Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 622

Pink Gold Top Hat Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 971790, case No. 657449, Ref. 1450. Made in 1949, sold on April 17th, 1950. Very fine, rectangular, ?bombé?, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Acompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, ?bombé? crystal, snap-on case back. D. Champagne with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 38 mm Thickness 8.5 mm.