Patek Philippe. A very fine and extremely rare 18K pink gold openface keyless free sprung lever watch with original certificate, box and Bulletin d'Observatoire

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 65'083, CASE NO. 207'780, MANUFACTURED IN 1883

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and extremely rare 18K pink gold openface keyless free sprung lever watch with original certificate, box and Bulletin d'Observatoire
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie., Geneve, movement no. 65'083, case no. 207'780, manufactured in 1883
Cal. 20''' gilt-finished highly jewelled keyless lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance with gold poising screws, blued steel helical hairspring, free sprung regulator, wolf's tooth winding, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer five minute divisions, constant seconds, in plain circular case, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
54 mm. diam.

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Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificat d'Origine et de Garantie, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch between 1883 and 1887 and its subsequent sale on 19 March 1890. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe wooden presentation box.

According to the registers of the Geneva Observatory, the present watch participated at the 1884 timing contest where it achieved 159.9 points.
Free sprung lever watches by Patek Philippe are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only one other example of such a watch by Patek Philippe is known to date, number 47'374, sold at Christie's Geneva on 26 May 1993, lot 199.

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