Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 94

?Pink Gold Ref. 2480? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 975217, case No. 673904, Ref. 2480. Made in the early 1950s. Very fine and very rare, rectangular "bombé", 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, ?bombé? crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted "baton" and square indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 9'''-90, tonneau, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 38 mm. Thickness 9 mm.