100th Auction
2019/11/15
Lot 60
Patek Philippe & Cie. Genève, Suisse, Movement No. 124877, Case No. 234800, 45 mm, 87 g, circa 1904
An exquisite, small Geneva pocket watch with minute repeater and split seconds chronograph, delivered to Spaulding & Co. Chicago with original box, original certificate and Patek Philippe extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, monogrammed, punch mark PPC. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, signed PPC, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
Tiffany's in New York and "Spaulding's" in Chicago - both attractions not only for clients intending to buy fine jewellery but also for many visitors who just come to enjoy the many exquisite treasures displayed in the shop windows. This is how the famous shop established by Henry Abiram Spaulding (born in 1837 in New York) in 1888 was described by Industrial Chicago in the late 19th century. The shop had flourished and prospered quickly under his management and the Paris branch in the at Avenue de l'Opera was soon as well-known all over the world as the main shop – particularly fascinating was the "evening room" on Paris, a sales room outfitted in all black velvet.
Just like Tiffany's, Spaulding's had watches delivered by Patek Philippe that already carried their own signatures. Not only the dial of this timepiece but also the movement and the cuvette are signed with "Spaulding & Co.". The 16-ligne movement features complicated rattrapante and repeater mechanisms and is in perfect condition, as are dial and the case.
An exquisite, small Geneva pocket watch with minute repeater and split seconds chronograph, delivered to Spaulding & Co. Chicago with original box, original certificate and Patek Philippe extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, monogrammed, punch mark PPC. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, signed PPC, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
Tiffany's in New York and "Spaulding's" in Chicago - both attractions not only for clients intending to buy fine jewellery but also for many visitors who just come to enjoy the many exquisite treasures displayed in the shop windows. This is how the famous shop established by Henry Abiram Spaulding (born in 1837 in New York) in 1888 was described by Industrial Chicago in the late 19th century. The shop had flourished and prospered quickly under his management and the Paris branch in the at Avenue de l'Opera was soon as well-known all over the world as the main shop – particularly fascinating was the "evening room" on Paris, a sales room outfitted in all black velvet.
Just like Tiffany's, Spaulding's had watches delivered by Patek Philippe that already carried their own signatures. Not only the dial of this timepiece but also the movement and the cuvette are signed with "Spaulding & Co.". The 16-ligne movement features complicated rattrapante and repeater mechanisms and is in perfect condition, as are dial and the case.
Sold
estimated
25.000—35.000 €
Price realized
34.900 €