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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 147. Reference 984/2 Sajou et Sarigue Souris | A unique yellow gold hunting cased watch with polychrome enamel painted scene depicting a capuchin monkey and opossum by G. Menni, Made in 1996 | 百達翡麗 984/2 型號 Sajou et Sarigue Souris | 獨一無二黃金懷，飾 G. Menni 彩繪捲尾猴及袋貂琺瑯畫，1996年製.

Patek Philippe

Reference 984/2 Sajou et Sarigue Souris | A unique yellow gold hunting cased watch with polychrome enamel painted scene depicting a capuchin monkey and opossum by G. Menni, Made in 1996 | 百達翡麗 984/2 型號 Sajou et Sarigue Souris | 獨一無二黃金懷，飾 G. Menni 彩繪捲尾猴及袋貂琺瑯畫，1996年製

Auction Closed

June 15, 05:21 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Patek Philippe

Reference 984/2 Sajou et Sarigue Souris

A unique yellow gold hunting cased watch with polychrome enamel painted scene depicting a capuchin monkey and opossum by G. Menni, Made in 1996

百達翡麗 984/2 型號 Sajou et Sarigue Souris

獨一無二黃金懷，飾 G. Menni 彩繪捲尾猴及袋貂琺瑯畫，1996年製

Dial: opaline silvered

Caliber: 17"' ligne movement, 18 jewels

Movement number: 1'940'089

Case: 18k yellow gold, cuvette, personally inscribed hinged case back, front cover with polychrome enamel depicting a capuchin monkey and opossum

Case number: 2'999'994

Size: 48 mm diameter

Signed: case, dial and movement signed Patek Philippe, enamel front cover signed G. Menni

Box: no

Papers: no

Accessories: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the date of sale on April 22, 1997

Miniature enamel painting is an exceptional art form. To reproduce a painting onto the back of a watch, just a few centimeters across, requires extraordinary talent.

G.Menni painted approximately 50 miniature enamels for Patek Philippe from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. Together with Susanne Rohr, he shares the most reputable signature in the field. Among his most famous scenes are the Picasso ‘Clown’ (1989) and the Canaletto ‘Canale Grande’ (1984). Menni’s enamels include portraits, mythological scenes, landscapes, naval battles and sporting motifs. For an excellent example of his work, see Sotheby's, Geneva, Important Watches, May 2006 'Course de Chevaux avec Jockeys,' circa 1987.

Traditionally, enamel pocket watches from Patek Phillipe as open face watches, with the enameling to the back cover. It is unusual then that this watch, a Reference 984/2 is a Hunters cased watch, with the enamel on the front of the watch. This is the first time the present lot has ever been offered to the market, and according to research, this is also the first Reference 984/2 to ever be offered to the market.