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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 396

Yellow Gold, Ref. 130, Tachometer and Telemeter Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 862374, case No. 620685, Ref. 130. Made in 1939, sold on April 23, 1940. Very fine and very rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with square-button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

USD 45,000 - 55,000 / EUR 30,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 49,200

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, downturned lugs, snap-on back. D. Silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, inner black minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outer telemeter scale, outermost blue tachymeter scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to eight positions, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-39-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Rubbed

HANDS Original

Notes

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 sought-after 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 Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2005, vol. II, p. 49 to 59.