Important Watches Wristwatches, and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000
LOT 330
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 977010,case No. 516058, Ref. 2476, circa 1959.Very fine, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch.
CHF 5,500 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 9,775
C. Two-body, solid, polished, navette shaped lugs.D. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 9???-90, stamped 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. 26 x 39 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: * 3 |
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Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Ref. 2476Production 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?.