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Patek Philippe. An 18k Gold Five Minute Repeating Openface Pocket Watch with Breguet Numerals

Signed Tiffany & Co., Movement and Case No. 78'326, Manufactured in 1888

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Patek Philippe. An 18k Gold Five Minute Repeating Openface Pocket Watch with Breguet Numerals
Signed Tiffany & Co., Movement and Case No. 78'326, Manufactured in 1888
Movement: Manual jewelled
Dial: Silvered, Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds
Case: 18k gold, snap on back, slide in the band, 44.5mm diam.
Signed: Dial and movement signed by retailer, movement and case further numbered
Accompanied By: A Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the movement and dial were sold only on May 15th, 1889, and a Tiffany & Co. pouch

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Lot Essay

Patek Philippe made a number of different types of repeating watches ranging from quarter to minute repeaters. However, it is the five minute repeater that is the rarest, which strikes the hours on one gong and then the number of five-minute periods after the hour on the second gong.

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