Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 361

?1463? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867441, case No. 653475, Ref. 1463. Circa 1950. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachymeter and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

HKD 850,000 - 1,100,000

EUR 90,000 - 110,000 / USD 110,000 - 140,000

Sold: HKD 920,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, anti-magnetic dust protecting cap, concave lugs.D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes and radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outertachymeter scale. Yellow gold "Baton" hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line leverescapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12,5 mm.


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Case: 3 - 33
Movement: 3 - 31*
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

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Ref. 1463 Production of this reference started in 1940. The reference was produced in yellow and pink gold, and few examples in stainless steel. To our knowledge, only one is known in stainless-steel with pulsometer; it was sold by Antiquorum New York on September 22, 2004, lot 339. Similar watches are published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2004, Vol. I, p. 112, Vol. II pp.104-110.