Patek Philippe & Cie Very Fine & Rare Gold Minute Repeater with Chronograph, circa 1897. ...

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Patek Philippe & Cie Very Fine & Rare Gold Minute Repeater with Chronograph, circa 1897
Case: 18k rose gold, # 224971, four body, hinged gold dust cover, back engraved with fancy script monogram, gold slide for the repeat mechanism on the rim, safety lock bar for the chronograph on the upper rim, 52 mm, open face
Dial: enamel, radial Arabic hour numerals, outer red five minute numerals, minute track and 1/5th second marks, subsidiary seconds, gold fly back center sweep, gold Louis XIV hands
Movement: No. 97774, nickel finish, bridge, 38 jewels, counter-poised straight line lever escapement, wolfs tooth winding, fausses de cotes decoration, blued steel Breguet balance spring, jeweled thru the hammers
Signed: triple signed Patek Philippe & Cie, cuvette also signed A.H. Rodanet, Constructeur de Chronometres, Paris

Note: this lot is accompanied by the Extract from the Archives which lists the date of manufacture as 1897 and the date of sale as October 3rd, 1901

Condition Report*: Type: Patek Philippe Gold Minute Repeater with Chronograph
Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie
Dial: enamel, radial Arabic numerals, red five minutes
Hands; gold Louis XIV
Metal: 18k rose gold
Gram Weight: 114.3
Case No: 224971
Case Info: four body, back with ribbon script monogram
Case Width: 52 mm
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: No. 97774, bridge, nickel finish 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bi-metallic compensated balance, jeweled thru the hammers, repeat activated from a gold slide, button in crown to activate the sweep seconds hand, lock out slide bar on the rim
Circa: 1897
Condition: movement and case are very good, dial with a few light hairlines

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2009 MAY Signature Timepieces Auction #5023 (go to Auction Home page)

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May, 2009

12th-13th Tuesday-Wednesday

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Sold on May 12, 2009 for: $35,850.00

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