The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 818

Ref. 1518 ?Yellow Gold? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863341, case back No. 4213490, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Made circa 1945. Extremely fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and the restoration invoice.

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 65,000 - 95,000 / USD 80,000 - 115,000

Sold: CHF 175,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel and concave lugs. D. Satiné silver with upright applied small yellow gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, the 1/5th seconds and minute scales, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

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This watch has just been fully restored by Patek Philippe. Ref. 1518 Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only four examples known to date in stainless steel. - First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941 to 1954. - Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Fourth series with applied gold "bâton" indexes. - Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", 1998, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, p. 303 and in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, pp. 21, 47, 292, 293, 294, and 295.