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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE 18K GOLD MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH CLOCKWATCH WITH GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE AND PHASES OF THE MOON

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MODEL GRAND COMPLICATION, MOVEMENT NO. 866774, CASE NO. 2807786, REF. 939/3, CIRCA 1991

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE 18K GOLD MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH CLOCKWATCH WITH GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE AND PHASES OF THE MOON
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, Model Grand Complication, Movement No. 866774, Case No. 2807786, Ref. 939/3, circa 1991
Cal. 20'''GC, with nickel-finished lever movement, 44 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, minute repeating and striking on two gongs activated by a slide in the band at 5 o'clock, glazed cuvette, tandem winding, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, four subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds combined with date, day, month and 30 minute register combined with phases and ages of the moon, heavy gold polished case with finely engine-turned bezels and hidden hinge, the chronograph button in the crown, the split second mechanism operated by a button in the band at 11 o'clock along with the slide to block the chronograph, slides for Strike/Silent function between 8 and 9 o'clock and Grande/Petite Sonnerie between 3 and 4 o'clock, case, dial and movement signed
60mm diam.

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Please note that this lot is now accompanied by an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirming the date of manufacture as 1990.

拍品专文

Accompanied by a Patek Philippe wood box and an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives.

During the 1980's Patek Philippe embarked on the mission to produce a very few Grand Complication pocket watches in the tradition of watches produced earlier in the company's history, perpetuating their famed watchmaking skills. No. 866776, sequentially two numbers after the present lot, debuted in the 1993 Patek Philippe catalogue. All of these watches contained a 20'''GC movement but each timepiece varied slightly.

For a similar example sold see Christie's Hong Kong, Important Watches, April 26, 2004, lot 1090.