Auction Pieces: Patek Philippe Minute Repeating Perpetual Calender Keyless Chronometer with Moon-Phase and 24-Hour Indicator
I personally believe that in every collection there should always be at least one pocket watch. Resembling the trends of time, before the wristwatch came about, it was pocket watches that told us the time. This complicated piece from Patek Philippe doesn't date back that far (1990s). The dial looks as complicated as the case back which shows the entire mechanism hidden underneath. This particular pocket watch was produced in a very limited production and quite hard to find today.
Description:
• cal. 21''' RMDQ damascened nickel movement with Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, 29 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance with recess for the blued steel free-sprung helical balance-spring, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, wolf's tooth winding, minute repeating on 2 steel gongs
• white dial with Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, four satin finished silvered subsidiary dials indicating date with constant seconds, day in French combined with 24-hour indication, month in French combined with leap year indication, fan-form aperture for moon-phases
• 18k yellow gold case, repeating slide to the band, transparent crystal dust cover, hinged back
• dial signed by retailer, case, dial and movement signed by maker
Estimated Price 800,000—1,200,000 HKD (USD$105,000 - $155,000) Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,640,000 HKD (USD$211,000)