Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 445

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 130, RETAILED BY HAUSMANN Patek Philippe, Geneve, retailed by Hausmann & Co., movement No. 860499, case No. 616127, Ref 130. Made in 1937, sold February 22nd, 1938. Very fine, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract of the Archives and a copy of a Patek Philippe Geneva service invoice dated 1992.

CHF 26,000 - 36,000

USD 28,000 - 40,000 / EUR 20,000 - 30,000

C. Three body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, curved lugs, snap on case back. D. Silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Roman numerals, outer black minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds track, outermost tachometer scale, inner seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal 13???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-52-01

Very good

Reprinted by the manufacture

HANDS Original

Notes

Patek Philippe 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 fi rm. 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 fi rst made with Victorin Piguet ebauches, and later with Lemania ebauches. To date, one example is known of a single button chronograph with Ref. 130; it features an experimental 12''' movement.