Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 330

Patek Philipp e Stainless Steel, Ref. 130 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 867725, case No. 653987, Ref 130. Made in 1949, sold on November 3rd, 1950. Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer, and a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 75,000 - 100,000

USD 70,000 - 95,000 / EUR 50,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 86,400

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped curved bezel, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied steel Roman numerals and dots indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale, concentric, 1/5th seconds graduation. Steel baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 130 Production of this reference started in 1934. It was made in stainless steel and yellow, pink and white gold. Only three are known in white gold and to the best of our knowledge fewer than 20 examples in stainless steel have been sold by Antiquorum over the past 20 years. 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 legible 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