Sale 2969
Hong Kong
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28 November 2012
Price realised
HKD 125,000
Estimate
PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD OPENFACE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER WATCH SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 124'999, CASE NO. 239'688, MANUFACTURED IN 1904 Cal. 16"' keyless jewelled lever movement, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds, plain circular case, split seconds chronograph operated through the crown and button in the band, hinged case back with engraved initials, case, dial, cuvette and movement signed 45 mm. diam.
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US$12,500-18,000 With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with Arabic numerals and hands in Louis XV style in 1904 and its subsequent sale on 16 June 1908.
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