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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1999

LOT 573

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 972750,case No. 662734, Ref. 1593, circa 1951.Very fine and rare, rectangular "bombé", platinum gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and platinum Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 24,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 52,900

C. two body, flared, massive, polished and brushed, concave sides, pillar shaped lugs, two-facet crystal.D. matte silver with applied white gold triangular indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" white gold hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau, punched with the Poinçons de Genève, tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 41 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 1593Production of this reference started in 1944.It was also made in very few examples with polychrome cloisonné enamel dials.Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 129 and 141.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed "chronometers".