Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

Patek Philippe & Co. Retailed by Cucco. A gold rectangular wristwatch, circa 1940
Movement: manual winding, no. 833257
Dial: black, applied faceted baton indexes, subsidiary seconds
Case: 18ct gold, snap-on back, no. 619946, 18ct gold buckle
Signed: case, dial, movement and buckle
Dimensions: length including lugs 42.5mm, width 20mm.
£6,000-£8,000

Ottavio Cucco opened his first jewellery store in 1886 in Biella, Italy. It soon became the city’s leading jeweller and an official retailer for Patek Philippe.
The business continued to thrive in the hands of his son, Leonzio, who passed it on to the Albonico family in 1945, having no children of his own. In 1978, also childless, the Albonico family chose Roberto Boglietti to take over the running of the world famous atelier. Roberto Boglietti had trained in his family’s workshop, watching his father and uncle at work creating objects of boundless beauty. Boglietti’s stylish designs are now know for their skilled mastery around the world.
It was Roberto Boglietti who Patek Philippe asked to design the famous Twenty-4 lady’s wristwatch in 1997.