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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 803

Ref. 130, Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 867173, case No. 651029, Ref. 130. Made in 1947, sold on May 21, 1948. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square-button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the original box, Certificate of Origin, and the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 55,000 - 70,000

USD 50,000 - 63,000 / EUR 34,000 - 43,000

Sold: CHF 60,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, downturned concave lugs. D. Brushed champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic 6 and 12, outer black minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the constant seconds and the 30-minute registers. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to eight positions, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-10-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Patinated

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 examples 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 lends an even greater luminosity.to the dial. 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 made 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. Similar watches are published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2005,vol. II, pp. 49-59.