Geneva, May 14, 2023
LOT 185
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 570, BLACK DIAL (CONFIRMED BY THE ARCHIVES), YELLOW GOLD
CHF 50,000 - 80,000
EUR 51,000 - 82,000 / USD 57,000 - 91,000 / HKD 442,000 - 710,000
Sold: CHF 131,250
A very fine, possibly unique, large, very-well preserved, manual wind 18k yellow gold wristwatch
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-6-01 |
Very good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Switzerland
Model Calatrava
Reference 570
Year Made in 1941, sold in March 1941
Movement No. 920447
Case No. 296824
Bracelet leather with an 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle
Diameter 36 mm.
Caliber 12-120, 18 jewels
Signature dial, case and movement signed
Accessories extract from the archives
Notes
The successor to the famed reference 96 Calatrava, the reference 570 was its oversize sister reference. Launched in 1938, this reference came in a variety of dial configuration, the black dial being its rarest by far. Never having appeared on the market before and having recently been discovered in Germany and its black dial confirmed by the extract from the archives, it is fair to see that it is one of the most spectacular examples to have appeared on the market in the last 20 years. In fact only a couple of yellow gold 570's with black dial and subsidiary seconds have ever appeared on the market and this is the only known example so far featuring a full outer minute track making it one of the most coveted time only Patek Philippe's ever produced.
Provenance
Property of the original German family