The Art of Patek Philippe, Legendary ...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1999
LOT 476
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862149,case No. 505746, circa 1943.Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel Staybrite gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and pulsometer.
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C. three body, polished and brushed, concave lugs.D. matte silver with painted Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations. "Feuille" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 13'''-130, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.
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Case: 4 - 6 |
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Movement: * 3 |
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Dial: 3 - 04 |
Notes
To the best of our knowledge, it is the first wristwatch of this reference in stainless steel with pulsometer scale which has appeared on the Auction Market.Ref. 130Production of this reference started in 1934.Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 262-264and 269.