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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 338

Ref.130, Steel ?Sector Dial? Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, movement No. 862292, case No. 505755, Ref. 130. Made in 1939, sold on March 18th, 1940. Very fine and very rare, stainless steel ?Staybrite? wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer with a stainless steel Patek Philippe & Co. buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 130,000 - 180,000

USD 130,000 - 180,000 / EUR 85,000 - 120,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel and concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Two-tone silver with enameled indexes and Arabic half-hour markers, minute and 5 minute tracks, outer 1/5th second graduation, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outermost tachometer scale. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance with eight adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11,5 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

Slightly oxidized

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-read dial, encircled by a slender, concave bezel which gives the dial an even greater luminosity. It is very rare to find a chronograph with a single button. 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. Similar watches are illustrated in ?Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by M. Huber & A. Banbery, 1998, page 263.