Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 23

Military Type Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863834, case No. 630148, Ref. 130. Manufactured in 1945, sold on August 6, 1947. Production of this reference started in 1934. Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 38,000 - 50,000 / USD 47,000 - 62,000

Sold: CHF 141,000

C. three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs.D. matte silver with applied steel Arabicnumerals, bâton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registerdial, outer tachometer graduation. Luminous steel "Bâton" hands.M. 13'''-130,rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escape-ment,monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguetbalance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 262.