- Movement
- Manual winding
- Edition
- Unique piece.
Overview
A night jungle in Longwy enamel on faience
The Patek Philippe dome table clock Jungle by Night, reference 20217M-001, a unique piece in Longwy enamel on faience after an Art Deco vase, a stylised forest at night, 12 grey-enamel markers on crackled black; 221.2 mm high, 126 mm wide, on the calibre 17''' PEND DOME rewound by an electric motor.
The reference 20217M-001 is a dome table clock from Patek Philippe's Rare Handcrafts collection, a unique piece after an Art Deco vase, whose panels show the vegetation of a tropical forest at night in stylised form. The technique is Longwy enamel on faience, which Patek Philippe describes as rare and names after the French town it comes from; it is the one technique on these clocks worked on ceramic rather than on metal.
The design was laid out on a bisque ground by drawing its black outline, the cerne, and the shapes filled with opaque enamels in 4 colours, some of them the special tints that serve as an undercoat for the metals and give the surface a slight relief. Two highlighting pigments in platinum and gold tints were then brushed on to light the foliage. After the firings a colourant was applied to bring up the fine crackle that marks Longwy work. Each enamelled plate needed 5 firings, at temperatures falling from 1020°C to 745°C. The hour circle is black and finely crackled, with 12 baton-style hour markers painted in grey enamel and rhodium-plated leaf-shaped hands, and the round enamelled foot takes the geometric motif of a Native American bracelet. The clock is driven by the calibre 17''' PEND DOME, a mechanical movement rewound by an electric motor.
For collectors
Patek Philippe's figures are a ceramicist's, not an enameller's: 5 firings starting at 1020°C, on faience rather than gold plates, with the crackle brought out on purpose afterwards; and Patek Philippe gives the movement 219 parts.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Longwy enamel on faienceThe decoration outlined in black (the cerne) on a bisque ground and filled with opaque enamels in 4 colours, including undercoat tints for the metals that raise a slight relief; 2 highlighting pigments in platinum and gold tints brushed on; a colourant applied after firing to bring up the crackle; each plate is fired 5 times at temperatures falling from 1020°C to 745°C.
- DialA finely crackled black hour circle with 12 baton-style hour markers painted in grey enamel and rhodium-plated leaf-shaped hands.
- FootRound and enamelled, with the geometric motif of a Native American bracelet.
- Dimensions221.2 mm high, 126 mm wide.
Calibre 17''' PEND DOME
- Manual winding, rewound by an electric motor
- 38.65 mm across, 3.7 mm high; 219 parts, 21 jewels
- 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz), Breguet balance spring
- Patek Philippe Seal
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | 20217M-001 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Rare Handcrafts |
| Calibre | Caliber 17''' PEND DOME |
| Movement | Manual winding |
| Jewels | 21 |
| Frequency | 18,000 semi-oscillations/hour (2.5 Hz) |
| Type | Dome clock |
| Piece | Jungle by Night |
| Edition | Unique piece. |
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