Lot 96
96
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH HALF INSTANTANEOUS THIRTY MINUTE RECORDER, MOON PHASES AND RARE TINTED WHITE EMAMEL DIAL
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH HALF INSTANTANEOUS THIRTY MINUTE RECORDER, MOON PHASES AND RARE TINTED WHITE EMAMEL DIAL

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 174813, CASE NO. 405490, MANUFACTURED IN 1917

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH HALF INSTANTANEOUS THIRTY MINUTE RECORDER, MOON PHASES AND RARE TINTED WHITE EMAMEL DIAL
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 174813, CASE NO. 405490, MANUFACTURED IN 1917
Cal. 19 nickel-finished lever movement, 39 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, later gold cuvette, tinted white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer calibrated fifth seconds ring, Arabic fifths divisions, blued steel moon hands, four subsidiary dials for day and month in English, date combined with constant seconds and 30 minute register combined with phases of the moon and lunar calendar, plain heavy circular case with invisible hinge, split-seconds chronograph buttons in the band and in the crown, both locked by a sliding lever in the band, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
55mm diam.
Provenance
The Art of Patek Philippe; Habsburg Feldman Antiquorum, April 9, 1989, lot 296

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Lot Essay

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1917 and its subsequent sale on December 22, 1922.

According to the 1989 auction catalogue where the present watch was purchased for over 300,000 Swiss Francs and has been kept in the same private collection for over 20 years it is recorded as being part of the collection of the Patek Philippe museum. The present example is just one of two examples known with this size case, thirty minute register and sought after rare tinted white enamel dial making the dial appear more amber than straight white.

The other example known, movement number 197631 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Pocket Watches by M. Huber and A. Banberry, 1993, plate 207, p. 226

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