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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD OPENFACE TWO-TRAIN TRIP MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 124558, CASE NO. 231867, RETAILED BY HENNEGAN-BATES COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MANUFACTURED 1902/3

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD OPENFACE TWO-TRAIN TRIP MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 124558, CASE NO. 231867, RETAILED BY HENNEGAN-BATES COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MANUFACTURED 1902/3
With 17 lignes nickel-finished two-train lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, unusual pendant trip minute repeat with independent barrel wound counter-clockwise, gold cuvette, black enamel dial with Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds, polished case, case, cuvette and movement signed, dial signed for the retailer
48mm diam.

Lot Essay

The combination of the crown-wound repeat train and the split seconds function is extremely rare. This watch was specially made to order for Hennegen-Bates in 1902 and eventually sold to them in the following year.

This lot is accompanied by a Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives.

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