| A late 19th Century Swiss lever by Patek Philippe with original retailer's guarantee, certificate and box in a gold half hunter case. Gilt keyless bar movement with going barrel, steel wolf's teeth winding wheels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.
Club foot lever escapement, the lever with counter-balance extensions to the arms. Escape pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark "PP.Co" in a rectangle. Gold cuvette inscribed "Ch Beyer Palais du Credit Zurich - No 24094 - Patek Philippe & Co Geneve.". Original brown morocco box marked Patek Philippe & Co Geneve
and label bearing the number of the watch. Manufacturers certificate dated 1885 and a guarantee from the retailer, Th. Beyer, also dated 1885.
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