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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 78

?Pink on Pink? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867621, case No. 656136, Ref. 130, completed in 1949, sold on December 15, 1949 by Freccero. 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificat d?Origine, and the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 45,000 - 60,000 / USD 60,000 - 75,000

Sold: CHF 94,300

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. D. Pink with applied pink gold Arabicnumerals and baton indexes, auxiliary second- and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation,concentric 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes"decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensatingBreguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 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 stain-less 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 propor-tions, 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 Valjoux ébauches. To date, one example is known of a single-button chronograph with Ref. 130 that features an experimental 12''' movement.