Lot 90

Patek Philippe

Spaulding & Co. Chicago

An exquisite, rare Geneva pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, delivered to Spaulding & Co. Chicago on August 25, 1893

This is an extremely rare and exclusive pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph in a very fine 18 K rose gold case. The white enamel dial has beautifully curved, radial Dauphine numerals, red minutes, auxiliary seconds with red seconds and blued spade hands. A pusher on the edge of the case and in the crown starts, stops and resets the split seconds chronograph.

Tiffany's in New York and "Spaulding's" in Chicago - both attractions not only for clients intending to buy fine jewellery but also for many visitors who just come to enjoy the many exquisite treasures displayed in the shop windows. This is how the famous shop established by Henry Abiram Spaulding (born in 1837 in New York) in 1888 was described by Industrial Chicago in the late 19th century. The shop had flourished and prospered quickly under his management and the Paris branch in the at Avenue de l'Opera was soon as well-known all over the world as the main shop – particularly fascinating was the "evening room" on Paris, a sales room outfitted in all black velvet.
Just like Tiffany's, Spaulding's had watches delivered by Patek Philippe that already carried their own signatures. The movement and the cuvette are signed with "Spaulding & Co. Chicago". The 17-ligne movement features a complicated rattrapante mechanism and is in perfect condition, as are dial and the case.