PATEK PHILIPPE | RETAILED BY BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE: A RARE PINK GOLD OPEN FACED JUMP HOUR WATCH, MADE IN 1889 | 百達翡麗 |零售商為BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE：罕有粉紅金跳時懷錶，1889年製
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December 11, 08:21 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
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PATEK PHILIPPE
百達翡麗
RETAILED BY BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE: A RARE PINK GOLD OPEN FACED JUMP HOUR WATCH
MADE IN 1889
零售商為BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE：罕有粉紅金跳時懷錶，1889年製
Dial: white enamel, with hairline
Caliber: 18'" ligne jeweled movement, Special
Movement number: 85747
Case: 18k pink gold, plain cuvette, hinged case back
Case number: 85747
Size: diameter 50 mm
Signed: case and movement signed by retailer
Accessories: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the year of manufacture in 1889 and sale on November 3, 1890 with an enamel dial. The Extract confirms that the movement and dial were sold originally without a case
This watch belongs to an exceedingly rare group of jump-hour watches made by Patek Philippe. According to our research, only ten watches featuring such a complication have come to market, fewer still dressed in pink gold. Jump-hour watches, both pocket and wristwatches, were made in notably small numbers, and often only by special order.
The present lot was made especially for the prominent Philadelphia retailer, Bailey, Banks & Biddle originally founded in 1832.
Jump Hour pocket watches first appeared in the early 19th century, rising to fashion during the Art Deco period. The visually unique, clean and simplistic dial configuration matched perfectly with the Deco style defined by ultra modern, sleek and polished finishes.
A similar jump hour watch is illustrated in Huber M, Banbery A, Patek Philippe, Second Edition, 1993, p. 160. pl. 107a