Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 01, 1999

LOT 235

"Rain Forest"Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 701395, caseNo. 668404, Ref. 2481, circa 1951.Very fine and extremely rare center-seconds, 18K yellow gold and "cloisonné" enamel gentleman's wristwatch.

USD 70,000 - 80,000

Sold: USD 79,500

C. two body, massive, polished, lapidated lugs. D. gold and "cloisonné" enamel representing a "Rain Forest", with applied gold radial Roman numerals. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. 27-SC Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Case: 3

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Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

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Ref. 2481Production of this reference started in 1950.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition , p. 206.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".