Patek Philippe

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Model minute-repeater Year circa 1914 Reference - Movement No. 174 262 Calibre 17’’’ RM, manual-winding, 29 jewels Case No. 282 235 Material/s platinum Dimensions Ø 45.2 mm. Thickness 9.1mm. Weight 70.1gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories An Extract from the archives is on order and guaranteed by the sale Patek Philippe Pre-Art Deco dress-watch, minute-repeater, silver dial, Roman numerals; platinum -- A pre-Art Deco platinum minute-repeater dress-watch -- Platinum, open-face, 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 3 o’clock) Winding and time-setting by the crown on the pendant. -- Case: four-piece ‘bassine effilée’, polished; platinum cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the manufacturer’s name and serial number; oval-shaped clipped bow. Case-back engraved and enamelled in champlevé with azure-blue colour cypher ‘J B L’. Cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the dedication ‘Noël 1914 / Elizabeth’. Dial: silver colour, with black painted radiating Roman numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating lines; blued steel ‘Losange squelette’ hands. Movement: calibre 17’’’ RM, manual-winding, 29 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator, eight adjustments; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.