| A late 19th Century Swiss Gondolo "chronometer" lever watch by Patek Philippe in a later open face case. High quality keyless bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator adjusted by a snail cam, steel pointer on the plate.
Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, the lever with counterbalance extension arms extended beyond the pallets. Escape and lever pivots with endstones in polished steel settings. Snailed steel wolf's teeth winding work. Signed white enamel dial marked "Chronometro Gondolo", subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Fitted in a later
decorative metal open face case engraved in the back "Patek Philippe & Cie".
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