Fine Swiss gold and red enamel lady’s pendant watch Circa 1900

Gold lever lady’s pendant watch
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A very fine Swiss, keyless, 18K gold and red enamel lady’s pendant watch, circa 1900. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted box, Extract from the Archives and original Certificat d’Origine. The bezel and band overlaid with translucent guilloche rouge rosacea enamel, the back cover overlaid with matching enamel and decorated with a gold paillon leaf border and a central engraved gold leaf rosette. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track, gold-painted Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 15 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 28 mm
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Signed: Patek, Philippe & Cie.  Geneva
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It is very rare for the original box and certificate to survive for a Patek Philippe enamelled watch of this type and for the watch to remain in such good condition. On the certificate, the enamel colour is described as “rouge rosacea”.