Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 195

?Pink Gold Screwed Back 2438-1? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 888174, case No. 2619213, Ref. 2438-1. Sold in July 1971. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, center-seconds, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold bracelet. Accompanied by the Certificat d?Origine et de Garantie.

CHF 400,000 - 500,000

EUR 260,000 - 325,000 / USD 325,000 - 400,000

Sold: CHF 655,250

C. Two-body, solid, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, recessed crown with Calatrava cross. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary dial for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. 27-SC Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 2497 & 2438-1 Total number produced: 179 examples. Ref. 2497 Production of this reference began in 1951. It was produced in quantities not precisely known today. The standard production was yellow gold; very few examples are known in pink gold; two examples are known in white gold; and two in platinum. - First series: with alternating upright applied gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, center-seconds and "feuille" hands. Diam. 37 mm. - Second series: alternating upright applied gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, center-seconds and "dauphine" hands. Diam. 37 mm. - Third series: with applied gold bâton indexes, flat back, recessed winding crown and "dauphine" hands. Diam. 37 mm. Ref 2438-1 Was the successor to Ref. 2497, with the same type of case, but water-resistant. - First series: in yellow gold with applied Arabic numerals, "dauphine" hands, fluted lugs, screwed back. - Second series: with applied "bâton" indexes, "dauphine" hands, fluted lugs, screwed back. Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 285-287. The present lot has never before been offered at auction; it comes to us directly from its original owner. The number 888174 was one of the last five of this series ever produced by Patek Philippe.