Spain - Pocket Watches

NAUTILUS “LADIES AUTOMATIC” 7118/1200R - NAUTILUS SELF-WINDING excellent condition With the rounded octagonal shape of its bezel, the ingenious porthole construction of its case, and its horizontally embossed dial, the Nautilus has epitomized the elegant sports watch since 1976. Forty years later, it comprises a splendid collection of models for men and women. In steel, rose gold, white gold or two-tone combinations they accompany the most active lifestyles with incomparable class Self-winding mechanical movement. Caliber 324 S C. Date in an aperture. Sweep seconds hand. Golden brown opaline, gold applied hour markers and numerals with luminescent coating. Rose gold. Sapphire crystal case back. Water-resistant to 60 m. Case diameter (10–4 o’clock): 35.2 mm. Height: 8.62 mm. Bezel set with 56 diamonds (~0.67 ct). Rose gold bracelet. Nautilus fold-over clasp. It shouldn’t be surprising that a Patek Philippe holds the world auction record for a watch ($31.2 million for a Patek Grandmaster Chime, sold at Christie’s Geneva last November, in case anyone’s wondering). Known for impeccable craftsmanship and some of the most complicated timepieces ever created, the brand is considered by many to be the height of fine watchmaking. The house was founded in Geneva in 1839 by Polish expats Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek. Czapek left the firm, and in 1845, Patek partnered with French watchmaker Jean Adrien Philippe. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Catering to the glitterati of Europe, the pair counted among their clients Tolstoy, Pope Pius IX and Queen Victoria, as well as Countess Koscowicz of Hungary, for whom they created the first Swiss-made wristwatch in 1868. They also had their eye on the American market and in 1851 entered an arrangement with Tiffany & Co. still in effect today. During the Great Depression, brothers Jean and Charles Stern, who had previously supplied Patek Philippe with watch dials, bought the company, and it continues to be run by the Stern family today. Under the Sterns, the house has developed some of its most famous models, including the Calatrava, an elegantly minimal dress...

Diamond-set steel watch with diamond sprinkled setting, diamond-set rhodium-plated and sand-blasted dial, 17 x 23 mm, steel bracelet