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152-4119
Pocket watch/pendant watch: very fine, unique gold/enamel miniature lepine from the early days of Patek Philippe, made for the Polish market, Czapek i Spolka No. 1805, ca. 1846
Ca. Ø25 mm, ca. 12 g, 18 K gold, enamel painting of a Polish nobility couple on back, dome signed and numbered, reeded mid section, signed bar movement with cylinder escapement, screwed enamel dial (fine hairline), Breguet steel hands, movement intact, cleaning recommended, rarity. Already in the early days of the company Patek Philippe, still under the name Patek & Czapek and Patek & Cie., they had already made the miniature watches to their specialty and supplied the noble houses of Europe with their gold/enamel miniature watches. The most famous of these watches was the no. 2064, which was sold in Geneva auction 2004 for more than 55,000 Swiss francs (source: https: //https://www.cortrie.de/go/wvK). At that time it was the smallest watch in the world! After the separation from Patek & Czapek in 1845, they supplied the same customers of their most important market, Poland, under the name Patek i Spolka as well as Czapek i Spolka for the following years as competitors with watches of the same quality.
Hammerprice: 4.000 €
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152-4121
Pocket watch/pendant watch: very early gold/enamel pendant watch, with pearls, Czapek i Spolka No. 1754, Geneva ca. 1846/47
Ca. Ø33 mm, ca. 23.5 g, 18 K gold, casemaker's punch Etienne Piguet, reeded mid section, blue enamel painting on back, with halves of pearls (incomplete and partially damaged), dome signed and numbered, bar movement with cylinder escapement, also signed, screwed enamel dial, Breguet steel hands, movement intact, restoration on case, spring lid mechanism needs adjustment. It is one of the earliest pocket watches/pendant watches from the founding period of the company, shortly after the separation from Patek in 1845.
Hammerprice: 4.100 €
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