Fine Watches
Fine Watches
Patek Philippe
Retailed by Bailey Banks & Biddle Co.: A rare and small pink gold open faced minute repeating watch, Circa 1900
No reserve
Auction Closed
March 7, 07:13 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Retailed by Bailey Banks & Biddle Co.: A rare and small pink gold open faced minute repeating watch, Circa 1900
Dial: white enamel, blue Breguet numerals
Caliber: 12’’’ ligne mechanical, special
Movement number: 97’450
Case: 18k pink gold, monogrammed hinged case back
Case number: 215’789
Size: 33 mm diameter
Signed: dial signed by retailer, case and movement signed by maker and retailer
Box: no
Papers: no
Small minute repeating pocket watches are relatively rare, by any maker, and almost exclusively produced in gold cases. Considered by some to be miniature because of the high cost and difficulty to produce them compared to larger sized pocket watches. The present lot, made by Patek Philippe is retailed by Bailey, Banks and Biddle, a very prestigious and well-known jewelry retailer established in Philadelphia in 1832.