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Patek Philippe
A very fine, rare and highly unusual pink gold openface pocket watch with 24 hour dial, guillaume balance, original invoice and fitted presentation box, retailed by Chronometer Gondolo
- Estimate
- HK$96,000 - 144,000
HK$250,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- Circa 1910
- Movement No
- 154'750
- Case No
- 259'414
- Material
- 18k pink gold
- Calibre
- Mechanical
- Dimensions
- 56 mm. diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial and movement signed<em> by maker, cuvette and dial signed by retailer</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> original invoice and fitted presentation box.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Gondolo & Labouriau of Rio de Janiero represented Patek Philippe since 1872 and it was from 1902 to the late 1930s that Patek made watches specifically for their trusted Brazilian retailer. It is thought that the retailer sold a third of the Patek Philippe production at the time. The present watch is fitted with a very unusual feature where it displays the full 24 hours. Accompanied with its original invoice and fitted presentation box, the watch has been preserved in very original and appealing condition.
Literature
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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