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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD HUNTER CASE FIVE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH MOON PHASES

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 65881, RETAILED BY BAILEY, BANKS AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURED IN 1884

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD HUNTER CASE FIVE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH WITH MOON PHASES
Signed Patek Philippe, Movement and Case No. 65881, Retailed by Bailey, Banks and Biddle, Philadelphia, manufactured in 1884
With 19''' rhodium-plated Special lever movement, highly jeweled, wolf's tooth winding, bi-metallic compensation balance, five minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, four subsidiary dials indicating day, month, date combined with constant seconds and phases and ages of the moon, heavy polished triple-stepped case, case stamped PPCo. and numbered, cuvette, dial and movement numbered and further signed for the retailer
55mm diam.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirming the date of manufacture as 1884 and its subsequent sale on April 30th of the following year.

Patek Philippe produced approximately only 250 to 300 minute repeating perpetual calendar chronograph pocket watches with approximately three dozen of these known to the market. The extreme rarity of the present piece comes from the five-minute repeating mechanism in combination with the other functions, perpetual calendar and chronograph. According to our research, the present watch is one of only three examples known to have appeared at auction with this combination of functions.

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