PATEK PHILIPPE. AN UNUSUAL 18K GOLD OPENFACE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH WITH REGULATOR-STYLE DIAL
SIGNED BY THE RETAILER BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, MOVEMENT BY PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 48481, CIRCA 1881
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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN UNUSUAL 18K GOLD OPENFACE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH WITH REGULATOR-STYLE DIAL
Signed by the Retailer Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Movement by Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, Movement No. 48481, circa 1881
With nickel-finished lever movement, special quality, bi-metallic compensation balance, engraved gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals for the outer minute track, two subsidiary dials indicating the time dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, in heavy plain case, split seconds operated by a button in the pendant and on the band, locking mechanism also on the band, case, dial and movement signed by the retailer
52mm diam.
Lot Essay
For a similar example see Huber & Banbery, Patek Philippe Wristwatches, Volume 1, p. 190, pl. 160a; and the exhibition catalogue, Legendary Watches from Patek Philippe's Private Museum, p. 10, pl. IV.
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