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Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 196

Yellow Gold, Ref. 1463 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No.869212, case No. 2647865, Ref. 1463. Made in 1966, sold on February 14th, 1967. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, and tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted Patek Philippe box the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

USD 95,000 - 140,000 / EUR 66,000 - 100,000

Sold: CHF 120,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, stepped inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale graduated to 1000 unit/ hour. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, self-compensating steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 1463 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. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 267.