Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 379

Patek Philippe Ref. 1491 ?Scroll Lugs? Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 965986, case No. 658660, Ref. 1491. Made circa 1952. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with pink dial, scroll lugs and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, scroll-lugs, lapidated bezel, snap-on case back. D. Pink with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 12'''120, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm.