Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 233

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867358, case No. 650447, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Produced in 1948, sold on October 22, 1949. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman,s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, dedicated case back, concave bezel and lugs. D. Matte silver with vertical applied 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 second scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments,self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Height 13 mm.Engraved on the case back: "Elbridge from Evelyn - Oct. 1949".