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拍品专文
Made for the American market, this beautiful pendant watch is entirely conceived with a precious stone red and white colour scheme. The dial with red Breguet numerals has been specially produced to complement the rubies and red enamel decorated band, all confirmed by the Extract from the Archives.
According to research this "red and white" pendant watch appears to be the only example featuring such decoration known to exist to date.
Marie Oge Beale (1880-1956)
Marie Oge of San Rafael, California, was the second wife of Truxtun Beale of Washington, diplomat, writer and archaeologist. Her portrait by Theodore Wores (1858-1939) is in the National Portrait Gallery of Washington.
Truxtun Beale had inherited from his father the historic Decatur House, one of the oldest surviving homes in Washington, D.C., and one of only three remaining houses in the country designed by neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. In 1954, Marie Oge Beale was the author of the book ‘Decatur House and its Inhabitants’, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1956, she bequeathed Decatur House to the Trust. The house was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Galt & Bro. was the leading Patek Philippe retailer in Washington D.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most American Presidents were clients of the store until its closure in 2001. The first watch Abraham Lincoln ever owned was said to have been serviced in their workshop in 1861 and Edith Galt, the manager of the store as of 1908, married President Woodrow Wilson in 1915.
The history of the present watch is inextricably tied to Washington, D.C. It remains an important reminder of the connections between Patek Philippe and its U.S. retailers in the late 19th century.
According to research this "red and white" pendant watch appears to be the only example featuring such decoration known to exist to date.
Marie Oge Beale (1880-1956)
Marie Oge of San Rafael, California, was the second wife of Truxtun Beale of Washington, diplomat, writer and archaeologist. Her portrait by Theodore Wores (1858-1939) is in the National Portrait Gallery of Washington.
Truxtun Beale had inherited from his father the historic Decatur House, one of the oldest surviving homes in Washington, D.C., and one of only three remaining houses in the country designed by neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. In 1954, Marie Oge Beale was the author of the book ‘Decatur House and its Inhabitants’, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1956, she bequeathed Decatur House to the Trust. The house was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Galt & Bro. was the leading Patek Philippe retailer in Washington D.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most American Presidents were clients of the store until its closure in 2001. The first watch Abraham Lincoln ever owned was said to have been serviced in their workshop in 1861 and Edith Galt, the manager of the store as of 1908, married President Woodrow Wilson in 1915.
The history of the present watch is inextricably tied to Washington, D.C. It remains an important reminder of the connections between Patek Philippe and its U.S. retailers in the late 19th century.