RETAILED BY GONDOLO Y LABOURIAU, RIO DE JANEIRO: A FINE YELLOW GOLD OPEN-FACED WATCH
MVT 140481 CASE 246250 MADE IN 1906
RETAILED BY GONDOLO Y LABOURIAU, RIO DE JANEIRO: A FINE YELLOW GOLD OPEN-FACED WATCH
MVT 140481 CASE 246250 MADE IN 1906 gold diameter 51 mm , • 20''' manual winding gilt lever jeweled movement à moustache, cam regulator, wolf's tooth winding • white enamel dial, painted Roman numerals, outer track for minutes, yellow gold spade hands, subsidiary seconds • 18k yellow gold open-faced case, solid hinged case back with engine-turned engraving • case, dial, cuvette, and movement signedPatek Philippe, Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
, RETAILED BY GONDOLO Y LABOURIAU, RIO DE JANEIRO: A FINE YELLOW GOLD OPEN-FACED WATCH
MVT 140481 CASE 246250 MADE IN 1906 gold diameter 51 mm , • 20''' manual winding gilt lever jeweled movement à moustache, cam regulator, wolf's tooth winding • white enamel dial, painted Roman numerals, outer track for minutes, yellow gold spade hands, subsidiary seconds • 18k yellow gold open-faced case, solid hinged case back with engine-turned engraving • case, dial, cuvette, and movement signed , Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives confirming date of sale on 30 April 1907.
Watches made by Patek Philippe for the illustrious Brazilian firm of Gondolo & Labouriau are prized as some of the best examples of the high-quality watches from the turn of the last century. Watches made for Gondolo are characterized by movements bearing cam-wheel regulators and 9k gold gear train wheels. The central bridge of these Gondolo watches is frequently engraved 'Pat. Jan 13, 1891', which refers to the American patent for this type of wheel-train bridge.
For a similar movement, see Huber, M. & Banbery, A., Patek Philippe, Vol. 1, Second Edition, p. 134, and for more examples made for Chronometro Gondolo, see pp. 145-6 of the same text.
