Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
New York, Jun 11, 2009
LOT 195
Pink Gold Ref. 1463 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 868664, case No. 684.697, Ref. 1463. Made in 1953, sold March 7th, 1955. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
USD 140,000 - 180,000
EUR 105,000 - 135,000 / CHF 160,000 - 205,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, inner dust protection cap. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Production of this reference started in 1940. Only a few examples were made in stainless steel. In addition, its two-tone dial makes it extremely desirable for collectors. 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 as in the present watch. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 267.
According to the Extract of the Archives, the watch was originally delivered with a pulsometer scale dial. it is more than likely that during a routine service ,the dial was changed to the current one, featuring a tachometer scale.