Patek Philippe

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Model made for the American market, retailed by John B. Guttmann, Pensacola, Florida (U.S.A.) Year circa 1881 Reference - Movement No. 65 022 Calibre 19’’’ CR, manual-winding, 24 jewels Case No. 65 022 (by an American case-maker) Material/s yellow gold (18-carat) Dimensions Ø 52.20 mm. Thickness 16.5 mm. Weight 154.5 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe for John B. Guttmann Pocket watch, hunting-case, single-button chronograph, split-seconds, regulator-type enamel dial with petit tour d’heures, Roman numerals, made for the American market, retailed by John B. Guttmann; nicknamed ‘contract case’ by collectors; yellow gold (18-carat) -- A very unusual split-seconds chronograph pocket watch -- Yellow gold (18-carat), hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary mean time dial at 3 o’clock (concentric hours and minutes) known as petit tour d’heures, subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock and two horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the crown; start, stop and return to zero functions) with outer ring divided in 60 • Split-seconds (activated by the rectangular-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 1:30; stop and catch-up or reset to zero functions) Winding by the crown on the pendant and time-setting by releasing a small lever (à targette) located near the dial at 4 o’clock. -- Case: five-piece, ‘bassine et filets, carrure plate, à gouttes’, polished; polished gold cuvette (dome); second inner gold and glass cuvette (dome) allowing to see the movement; round-shaped clipped bow. Dial: white colour enamel (three-piece), regulator-type, with black painted radiating Roman numerals; external minute track divided five by five with red painted radiating Arabic numerals and black painted radiating lines; blued steel ‘Poire’ pear-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 19’’’ CR (ébauche by Piguet Frères, Vallée de Joux), manual-winding, 24 jewels, ¾ plate, nickel-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; chronograph work on the top plate, split-seconds work on the main plate dial side. -- The Extract from the Archives, dated 2009, mentions that this watch was made in 1881 and sold on November 10, 1881.