Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Aug 25, 2012

LOT 202

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 130 CHRONOGRAPH ROSE GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, No. 863450, case No. 638765, Ref 130. Made in 1944, sold on October 12th, 1945. Very fine and rare, 18K rose gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted Patek Philippe box, certificate of origin and the Extract of the Archives.

HKD 260,000 - 340,000

USD 35,000 - 45,000 / EUR 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: HKD 475,000

C. Three body, polished and brushed, curved lugs, concave bezel, snap on case back. D. Salmon with applied pink gold baton indexes and Roman 12 and 6, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, outermost tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal 13???, rhodium plated, 23 jewels, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3-14*

Good

Damaged

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-50-01

Very good

Refreshed

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.