PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD MANUAL WIND SPLIT SECONDS OPEN FACE WATCHc. 1910s

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD MANUAL WIND SPLIT SECONDS OPEN FACE WATCH
Date: c. 1910s
Movement: 26-jewel manual wind, No. 174377
Dial: White enamel
Case: Round, hinged snap on case back, No. 174377
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 46mm Accompaniments: None Footnotes: The split seconds mechanism first appeared in the world of horology in the 1880s, and was regularly introduced to the market in the form of a pocket watch. This present example is made by Patek Philippe, has 26 jewels, and uses an important caliber that was developed from a 19'' ligne Victorin Piguet ébauche. On the dial side, it features a split-seconds chronograph register at 12 o'clock and a seconds register at 6 o'clock. The split seconds hand is controlled via a pusher at 11 o'clock, and the seconds hand is stopped by a pusher at 12 o'clock. Its hinged bassine case is elegantly engraved with a monogram and the cuvette is stamped with an inscription of Patek Philippe Geneva & Co. and the crisp case number. Victorin Piguet (1850 – 1937) was a watchmaker born in Le Chenit a village in the Vallee de Joux. As the son of watchmaker Deniel Henri Piguet, his watchmaking gene came quickly in his early years. He founded the company 'V. Piguet et Frères' with his brother Albert in Geneva in 1880. He was best known for making high complications of that time, including chronographs and split-seconds chronographs, minute repeater and perpetual calendar watches.
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