Patek Philippe

The Watch of Alexandre A. de Plagino, Romanian lawyer and politician Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Year circa 1890-1895 Movement No. 95 373 Calibre 19’’’, 17 jewels Case No. 210 891 Material/s silver and pink gold (18-carat) Dimensions Ø 51.2 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Weight 105.7 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Silver and pink gold (18-carat), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. Time-setting by push-pin (à poussette) located on the case-band at 11 o’clock. Case: four-piece, entirely guilloché (engine-turned); silver cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the manufacturer's name and serial number; pink gold hinges, tab, bases of pendant and oval-shaped clipped bow. Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, a plain medallion. Cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the name “Alexandre A. de Plagino”. Dial: white colour enamel, with black painted radiating Roman numerals; external minute track divided 5 by 5 with black painted radiating Arabic numerals and lines; red painted internal graduation from 13 to 24; blued steel “Poire Stuart” pear-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 19’’’, 17 jewels, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold and platinum poising screws, blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator with long tall.