94th Auction

2016/11/12

Lot 383

Patek Philippe & Co. Geneva, Switzerland / Tiffany & Co., Movement No. 48044 / Tiffany No. 15130, Case No. 48044 / Tiffany No. 15130, Cal. 19''', 48 mm, 119 g, circa 1878
A gentleman's very fine, extremely rare Geneva pocket watch with regulator dial and split seconds chronograph - delivered to Tiffany & Co. in New York on 07/22/1878. According to the current state of knowledge only five other watches are known to exist. With Patek Philippe extract from the archives
Case: 18k rose gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
We presented one of the five remaining Patek Philippe watches with regulator dial and split seconds chronograph as lot 624 at our 92nd auction and another at our 83rd auction as lot 180. The selling price at the time was 46,000 euros.
A similar watch is described and illustrated in detail in "Patek Philippe" by Huber & Banberry, Zurich 1982, page 190.

estimated
29.00035.000 €
Price realized
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