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Lot Essay
The present timepiece is an important discovery. It is, to the best of our knowledge, fresh to the market. It appears to be the only known example of a Patek Philippe hunting cased pocket watch to combine a minute repeating movement with a pulsometer dial. Almost certainly a special order, the case is distinctive and of superior quality with an unusual textured matte finish and the raised gold monogram of the original owner.
The desirability of the present timepiece is further enhanced by its superb and original overall condition. It cannot fail to impress even the most exacting collectors by its mechanical excellence, originality, and of course stunningly attractive ‘pulsation’ dial with red scale contrasting with the black Breguet numerals.
Chronographs with pulsation scales were created for medical doctors in the days when a watch was commonly used to take the pulse of a patient, hence this ultra rare and probably unique minute repeating watch can be referred to as a ‘Doctor's watch’.
Repeating mechanisms have always been some of the most challenging and expensive for watchmakers to create, not only in the miniaturization of the mechanism but also in their acoustic qualities and tone. When the slide is activated on the side of the case of a minute repeater, it strikes the hours, quarter-hours and minutes on two finely tuned coiled gongs. Patek Philippe is renowned for the incredibly rich and melodic tone of their repeating watches. Indeed, up to the present day, minute repeating is one of the complications that the company have focused upon to continually develop ways to improve the tonality of the gongs in order to produce the very best possible sound.
The desirability of the present timepiece is further enhanced by its superb and original overall condition. It cannot fail to impress even the most exacting collectors by its mechanical excellence, originality, and of course stunningly attractive ‘pulsation’ dial with red scale contrasting with the black Breguet numerals.
Chronographs with pulsation scales were created for medical doctors in the days when a watch was commonly used to take the pulse of a patient, hence this ultra rare and probably unique minute repeating watch can be referred to as a ‘Doctor's watch’.
Repeating mechanisms have always been some of the most challenging and expensive for watchmakers to create, not only in the miniaturization of the mechanism but also in their acoustic qualities and tone. When the slide is activated on the side of the case of a minute repeater, it strikes the hours, quarter-hours and minutes on two finely tuned coiled gongs. Patek Philippe is renowned for the incredibly rich and melodic tone of their repeating watches. Indeed, up to the present day, minute repeating is one of the complications that the company have focused upon to continually develop ways to improve the tonality of the gongs in order to produce the very best possible sound.