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拍品 63 PATEK PHILIPPE
Lots 63 & 64: The Property of an Important Swiss Private Collector
Lots 63 & 64: The Property of an Important Swiss Private Collector
Patek Philippe. A fine, early and possibly unique 18K gold and enamel hunter case keyless cylinder watch with Adrien Philippe’s early stem winding and setting mechanism
Signed Invention Brévetée de Patek Philippe & Co. à Genève, no. 4'525, manufactured in 1850
已結束2019年11月11日
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CHF 15,000
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Fully serviced and renovated by Patek Philippe in 2002/3, this very fine and highly attractive enamelled watch is from the early years of production, featuring Adrien Philippe's ground breaking invention of the keyless crown winding and hand-setting system. It is preserved in remarkably good condition and has to our best of knowledge never been offered in public before.
Adrien Philippe's invention of the modern winding and setting stem and crown (pull out to set, push in to wind), French patent No. 1317 of 1845, was more than a clever mechanism, it changed the nature of watches completely and is one of the most significant innovations in watchmaking history.
Other examples of Patek Philippe's early stem-winding watches engraved “Invention Brevetée” (patented invention) on the cuvette are illustrated and described in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches - Volume I, pp. 56, 57 & 58. A watch with similar enamel decoration is illustrated on p. 151.
Adrien Philippe's invention of the modern winding and setting stem and crown (pull out to set, push in to wind), French patent No. 1317 of 1845, was more than a clever mechanism, it changed the nature of watches completely and is one of the most significant innovations in watchmaking history.
Other examples of Patek Philippe's early stem-winding watches engraved “Invention Brevetée” (patented invention) on the cuvette are illustrated and described in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches - Volume I, pp. 56, 57 & 58. A watch with similar enamel decoration is illustrated on p. 151.