PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, FINE AND UNUSUAL SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS METRONOME WITH MUSICAL SCORE, STOP FUNCTION AND DEADBEAT HALF-SECOND MOVEMENT.

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, FINE AND UNUSUAL SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS METRONOME WITH MUSICAL SCORE, STOP FUNCTION AND DEADBEAT HALF-SECOND MOVEMENT.

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENÈVE, CASE NO. 58, CIRCA 1880.

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, FINE AND UNUSUAL SILVER OPENFACE KEYLESS METRONOME WITH MUSICAL SCORE, STOP FUNCTION AND DEADBEAT HALF-SECOND MOVEMENT.
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENÈVE, CASE NO. 58, CIRCA 1880.
Movement: Mechanical, Cal. 18, signed
Dial: White, enamel, musical score, signed
Case: Hinged back, hinged cuvette, signed

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Lot Essay

This metronome pocket watch is one of the rarest Patek Philippe creations. To date, only six of these mysterious timers are known, all identical:

1. In Geneva's prestigious Patek Philippe Museum, exhibited at "Exposition de la fabuleuse collection privée de Patek Philippe" in 1989 (Exhibit no. 498), and described and illustrated in Patek Philippe Museum, Patek Philippe Watches, Volume I by Patek Philippe, p. 291
2. No. 2, sold at Christie’s Geneva in May 2014
3. No. 4, in private collection
4. No. 5, formerly in the Time Museum (Inv. 2616), sold at public auction in 2002
5. Sold at public auction in Geneva in 1980
6. No 58, the present watch.

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