Patek Philippe for Tilden-Thurber Co., stem wind and set with eighteen jeweled movement, the round case with white dial signed Patek Philippe & Cie / Geneve, Suisse., with black enamel Breguet Arabic hour markers and gilt Louis XIV hands, with outer minutes track with gilt Arabic markers, case back with silver guilloche enamel centering on a old European cut diamond accent within a floral motif set with old rose cut diamond melee, border with white enamel scrolled detailing, case interior stamped P.P. Co. 18Kts / 257697 and with Swiss hallmark, curvette with maker's mark and Swiss hallmark, stamped 18K / 257697, movement marked No 154630 and signed Patek Philippe & Ce / Geneve, Suisse / Tilden - Thurber Co. / Providence, suspended from a fancy link chain with enamel bar links centering on a scrolled element accented with a bezel set old European cut diamond, chain testing platinum.

Watch 1 1/16 in. diameter; 19.75 in.

From a private collection of an Atlanta area physician and his wife collected over the last 40 years and purchased by the couple from M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1990s.

Accompanied by original Tilden Thurber Co. / Providence presentation case.

With some minor enamel loss appropriate to age; watch will wind and is running at time of re-examination (updated). Please see Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches.

$2,000 - 4,000