Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」

Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 120. PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENÈVE [百達翡麗，日內瓦] | RETAILED BY A. H. RODANET, PARIS: A FINE LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PANELS REPRESENTING NIGHT AND DAY AFTER BERTEL THORVALDSEN 1865, MOVEMENT & CASE NO. 26.963 [零售商為巴黎A. H. RODANET：女裝黃金懷錶飾琺瑯彩繪圖案，分別代表晝夜，隨貝爾特・托瓦爾森風格，1865年製，機芯及錶殼編號26.963].

PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENÈVE [百達翡麗，日內瓦] | RETAILED BY A. H. RODANET, PARIS: A FINE LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PANELS REPRESENTING NIGHT AND DAY AFTER BERTEL THORVALDSEN 1865, MOVEMENT & CASE NO. 26.963 [零售商為巴黎A. H. RODANET：女裝黃金懷錶飾琺瑯彩繪圖案，分別代表晝夜，隨貝爾特・托瓦爾森風格，1865年製，機芯及錶殼編號26.963]

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PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE., GENÈVE

[ 百達翡麗，日內瓦]


RETAILED BY A. H. RODANET, PARIS: A FINE LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PANELS REPRESENTING NIGHT AND DAY AFTER BERTEL THORVALDSEN

1865, MOVEMENT & CASE NO. 26.963 

[零售商為巴黎A. H. RODANET：女裝黃金懷錶飾琺瑯彩繪圖案，分別代表晝夜，隨貝爾特・托瓦爾森風格，1865年製，機芯及錶殼編號26.963]


• Movement: 14''' gilded, moustache lever escapement, wolf's tooth winding, bi-metallic compensation balance

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands

• Case: 18ct gold, borders and band chased and engraved with garlands of flowers and geometric motifs, the front cover with polychrome enamel painted personification of day in the form of an angel carrying a putto who holds aloft a flaming torch, the angel scattering flowers all against a pale pink guilloché enamel ground, the back with personification of night in the form of an angel holding two sleeping putti, a night owl beneath and all against a midnight blue translucent guilloché enamel ground, gold cuvette engraved Exposition Universelles 1867, A. H. Rodanet & Cie, Constructeurs de Chronomètres, Rue Vivienne 38, Paris, No. 26963, milled outer borders numbered to the top 963 and signed to the base Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, front cover stamped PPCo., all covers numbered 


diameter 37.5mm


The accompanying Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirms that this watch was made in 1865 and sold on 31 July 1867. The Extract further confirms the enamel paintings representing 'Night and Day'. 


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The two enamel scenes are painted after the famous Neoclassical designs produced by the Danish Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Thorvaldsen created his iconic relief models after a restless night in the summer of 1815 whilst he was staying in a boarding house, the Casa Buti, on the Strada Felice in Rome. Marble reliefs of both scenes hang opposite each other at the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. For further information see: Grandesso and F. Mazzocca (eds.), Canova | Thorvaldsen. La nascita della scultura moderna, exh. cat. Galleria d’Italia, Milan, 2019-2020.


Two similarly decorated Patek Philippe watches depicting the same scenes can be found at the Patek Philippe Museum (Inv. P-384 & P-1411). The museum's examples have movements numbered 28.168 and 32.168 respectively; the former's panels were painted by Madame Gaspard Lamunière and the latter's by Juliette-Charlotte Hébert. Both of the museum watches are illustrated in the book: Patek Philippe Museum, Patek Philippe Watches, Vol. I, pp. 96-97. Number 28.168 is also illustrated in M. Huber & A. Banbery, Patek Philippe, 1982, Vol I, First Edition, p.118.