The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 367

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 860489, case No. 504770. Produced circa 1936.Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel doctor's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, pulsometer and tachometer.

USD 30,000 - 40,000

Sold: USD 68,500

C. three-body, polished and brushed. D. two-tone silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and painted indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations, concentric, 1/5th seconds graduation, at the centre, spiral tachometric scale. "Feuille" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view
Image
Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3 - 5 - 6
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 21 - 01

Notes

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first wristwatch of this reference in stainless steel with pulsometer and tachometer scale on a two-tone silver dial to appear on the auction market.Ref. 130.Production of this reference started in 1934. Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 262-264 and 269.