Patek Philippe pocket watch Gondolo in 18K yellow gold with red 24H open face– 51mm - Serviced

Patek Philippe pocket watch Gondolo in 18K yellow gold with red 24H open face– 51mm - Serviced

Original collectible Patek Philippe iconic Gondolo pocket watch in 18K yellow gold from circa 1890. It is a round dial with white color. Each hour is marked with black Arabic numerals and baton for each minute. On the outer you have red Arabic numerals for the 24-hour dial. At six o’clock, comes a sub dial for the seconds with red Arabic numerals. The hands are in gold. Beautiful crown with “Onion” style. The back case is in gold with engraved inside “PP Co – 18K – 254471”. On the cuvette, you have engraved “141856 – Patek Philippe Co – Geneve” and inside “254471”. It is a manual winding Patek Philippe movement numbered 141856 and engraved Pat Jan 13, 1891. The pocket watch is serviced and very good working condition.

The Gondolo collection was named after the famous retailer in Rio de Janeiro, Gondolo Labouriau, with whom Patek Philippe enjoyed a strong and successful business relationship between 1872 and 1927. This bond resulted in the creation of timepieces - designed exclusively for the Brazilian retailer - named the “Chronometro Gondolo”. The collection initially consisted only of pocket watches, before the first wristwatches appeared in the 1920s.

History

On May 1, 1839 the legendary watch company was founded in Geneva under the name of “Patek, Czapek & Co.”. In 1844, during an exhibition in Paris, Patek hears about a person named Jean Adrien Philippe who made an astonishingly thin pocket watch which could be wound and set without a key. Philippe became the technical director of the company the following year. In 1845, the company becomes “Patek & Co.” and in 1851 it got his final name “Patek Philippe & Co.” to reward the genius Jean Adrien. For the last 150 years, Patek is the pioneer for wristwatches. In 1927 comes the first perpetual calendar then the world time in 1937 and tourbillon in 1945. Since 1997, Patek produce 30,000 watches per year. In 2005, the company brought out an escape wheel made of monocrystalline silicon under the banner of “Advanced research” and then in 2006 by a silicon balance spring with the name “Spiromax”. Names are mythical like the Calatrava, World Time, Nautilus, just to name a few.

Technical details

Manual winding Patek Philippe movement numbered 141856 and engraved Pat Jan 13, 1891.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 51mm


Length including lugs: 51mm