107th Auction

2022/11/19

Lot 60

Patek Philippe & Cie.

A very fine Geneva pocket watch with auxiliary seconds, made for Hennegen-Bates Company in Baltimore

Sold

estimated
2.2003.500 €
Price realized
2.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, elaborately engraved monogram.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.226697
Diam.44 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.67 g


Hennegen-Bates Company was a jeweler and silversmith in Baltimore, Maryland. The company existed from 1857 to about 1955. The business was burnt to the ground during the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904. Only the store's massive fire-proof safe survived.