Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 313

Ref. 2482 ?Yellow? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 705721, case No. 693164, Ref. 2482. Made in 1956, sold on May 16, 1957. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with two-tone silver dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, lapidated lugs. D. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold bâton and lozenge indexes and Arabic numerals, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Yellow gold "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-SC, rhodiumplated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.