The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 631

Ref. 130 ?Yellow Gold? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862043, case No. 4213620, Ref. 130. Made circa 1941. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000 / USD 38,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 76,700

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale and inner minute track. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, and straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

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This watch was fully restaured by Patek Philippe. Ref. 130 Production of this reference started in 1934. It was made in stainless steel, yellow gold and pink gold; only three are known in white gold. It is one of the most desirable and soughtafter sport watches ever created by the Patek Philippe firm. Sophisticated collectors appreciate this model?s perfect proportions, its large and clearly-readable dial, encircled by a slender, concave bezel which gives the dial an even greater luminosity. Reference 130 usually has one button at 2 o'clock and another at 4 o'clock. Only a very few examples were made with a single button on the crown. This reference was first used with Victorin Piguet ebauches, and later with Lemania ebauches. To date, one example is known of a single-button chronograph with Ref. 130, that features an experimental 12??? movement. A similar watch is published in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, p. 262. The reference 130 was made with either Breguet numerals, Roman, Arabic or mixed numerals. The Sector dial type of the present lot is particulary rare and desirable to collectors.