Patel< Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 863834, case No. 630148, circa 1945. Very fine and rare stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, with certificate. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks & Ulysse Nardin Jubilee | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 12th October 1996

Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996

LOT 542

Patel< Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 863834, case No. 630148, circa 1945. Very fine and rare stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, with certificate.

CHF 20,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 27,600

C. polished, satined. D. mat silver with applied steel radiumed indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Baton" radiumed hands. M. 13"' rhodiumed, "fausses cotes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 33 mm.

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Patek Philippe chronograph wristwatches, being prestigious watches, were usually made in yellow, pink or white gold hence stainless steel ones are very rare. A similar watch is published in Collezionare Orologi Patek Philippe by M. and O. Patrizzi, p. 231.