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Patek Philippe Presentation Pocket Watch with Minute Repeater, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar, and Moon Phases

Partially verified

This 18K yellow gold open-face presentation pocket watch by Patek Philippe incorporates seven complications, including a minute repeater, a 1/5-second chronograph, an instantaneous perpetual calendar, and moon phases. According to the archive extract, the movement was produced in 1919, encased in 1939 by Emile Vichet, and sold on April 6, 1939. It was presented in July 1939 by the Mozambique Company to General Carmona, President of Portugal. The silver-coloured dial features Arabic Breguet numerals and Portuguese calendar indications.

Patek Philippe 18K yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph minute repeating pocket watch.
Patek Philippe 18K yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph minute repeating pocket watch. — Antiquorum. Rights pending — permission not yet requested. Original source

Catalogue identity

Source
catalog.antiquorum.swiss
Category
Pocket watch · Complicated presentation pocket watch
Maker / attribution
Patek Philippe
Reference
Not recorded
Catalogue / lot identifier
328
Source-reported date
circa 1919-1939
Country
Switzerland
Source-reported serial
174 918

Source-reported attribution and specifications are not independent authentication. A listing does not establish present ownership, current display, availability or permission to reproduce.

Object description

Case Construction and Provenance

The timepiece is an 18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding pocket watch of 'Bassine' design. The case-back features an applied platinum and enamel coat-of-arms set with diamonds and emeralds, topped by a gold crown set with sapphires and rubies, accompanied by a ribbon inscribed with the motto 'Companhia de Moçambique'.

Inside the case-back is a 'taille-douce' engraving stating: 'Homenagem / da Companhia / de / Moçambique / a sua Excelencia o Presidente da Republica Senhor General Carmona / Julho de 1939'. According to the source, the case was made by Emile Vichet, and master and control marks indicate the armorial décor was applied by a Portuguese goldsmith in Lisbon.

Evidence for this section
  • “18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped “Bassine””
  • “Case-back with an applied platinum and enamel coat-of-arms set with diamonds and emeralds, stamped by a gold crown set with sapphires and rubies, with below the motto “Companhia de Moçambique” inscribed in a ribbon.”
  • “inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) “Homenagem / da Companhia / de / Moçambique / a sua Excelencia o Presidente da Republica Senhor General Carmona / Julho de 1939””
  • “The coat-of-arms applied to the case-back of the watch was made by a Portuguese goldsmith in Lisbon, as evidenced by the master and control marks stamped in two places on the décor.”
  • “Case No. 411 425 (by Emile Vichet, Geneva)”

Dial and Complications

The watch features a silver-coloured dial with Breguet numerals and blued steel spade hands. It includes seven horological complications: a minute repeater (activated by a case-band slide at 8:30), a 1/5-second chronograph (activated by a crown-mounted push-piece), and a safety bolt for the chronograph functions (slide at 11 o'clock).

The instantaneous perpetual calendar provides the date of the month at 6 o'clock, with the day of the week and month of the year indicated in Portuguese on subsidiary dials at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock, respectively. Moon phases and age are indicated via an aperture at 12 o'clock and a subsidiary dial.

Evidence for this section
  • “Silver colour dial, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.”
  • “Minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 8:30)”
  • “1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single round-shaped push-piece located on the winding-crown); safety bolt locking the chronograph’s functions (slide at 11 o’clock)”
  • “Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in Portuguese)”
  • “Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock; indications given in Portuguese)”

Movement Specifications

The movement is a rhodium-plated caliber with 'fausses côtes' decoration, 40 jewels, and a going barrel. It features a straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, a cut bimetallic brass-Invar compensated Guillaume balance with a blued steel hairspring, and a swan-neck index-regulator. The movement is adjusted to 8 positions.

Documentation from the Patek Philippe archives states the movement was made in 1919, encased in 1939, and sold on April 6, 1939.

Evidence for this section
  • “Movement 20’’’, rhodium-plated with “fausses côtes” decoration, 40 jewels”
  • “cut bimetallic brass-Invar compensated Guillaume balance”
  • “The Extract from the Archives, dated August 23, 2011, mentioned that this watch was made in 1919, encased in 1939, and sold on April 6, 1939.”

Open research questions

  • Source contains conflicting data regarding the movement caliber size, citing 20''' in the descriptive text and 19''' in the specifications table.

Source evidence

Recorded claims and source quotations for Patek Philippe Presentation Pocket Watch with Minute Repeater, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar, and Moon Phases
FieldSource-reported valueSource quotation
Movement Number174 918“Movement No. 174 918”
Case Number411 425“Case No. 411 425 (by Emile Vichet, Geneva)”
Case Material18K yellow gold“18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped “Bassine””
Diameter54.3 mm“Diameter 54.3 mm.”
Weight162.2 gr. (approx.)“Weight 162.2 gr. (approx.)”
EngravingDedication to General Carmona“inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) “Homenagem / da Companhia / de / Moçambique / a sua Excelencia o Presidente da Republica Senhor General Carmona / Julho de 1939””
Movement Number174 918“Movement No. 174 918”
Diameter54.3 mm“Diameter 54.3 mm.”

Visible details

  • Silver-toned dial with four subsidiary displays indicating moon phases and age at 12, Portuguese months at 3, date and constant seconds at 6, and Portuguese days of the week at 9.
  • Blued steel spade hands with dark Breguet numeral hour markers.
  • Round yellow gold open-face case with an oval top bow, crown-integrated chronograph pusher, and slide along the left flank.

Research qualifications

  • The case back decoration and movement are described in the source but are not visible in the provided photograph.
  • Source mentions both 20''' and 19''' for the caliber size.

Photograph identity and source facts were screened before import; rights clearance remains pending.

Consulted source

Patek Philippe Presentation pocket watch, minute-repeater, chronograph, perpetual calendar, moon phases, Guillaume balance; 18K yellow gold -- The Watch offered in July 1939 by The Mozambique Company to the General Carmona, President of the Republic of Portugal | | Geneva, November 5, 2022

Reviewed 2026-10-25 · Record faf172afec

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