Rare Swiss gold, platinum and enamel lever watch Circa 1925

Gold, platinum and enamel dress watch by Patek Philippe
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A rare Swiss 18 carat gold, platinum and enamel open faced keyless lever dress watch, circa 1925. Ultra thin nickel finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf’s tooth winding. Silvered matte dial, applied Arabic and dagger numerals, subsidiary seconds. Case with black enamel scroll design, monogrammed snap on back. Case, dial and movement signed. Accompanied by 14 carat gold associated watch chain with 18 carat gold knife and charm, certificate of origin and the original presentation box.
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Diameter: 33.5 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe Geneva
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In 1844 Patek met the French watchmaker Jean-Adrien Philippe, who demonstrated his new invention: the first watch without a wind-up key. Patek and Philippe decided to work together from 1845 and in 1851 their company Patek Philippe and Cie was founded. In 1901 the name was officially Ancienne Manufacture d’Horlogerie Patek Philippe and Cie, S.A.
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The company has 70 patents and produces the entire clockwork in-house.
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Patek Philippe (1839), together with Audemars Piguet (1875), Vacheron Constantin (1755) and A. Lange und Sohne (1845), is considered to be “the big four” in the watchmaking world. The very luxurious timepieces are of high quality and therefore often raise record amounts at auctions. A pocket watch produced in 1933 was sold for 11 million in 1999 at an auction of Sotheby’s. A world record at that time. On 11 November 2014 it was auctioned again and this time it was sold for 19 million euros.