Patek Philippe Chronograph pocket watch, 1898

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

1898

Maker / issuer

Patek Philippe

Tiffany's Patek Philippe Watch Collection, in New York, on the opening of their Patek Philippe watch store. Pocket watch with chronograph, sold to Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria on March 10, 1898. Documented from an openly licensed real-object photograph on Wikimedia Commons; only the details stated by that source are recorded here. Remaining specifications are marked research required rather than estimated.

Design

Case type
Chronograph

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Research required

  • Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
  • Jewel count and calibre not documented.
  • Serial-number dating, case dimensions and weight remain untranscribed.
  • No catalogue reference number is asserted; standard horological catalogues have not been transcribed for this specimen.
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