- Movement
- Manual winding
- Size
- 44.1 mm
- Edition
- Unique piece.
Overview
A planisphere engraved and enamelled
The Patek Philippe Rare Handcrafts pocket watch Map of The World, reference 992/190G-001, a unique piece in white gold with a hand-engraved planisphere under blue enamel on the case back, a blue flinqué dial, and a sapphire cabochon crown. Manual-winding calibre 17''' LEP PS with small seconds; 44.1 mm, 9.15 mm high.
The reference 992/190G-001 is a pocket watch from Patek Philippe's Rare Handcrafts collection, a unique piece in white gold whose case back is a planisphere — the continental plates and the structure of the ocean floor rendered in relief. The case is 44.1 mm across and 9.15 mm high with a solid back, humidity- and dust-protected only and not water-resistant. It is delivered with a white gold stand modelled on a celestial double ellipse, whose oval blue quartz base carries a blue sapphire cabochon (0.36 ct), and with a white gold chain suspending a champlevé enamel medallion showing a compass rose.
The back is made in two passes. The engraver chiselled the sea bed by hand; the enameller then coated it in translucent blue and, with transparent enamels in 4 colours, built the sense of depth in the mid-ocean ridges and the trenches. After 8 firings at close to 775°C the engraver returned to refine the continents, which stand in relief above the enamel. The dial is flinqué: hand-cut guilloché with the meridians and parallels engraved over it, showing through translucent blue enamel after 6 firings at about 765°C. Applied Breguet numerals and faceted Dauphine-style hands are white gold, and the crown carries a blue sapphire cabochon (0.34 ct). The movement is the manual-winding calibre 17''' LEP PS with small seconds: 38.65 mm across, 3.8 mm high, 157 parts, 18 jewels, a Breguet balance spring at 18,000 semi-oscillations an hour, at least 50 hours of reserve and the Patek Philippe Seal.
For collectors
The relief is the point: Patek Philippe describes engraving before and after the enamel, so the continents sit proud of a sea bed that was itself chiselled before it was coloured. The firing counts are 8 for the back and 6 for the dial.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Hand-engraving and enamel in reliefThe sea bed hand-chiselled, coated in translucent blue enamel and worked in transparent enamels in 4 colours for the ridges and trenches; 8 firings at close to 775°C, then the continental plates refined by the engraver so that they read in relief.
- Flinqué dialHand-cut guilloché with the meridians and parallels engraved into it, under translucent blue enamel fired 6 times at about 765°C; applied Breguet numerals and faceted Dauphine-style hands in white gold.
- Case and crownWhite gold, 44.1 mm across, 9.15 mm high, solid case back; the crown is set with a blue sapphire cabochon (0.34 ct). Humidity- and dust-protected only, not water-resistant.
- Stand and chainA white gold stand in the form of a celestial double ellipse on an oval blue quartz base set with a blue sapphire cabochon (0.36 ct); a white gold chain with a champlevé enamel compass-rose medallion.
Calibre 17''' LEP PS
- Manual winding
- Small seconds
- 38.65 mm across, 3.8 mm high; 157 parts, 18 jewels
- 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz), Breguet balance spring
- Power reserve min. 50 hours
- Patek Philippe Seal
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | 992/190G-001 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Rare Handcrafts |
| Calibre | Caliber 17''' LEP PS |
| Movement | Manual winding |
| Functions | Small seconds |
| Case dimensions | 44.1 mm |
| Case thickness | 9.15 mm |
| Case material | White gold |
| Water resistance | Not water-resistant |
| Jewels | 18 |
| Power reserve | min. 50 hours |
| Frequency | 18,000 semi-oscillations/hour (2.5 Hz) |
| Type | Pocket watch |
| Piece | Map of The World |
| Edition | Unique piece. |
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