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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009
LOT 480
Yellow Gold, Ref. 1463 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869012, case No. 2615196, Ref. 1463. Made in 1958, sold on February 20th, 1961. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box.
CHF 160,000 - 220,000
USD 140,000 - 190,000 / EUR 110,000 - 150,000
Sold: CHF 174,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, antimagnetic dust protecting cap, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds tracks, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale graduated to 300 unit/hour. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped twice with the the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 23 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance with eight adjustments, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, swanneck regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Production of this reference started in 1940. The reference was produced in yellow and pink gold, and a few examples in stainless steel. The first models of Ref. 1463, made in the 1940s, had bezels which continued to the band, this changed in the early 1950s to a stepped bezel. This reference was produced in stainless steel, yellow gold and pink gold. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 267.