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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 428

Yellow Gold Medical ?Ref. 1463? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868390, case No. 672756, Ref. 1463. Made in 1952, sold on May 7th, 1953. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold doctor's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, pulsometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 190,000 - 230,000

EUR 120,000 - 145,000 / USD 155,000 - 185,000

Sold: CHF 210,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, anti-magnetic dust protecting cap, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer scale. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13''' CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 1463 Production of this reference started in 1940. The first models of the Ref. 1463 made in the 1940s had bezels which continued to the band, this changed in the early 1950s to a stepped bezel.