Patek Philippe, five-minute-repeater, (c.)1876

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Year circa 1876
Movement No. 47 853
Calibre 19’’’, manual-winding, probably 23 jewels
Case No. 47 853
Material/s pink gold (18-carat)
Dimensions Ø 52.5 mm.
Thickness 15.5 mm.
Weight 112.3 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives

Patek Philippe
Pocket watch, five-minute-repeater; pink gold (18-carat)

Pink gold (18-carat), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and one horological complication:
• Five-minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 4 o’clock)
Case: four-piece, “Variée, à gouge, filets cannelés”, polished; gold cuvette (dome); oval-shaped clipped bow.

Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “G B J C”.

Dial: white colour enamel (two-piece), with black painted radiating and revolving Arabic numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating lines and external gold painted radiating Arabic numerals (5-60); blued steel “Poire Stuart” pear-shaped hands.

Movement: calibre 19’’’ ½, probably 23 jewels, rhodium-plated, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.

The Extract from the Archives, dated October 13, 2004, mentions that this watch was made in 1876 and sold on March 11, 1878.

Elegance very fine FF
Rarity very rare RR
Case very good 8 / 10
Dial good 7 / 10
Movement very good 8 / 10
Expert opinion very good