PATEK, PHILIPPE & CIE., GENÈVE, MOVEMENT NO. 174505, CASE NO. 401508, “SPECIALLY” ADJUSTED, MADE FOR BAILEY, BANKS AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1917
Very fine, 18k yellow gold, minute-repeating, keyless, pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register

Bailey, Banks and Biddle was a prominent Philadelphia jewelry house.

SIGNED: Movement and case by Patek, Philippe and the retailer, dial by the retailer
DIMENSIONS: 47 mm Ø
FUNCTIONS:: Minute repeating, split-seconds chronograph, 30-minute register, hours, minutes, small seconds
CASE: Four-part, bassine, polished with engraved initials on the back, gold hinged cuvette
DIAL: White enamel, with black Breguet hours, outer minutes divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fi fths, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register
HANDS: Gold Louis XV
MOVEMENT: 18’’’, 38.4 mm, rhodium-plated, Côtes de Genève decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and mean-time adjustment screws, eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on two gongs through activating slide in the band; Victorin Piguet chronograph mechanism with split-seconds mechanism under the dial

CASE: Very good
HANDS: Very good
DIAL: Very good
MOVEMENT: Very good