The Art of Patek Philippe, Legendary ...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1999
LOT 487
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862806,case No. 505829, Ref. 130, circa 1943.Very fine, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
Sold: CHF 43,700
C. three body, polished and brushed. D. matte silver with applied steel indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" steel hands.M. Cal. 13'''-130, punched with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance,8 adjustments, Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 4 - 5 |
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Movement: * 3 |
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Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Ref. 130Production of this reference started in 1934.Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 262-264and 269.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed "chronometers".