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Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 325

Digital Perpetual Calendar Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève,movementNo. 198281, caseNo. 418009.Made in 1937, sold on December 27th, 1944. Very fine and extremely rare, thin, 18K yellow gold, keyless, digital perpetual calendar dress watch with phases of the moon and eccentric two-tone dial. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

USD 90,000 - 140,000 / EUR 65,000 - 95,000

C. Three-body, "bassine", polished. D. Two-tone gold, eccentric, applied yellow gold Roman quarter-hour numerals and gold baton indexes on a polished chapter ring, outer minute divisions, four apertures for days of the week, date, months and phases of the moon, subsidiary seconds. Gold feuille hands. M. 37.5 mm., 17''?, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 45 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-6-01

Very good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch, bearing the No. 198278, was sold by Antiquorum as lot 128 on April 12, 2003. These watches are the much rarer precursor of the so-called ?American? digital perpetual calendar that was adopted by Patek Philippe in the late 1940s. The ?American? calendar indication is arranged in a single linear aperture (see lot 331).