Patek Philippe. An extremely fine, historically important and unique 18K gold tonneau-shaped minute repeating wristwatch engraved with the Graves family coat-of-arms, made for Henry Graves Jr. Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva, Switzerland, movement no. 97’589, case no. 605’759, the movement manufactured in 1895, the case manufactured in 1927, sold on 16 June 1928 Movement: cal. 12’’’, manual, 31 jewels, 8 adjustments, minute repeating with two polished steel hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, signed Dial: solid gold, black champlevé enamel numerals, signed Case: snap on back engraved with the Graves coat-of-arms, 30.5 mm. wide, 39.5 mm. overall length, signed With: 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming the date of manufacture of the movement in 1895, encasement in 1927, and subsequent sale on 16 June 1928 Provenance Henry Graves, Jr. (1868-1953), collected by him in person at Patek Philippe in Geneva in June 1928 Gwendolen Graves Fullerton (1903-1969), his daughter Reginald H. Fullerton, Jr. (1933-2012), his grandson Sotheby’s New York, Watches from the Collection of the Late Reginald H. Fullerton, Jr. and his Grandfather Henry Graves Jr., 14 June 2012, lot 8 The Property of an Important Private Collector
Patek Philippe. An extremely fine, historically important and unique 18K gold tonneau-shaped minute repeating wristwatch engraved with the Graves family coat-of-arms, made for Henry Graves Jr. Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva, Switzerland, movement no. 97’589, case no. 605’759, the movement manufactured in 1895, the case manufactured in 1927, sold on 16 June 1928 Movement: cal. 12’’’, manual, 31 jewels, 8 adjustments, minute repeating with two polished steel hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, signed Dial: solid gold, black champlevé enamel numerals, signed Case: snap on back engraved with the Graves coat-of-arms, 30.5 mm. wide, 39.5 mm. overall length, signed With: 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming the date of manufacture of the movement in 1895, encasement in 1927, and subsequent sale on 16 June 1928 Provenance Henry Graves, Jr. (1868-1953), collected by him in person at Patek Philippe in Geneva in June 1928 Gwendolen Graves Fullerton (1903-1969), his daughter Reginald H. Fullerton, Jr. (1933-2012), his grandson Sotheby’s New York, Watches from the Collection of the Late Reginald H. Fullerton, Jr. and his Grandfather Henry Graves Jr., 14 June 2012, lot 8 The Property of an Important Private Collector
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