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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 181

?Pink on Pink? Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 862298, case No. 620184, Ref. 130. Made in 1939, sold February 16, 1940. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chrono-graph, register and tachometer with 18K gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 75,000 - 95,000

EUR 50,000 - 60,000 / USD 65,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 92,000

C. Three-body, massive, polished and brushed, concave bezel and concave lugs.D. Pink, with applied pink gold dot indexes and pink gold Roman numerals at 12 and 6,subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Pink goldbâton hour and minute hands, blued steel chronograph hand. M. Cal. 13'''-130, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance,eight adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometeradjustment to the regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 23
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, pp. 49 to 59. Ref. 130 Production of this reference started in 1934, being made in stainless steel, Staybrite, yellow gold, pink gold, stainless steel and gold, and only three in white gold. 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-read dial, encircled by a slender, concave bezel which gives the dial an even greater luminosity. It is very rare to find a chronograph with a single button; Ref. 130 usually has one button at 2 and another at 4. 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.