Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 723

Pink Gold, Ref. 1518, First Series Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 867911, case No. 663695, Ref. 1518. Made in 1950, sold on July 11th, 1952. Extremely fine and very rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box.

CHF 600,000 - 800,000

USD 550,000 - 740,000 / EUR 380,000 - 500,000

Sold: CHF 1,376,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, subsidiary dial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track with five Arabic numerals, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

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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 baton indexes. Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", 1998, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, p. 303.