Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 319

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2499/100 FOURTH SERIES YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 869412, case No. 2779181, Ref. 2499/100. Made in 1981, sold on August 7th, 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 270,000 - 370,000

HKD 2,150,000 - 3,000,000 / USD 277,000 - 380,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 327,750

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: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Property of the Original Family This present REFERENCE 2499/100 is part of the Fourth Series made in the early 1980's by PATEK PHILIPPE. REFERENCE 2499 is considered one of the most iconic models ever produced by PATEK PHILIPPE. Over the past several decades, this reference has become the most collectible model of all complicated timepieces made by the famous Swiss watchmaker. Introduced in the market in the early 1950's, this reference replaced the famous REFERENCE 1518, the first ever perpetual calendar and chronograph wristwatch made in a series by the brand. This model was produced for over a period of 35 years, until the early 1980's concluding its run with the Fourth Series, as seen as in this present lot. To our knowledge 349 pieces were made in total during its production run, the majority of them encased in yellow gold. Approximately 9 pieces were produced each year at the ateliers in Geneva. REFERENCE 2499 produced from 1951 to 1985 ? FIRST SERIES From 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, feuille hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted 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, reference number re-assigned as Ref. 2499/100, round buttons, sapphire crystal, dauphine hands, applied baton indexes.