Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Model Chronometro Gondolo
Retailed by / made for Gondolo & Labouriau, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Year circa 1905
Reference -
Movement No. 135 976
Calibre 21’’’, manual-winding, 20 jewels
Case No. 242 708
Material/s pink gold (18-carat),
Bracelet -
Buckle -
Dimensions Ø 55.9 mm.
Weight 131.6 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories - -- Patek Philippe Pocket watch, Chronometro Gondolo -- Chronometro Gondolo -- Pink gold (18-carat), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, ‘Chronometro Gondolo’ pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. Made for the Brazilian market and retailed by Gondolo & Labouriau, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). -- Case: No. 242 708, four-piece, ‘Bassine’, polished; gold cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the manufacturer’s name and serial number, as well as the name of the retailer (with the mention ‘CHRONOMETRO GONDOLO / Fabricado expressamente para Gondolo & Labouriau Relojoeiros / RIO-DE-JANEIRO’); oval-shaped clipped bow; case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, a plain medallion. Dial: white colour enamel (two-piece), with black painted radiating Roman numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating Arabic numerals (5-60) and lines; pink gold ‘Poire Stuart’ pear-shaped hands. Movement: No. 135 976, calibre 21’’’, manual-winding, 20 jewels, gilded brass, going barrel, gold train of wheels, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail. Type of winding and time setting: winding and time-setting by the crown on the pendant. -- Movement based on the French invention patent No. 142 376, delivered on April 16, 1881, to Jean-Adrien Philippe (1815-1894), Geneva, for a ‘régulateur de precision’ (precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail). Movement also based on the Swiss invention patent No. 2 680, delivered on September 27 1890, to Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, for a ‘Remontoir avec mise à l’heure perfectionné’ (the definitive version of the keyless-winding and setting device). And also based on the US design patent No. 20 483, delivered on January 13, 1891, to Adrien Philippe, Geneva, for a ‘Watch bridges for Watch-Movements’.
