Patek Philippe. An extremely rare 18K gold cushion-shaped single button split second chronograph wristwatch

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVE, NO. 198098, CIRCA 1927

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Patek Philippe. An extremely rare 18K gold cushion-shaped single button split second chronograph wristwatch
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, No. 198098, circa 1927
13''', with circular nickel-finished lever movement, 32 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, the silvered matt dial with Arabic and baton numerals, blued steel hands, outer tachymetre scale, two subsidiary dials indicating thirty minutes register and constant seconds, in heavy cushion-shaped case with snap on back (No. 605969), split second chronograph operated through one button in the band and through the crown, together with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives, case, dial and movement signed
34 mm. wide

Lot Essay

It is thought that the first time this watch appeared at auction was during the Patek Philippe 150th Anniversary sale in Geneva on 9 April 1989.

This watch is illustrated in Armbanduhren - 100 Jahre Entwicklungsgeschichte by Kahlert, Muhe, Brunner, 5th edition, p. 235, similar ones in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1st edition p. 206, 2nd edition p. 217 and in Ore d'Oro 2 by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 47.

Patek Philippe confirm production of the movement of this watch in 1927. The watch was sold on 31 August 1937 to Greenleaf and Grosby.

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