Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 551

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 591 CHRONOGRAPH Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, movement No. 862470, case No. 621704, Ref. 591. Made in 1940 and sold on November 4th, 1940. Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

HKD 345,000 - 500,000 / USD 42,000 - 63,000

Sold: CHF 48,750

Three-body, solid, polished, bean-shaped curved lugs, snap on case back. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dot and Roman 12,6 numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, the 1/5th second scale. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-50-01

Good

Refreshed

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 34 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm. REF. 591 Production of this reference started in 1938. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 266.