2016.12,纽约佳士得Lot42:
Patek Philippe. A Unique, Exceptional and Extremely Important, 18k Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeating Split-Seconds Chronograph Keyless Lever Watch with Special Commission Enamel Dial, Perpetual Calendar, Moon Phases, Instantaneous Thirty Minute Recorder, Taille Douce Engraved Portrait of Carrie Belle Carter Allen, with Original Certificate
Signed Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Movement No. 125’006, Case No. 236’251, Made for Doctor Ethan Allen, Shreveport, Louisiana in 1904
Movement: Manual, ebauche by Victorin Piguet & Cie, cal. 19’’’, rhodium finished, engraved CARRIE, BELLE, ALLEN, bimetallic balance with gold and platinum timing screws, swan-neck regulator, 39 jewels, minute repeating with two polished steel hammers on two gongs by a slide in the band
Dial: white enamel, special “root” letter numerals spelling the name C. B. C. ALLEN, outer minutes and fifths of a second tracks, subsidiary dials for the seconds combined with red date, days of the week in Latin, months, 30 minute register combined with lunar calendar, aperture for moon phases, blued steel spade hands
Case: 18k gold, “Louis XVI style”, polished, the interior of the front cover with fine taille douce engraved portrait of Carrie Belle Carter Allen, buttons for split seconds chronograph and slide for minute repeating in the band, hinged gold cuvette engraved; No. 125006 Made for Doctor Ethan Allen, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1904 by Patek Philippe & Cie Geneva, 55 mm. diam.
Signed: Case, cuvette and movement
Accompanied by: A Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the enamel dial with hour markers in capital letters and black minute figures, Louis XVI style hunter case, date of manufacture in 1904 and subsequent sale on March 27th 1905, a Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin, a book 'Lost Shreveport,' by Gary D. Joiner and Ernie Roberson, 2010 and a pouch labeled Carter-Allen Jewelry
2016.12纽约,苏富比,Lot224:
2016.12,纽约苏富比,Lot290:
果然是重器。这三只大复杂怀表着实厉害。第一二只,不谈功能,只谈面壳。第一只的面盘就非常特别,绝对稀罕,绝对吸引眼球,喜欢。第二只这种PP近代壳型,真正称得上凌厉二字,配上这样的针和盘,绝对的大杀器。我通常偏爱圆润壳型,但超喜欢这样的怀表,就是要这样的壳型,前提是必须复杂功能。功能越复杂,盘面越干净,用这样的壳,越好。第三只,不能不谈功能,因为不得了,这是现代PP大小自鸣超级大复杂。
热烈恭喜这三只大表的新主人。