Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève

A FINE GOLD HUNTING CASED LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMEL IMPERIAL ARMS OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA, RETAILED BY A. BACHRUCH, BUDAPEST 1901, MOVEMENT NO. 117.404, CASE NO. 227.698

Movement: 19''' frosted gilded, moustache lever, wolf's tooth winding, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed and numbered Patek Philippe & Cie, No.117404
Dial: white enamel, sunken centre, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, recessed subsidiary seconds, blued steel moon hands, signed Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève
Case: 18ct gold, full hunter, stepped bezels, the front with champlevé enamel, translucent and polychrome enamel painted monogram and crown of the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, cuvette engraved Faite pour la maison A. Bachruch, Four. de la cour Imp. & Roy, Budapest, and signed and numbered Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No.117404, with unusual linear stepped crown, inside case back and cuvette numbered 227698, inside front numbered 98
diameter 50mm

Provenance:
Sotheby's Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 82