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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 513

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 705384,case No. 693060, Ref. 2481, circa 1956.Fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

HKD 52,000 - 60,000

USD 6,500 - 7,500

Sold: HKD 57,500

C. two-body, solid, polished, concave band and bezel, fluted horn-shaped lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes. ?Dauphine? 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.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 5 - 6 - 01

Notes

Ref. 2481Production of this reference started in 1950 and was also produced with polychrome cloisonné enamel dials.Similar watches is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banberry, 1998 Edition, pp. 205, 209 and 211.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?.