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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 632

?Monochrome Pink? Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 862092, French case. Made in 1938, sold on January 29th, 1940. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and fluted lugs, case back engraved ?ATA?. D. Brushed pink with applied pink gold baton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th second divisions, outermost tachometer graduated to 300 uph, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 33.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.