# £220,000 watch to be auctioned for Practical Action

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/08/28/220000-watch-be-auctioned-practical-action/
- Published: 2006-08-28T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Bonhams is to sell a rare Patek Philippe wristwatch, donated anoymously to Practical
Action (formerly ITDG), and it is expected to sell for at least £180,000 to £220,000.**

The watch will be sold on the charity’s behalf at Bonhams’ Sale of Fine Watches 
at 101 New Bond Street, London, on 28 November 2006.

Bonhams say that the 18ct rose gold watch is the second most complicated wristwatch
ever produced by Patek Philippe, and is highly sought-after by watch collectors 
and horologists.

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Bonhams addes that “it incorporates a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date 
hand, minute repeating function and a one-minute tourbillon consisting of 69 parts.”
The watch comes with original winding box and papers.

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