Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and diamond-set openface keyless lever pendant watch

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVE, SUISSE., NO. 148046, RETAILED BY S. NORDLINGER & SONS, LOS ANGELES, CAL., CIRCA 1909

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and diamond-set openface keyless lever pendant watch
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, Suisse., No. 148046, retailed by S. Nordlinger & Sons, Los Angeles, Cal., circa 1909
With nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's-tooth winding, factory engraved gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold Louis XV hands, the circular case with translucent blue-gray guilloche enamel decoration to the bezel, translucent blue-gray enamel decoration to the band, the hinged back (No. 258269) with white and translucent green and blue-gray guilloche enamel background, centered by diamond-set floral and scroll decoration, white enamel border, case and dial signed by maker, cuvette and movement signed by maker and retailer
27 mm. diam.

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Please note the diameter of this watch is 27 mm.

Lot Essay

This watch is very unusual in that it was made for retailer S. Nordlinger & Sons., in Los Angeles, at a time before the city was the metropolis that it is today. 1909 also marks the year that the first major motion picture studio opened in Hollywood - which is to say that the clientele for Nordlinger was most likely not the movie stars that one might expect.

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