
Auction Closed
July 11, 09:58 AM GMT
Estimate
32,000 - 65,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
PATEK PHILIPPE
百達翡麗
A PINK GOLD OPENFACE WATCH WITH GUILLAUME BALANCE AND PHOTOCOPY OF BULLENTIN OF MARCHE, MADE IN 1905
粉紅金懷錶,備Guillaume擺輪及時計證書副本,機芯編號152678,錶殼編號257664,約1905年製
附帶時計證書副本
Dial: enamel
Calibre: mechanical, jeweled
Movement number: 152'678
Case: 18k pink gold, cuvette, hinged back
Case number: 257'664
Size: 49 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Photocopy of Bulletin de Marche Rating Certificates. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1905 and its subsequent sale on 20th October 1909
This pink gold openface Patek Philippe pocket watch may look simple in its appearance, however on closer inspection of its movement, the watch is regulated by a guillaume balance. The term guillaume comes after its inventor, a French doctor by the name of Guillaume. Guillaume steel is alloy with nickel to reduce its coefficient of expansion. Brass and Guillaume steel rims change the radius of gyration of the balance to follow the requirement of the change in elasticity of the balance spring more closely. Meaning, the middle temperature error is reduced to half a second in 24 hours. Thus, making watches fitted with a Guillaume balance more costly to make, however, much more accurate.