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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 320

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 702182,case No. 674464, Ref. 2466, circa 1952.Fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 6,500 - 7,500

Sold: CHF 8,050

C. Two-body, solid, polished, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 27-SC, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: * 4 - 5
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 2466Production of this reference started in 1950.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?.