Rare Swiss gold and enamel open faced watch Circa 1908
- Kenmerk
- SA1024
- Diameter
- 46 mm
- Estimate
- € 6.000 - 12.000
- Price sold
- € 9.200
Rare 20k yellow gold and enamel open faced watch
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A rare Swiss 20k yellow gold and enamel open faced watch, circa 1908, retailed by j.b. hudson and son, minneapolis. jeweled ultra-thin movement, 20k gold cuvette.
Ivory enamel dial, Breguet numerals and hands.
Front and back bezels with blue enamel ornamentation, engraved case band, case and dial signed by maker, movement and cuvette signed by maker and retailer.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Extract from the Archives confirming all details and sale in 1909.It is highly unusual to find a Patek Philippe watch made in 20k gold. The present example is stamped 20k very clearly and this information is also confirmed on the Extract from the Archives.
Extract from the Archives confirming numerals and sale in 1924.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.
Signed: Patek Philippe et Cie Genève
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