Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 303

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867777, case No. 657133, Ref. 1463. Made in 1949, sold on December 4, 1950. Production of this reference started in 1940. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chrono-graph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted box and an Extract of the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, inner dustprotection cap. D. Two-tone champagne with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary secondsand 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', maillechord,23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguetbalance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.