Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, May 10, 2020

LOT 270

Patek Philippe - Ref. 437, Art Deco; “Calatrava”; stainless steel

HKD 52,000 - 69,000

USD 6,700 - 8,800 / EUR 6,000 - 8,000 / CHF 6,700 - 8,800

Sold: HKD 75,000

Stainless steel, manual-winding, tonneau-shaped, small Art Deco gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, flat bezel, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Silver colour dial with suspended Arabic numeral and radial indexes. Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the cypher “N.M.B”.


Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3 *
Dial: 3-6-10-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Patinated

HANDS Original

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva

Model “Calatrava”

Reference 437

Year Circa 1928 and 1935 (casing)

Movement No. 818 267

Case No. 612 223 (by Frères Borgel – Manufacture Taubert & Frères, Geneva)

Material stainless steel

Bracelet black leather strap

Buckle stainless steel PP buckle

Caliber 10’’’, gilded brass, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, à moustaches; with stainless steel protective dust cap

Height 35.1 mm.

Width 28.3 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives

Notes

Patek Philippe, Ref. 437
This reference is launched in 1935.
Only 119 examples were manufactured in stainless steel.