Swiss gold, platinum, enamel and diamond lever Circa 1910

Pendant watch with associated chain by Patek Philippe
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A Swiss 18 carat gold, platinum, enamel and diamond set open faced keyless lever pendant watch, circa 1910. Retailed by Schreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston. Ultra thin lever movement, 18 carat jewels, wolf’s tooth winding. Inscribed gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals. Gray-blue guilloché case back enhanced with white enamel foliate design, centered with diamond set filigree, diamond set platinum rim, grey-blue enamel guilloché bezel. Case, cuvette, dial and movement signed by watchmaker, cuvette signed by retailer. Comes with an associated 18 carat gold watch chain with blue guilloché enamel spacers.
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Diameter: 27.5 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie Geneva Switzerland
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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.