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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009
LOT 200
Probably Unique Pink 1518 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 863793, case No. 644118, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Made in 1946, sold on October 21st, 1947. Very fine and very rare, probably unique, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, square button chronograph, register and tachometer, with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.
CHF 600,000 - 800,000
USD 510,000 - 680,000 / EUR 400,000 - 540,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, crystal with cyclops lens for the days of the week and the months indication. D. Matte silver with enameled black Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold feuille hands. M. 13''' rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
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 Edition, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, p. 303.