Lot 70

Patek Philippe

Qualität SPECIAL

A very fine, extremely rare Geneva pocket watch - manufactured in quality "Special" - delivered to the Philadelphia jeweller Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia

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This watch comes with a written confirmation of originality from Patek Philippe.

Robert von Moschzisker (1870-1939) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1921 and chief justice from 1921 to 1930. His father was a Polish immigrant. He was educated by private tutors and lost both of his parents during childhood, subsequently studying law under Edward Shippen beginning at age 13. He was admitted to the bar on June 1, 1896, and became an associate of Shippen. In 1902, Moschzisker became an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, rising from third assistant to first assistant before his election to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in November 1903. In November 1909, Moschzisker was elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and assumed office as an associate justice in 1910. He served in that capacity until becoming chief justice in January 1921, and served as chief justice until 1930. In his later career, he declined nomination to the United States Senate in the 1938 election. He died on November 21, 1939.