Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 487

patek philippe Pink Gold Ref. 1450, "Top Hat? Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 834738, case No. 624435, Ref. 1450. Made in 1941, sold on April 16th, 1942. Very fine and rare, rectangular, ?bombé?, 18K pink gold wristwatchwith 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 9,500 - 14,000 / EUR 7,000 - 10,000

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, ?bombé? crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 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, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 36 mm Thickness 9.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 1450 so called ? Top Hat ?, was launched in 1939 and ceased in the 1960s. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 137.