PATEK PHILIPPE INDEPENDENT
CENTER SECONDS YELLOW GOLD
Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No. 124969, case No. 269118. Made in
1904, sold on July 31, 1912.
Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold, half-hunting-cased,
two-train, keyless pocket watch with independent dead center-
seconds. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
Four-body, "bassine", polished, the front cover with Royal blue
enamel radial Roman numerals and inner minute track, activating
pushbutton at 4 o'clock in the band. Hinged gold cuvette with
engraved dedication.
White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued
steel spade hands.
42 mm., 19''', rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line counterpoised
and calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation
balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index
regulator, a flirt mounted on the last pinion of the independent dead
seconds train engaging escape wheel pinion allowing one-second
jumps, Adrien Philippe's patented winding system.