Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 992

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2499/100 THIRD SERIES RETAILED BY BEYER YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 869408, case No. 2779177, Ref. 2499/1, retailed by Beyer (Zurich). Made in 1980, sold on April 30th, 1981. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 250,000 - 350,000

HKD 2,000,000 - 3,000,000 / USD 265,000 - 370,000

Sold: CHF 381,750

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, rounded band with correctors, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton and pyramidal indexes, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 23 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed, dial also signed Beyer. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Property of the original owner REF. 2499 Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, and some examples in pink or white gold. Caliber 13'''CC: ? FIRST SERIES From 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, feuille hands, applied Arabic numerals, fl uted lugs. ? SECOND SERIES Square buttons, dauphine hands, applied indexes, Arabic 12. ? THIRD SERIES From 1960 to 1978, round buttons, dauphine or feuille hands, applied baton indexes. Caliber 13''' ? FOURTH SERIES From 1978 to circa 1985, becomes Ref. 2499/100, round buttons, sapphire crystal, dauphine hands, applied baton indexes. Very few examples were made with tachometer or telemeter scale and three pieces only with sapphire crystal back.