Important Watches: Part I

Important Watches: Part I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 91. 'Trip-Train' Yellow gold open-faced minute repeating watch with enamel dial Made in 1902 | 百達翡麗「Trip-Train」黃金三問懷錶配琺瑯錶盤,1902年製.

Property from a distinguished Texan collector

Patek Philippe

'Trip-Train' Yellow gold open-faced minute repeating watch with enamel dial Made in 1902 | 百達翡麗「Trip-Train」黃金三問懷錶配琺瑯錶盤,1902年製

Auction Closed

May 11, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Property from a distinguished Texan collector

Patek Philippe

'Trip-Train'

Yellow gold open-faced minute repeating watch with enamel dial

Made in 1902

百達翡麗「Trip-Train」黃金三問懷錶配琺瑯錶盤,1902年製


Dial: white enamel

Calibre: cal. 17''' manual winding

Movement number: 112'435

Case: 18k yellow gold, hinged cuvette and back

Case number: 230'802

Dimensions: 46.5 mm

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: no

Papers: no  

Accessories: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming date of sale on January 30th, 1904

The 'Trip-Train" mechanism (also called 'répétition à déclenchement', 'à poussoir' or 'tandem')  was seen for the first time in a Patek Philippe pocket watch around 1884 but it was only patented in 1890 (Swiss Patent CH18710).

The 'Trip-Train' repeater was a Patek Philippe specialty; in fact it was the only manufacturer to have such a complication in their catalogues. These kinds of movements were produced between 1899 and 1912 and according to our research only around 55 'Trip-Train' minute repeaters have been identified in the market until today. Most of the examples seen have been sold to the American market and many only bear the retailer's name on the dial. The present lot has the Patek Philippe signature on the dial and the cuvette is engraved 'Made for Andrew Morden, Columbus, Ohio', therefore confirming that this example as well was made for the American market.

For a similar example see the book Patek Philippe Geneve pag. 235 by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery.