachable gold and rose-cut diamond brooch is another tour-de-force of Art Nouveau goldwork, in the form of a phoenix rising against an exquisitely enamelled sun.

Highly desirable and as eminently wearable today as it was over 120 years ago, this lovely horological work of art would be an excellent addition to any collection.