Patek Philippe

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Model minute-repeater ,made for the South American market Year circa 1910 Reference - Movement No. 156 929 Calibre 19’’’ RM, manual-winding, extra quality Case No. 265 286 Material/s pink gold (18-carat) Dimensions Ø 55.- mm. Thickness 13.50 mm. Weight 138.6gr. (approx.) gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories Certificate or origin (photocopy), original fitted box (mahogany), old silver commemorative coin Patek Philippe Historical pocket watch, hunting-case, minute-repeater, enamel dial, ‘Breguet’ Arabic numerals, made for the South American market; pink gold (18-carat) -- An historical minute-repeater pocket watch The Watch of Dr. Manual Lucero, Bahia Blanca (Argentina), Argentinian lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician -- Pink gold (18-carat), hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (rings on demand, ‘repeating at will’, hours, quarters and minutes elapsed; activated by the slide at 5:30) Winding and time-setting by the crown on the pendant. -- Case: five-piece ‘demi-bassine à gouttes’, polished; gold cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the manufacturer’s name and serial number; oval-shaped clipped bow. Inside cover engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention ‘Al Juez Dr Manuel Lucero / Recuerdo de sus secretarios / Bahia Blanca 1905-1911’ (To Judge Dr. Manuel Lucero / Remembrance of his clerks / Bahia Blanca 1905-1911). Dial: white colour enamel (two-piece), with black painted suspended ‘Breguet’ Arabic numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating lines; blued steel ‘Poire Stuart’ pear-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 19’’’ RM, manual-winding, probably 31 jewels, 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 with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial. -- The watch is also accompanied by a much older silver medal. This is the ‘Prix de Maison’ awarded by the Société des Arts de Genève to a horological manufacturer in recognition of its five best pocket chronometers in competition at the Geneva Observatory in 1888.