Early Swiss gold and enamel hunting cased watch Circa 1869
- Kenmerk
- SA1019
- Diameter
- 39 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.000 - 6.000
- Price sold
- € 3.300
Early gold and enamel hunting cased watch
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An early Swiss 18k yellow gold and enamel hunting cased watch, circa 1869, retailed by D. Valentine, Syracuse, NY. Jeweled movement, bimetallic compensation balance, gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, subsidiary seconds.
Case with guilloché mosaic pattern throughout, the front centered by a blank cartouche flanked by black enamel floral and foliate swags, the reverse centered by similar swags, guilloché work to band and bezel. Case signed by retailer and numbered, cuvette numbered and signed by retailer and maker.
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Diameter: 39 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe
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On 1 May 1839 the Polish businessman Antoni Patek and the Polish watchmaker Franciszek Czapek founded a company in Geneva that they named Patek, Czapek and Cie. Czapek lived in Switzerland since 1832 and changed his name to François Czapek when he became nationolized.
The company ran well but they split up in 1844 and each set up their own company: Patek and Cie and Czapek and Cie. 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. Extract from the Archives confirming decoration and sale in 1871.
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An early Swiss 18k yellow gold and enamel hunting cased watch, circa 1869, retailed by D. Valentine, Syracuse, NY. Jeweled movement, bimetallic compensation balance, gold cuvette.
White enamel dial, subsidiary seconds.
Case with guilloché mosaic pattern throughout, the front centered by a blank cartouche flanked by black enamel floral and foliate swags, the reverse centered by similar swags, guilloché work to band and bezel. Case signed by retailer and numbered, cuvette numbered and signed by retailer and maker.
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Diameter: 39 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe
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On 1 May 1839 the Polish businessman Antoni Patek and the Polish watchmaker Franciszek Czapek founded a company in Geneva that they named Patek, Czapek and Cie. Czapek lived in Switzerland since 1832 and changed his name to François Czapek when he became nationolized.
The company ran well but they split up in 1844 and each set up their own company: Patek and Cie and Czapek and Cie. 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. Extract from the Archives confirming decoration and sale in 1871.
Signed: Patek Philippe
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