Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007
LOT 285
?Yellow Gold Ref. 2499? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863792, case No. 2632526, Ref. 2499, Fourth Series. Movement made in 1946 and cased in 1964. Sold on November 18, 1965. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.
USD 300,000 - 350,000
EUR 220,000 - 260,000
Sold: USD 344,400
C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13''' CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
- First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. It is extremely rare to find models in this series with dials with painted baton indexes; no watches with black dials are known.
- Second series: round buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals. No watches with black dials are known in this series.
- Third series: round buttons, "Dauphine" hands, applied indexes, Arabic numeral 12. No watches with black dials are known in this series.
- Fourth series: from 1960 to 1978, round buttons, "Dauphine" or "Feuille" hands, applied "baton" indexes. In this series, only four watches with black dials are known. Only one splitseconds chronograph with waterproof case is known bearing this reference, specially made by Patek Philippe for Gobbi, Milano, in 1982. See "Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, pp. 164- 167 Ref. 2499/100:
- Fifth series: From 1978 to circa 1985, round buttons, sapphire crystal, "Feuille" or "Dauphine" hands, applied "baton" indexes. Very few examples were made with tachometer or telemeter scale and three pieces only with sapphire crystal back. In this series, models with the tachometer indication are extremely rare. Only one example is known with a black dial. This reference was produced in: yellow gold and in pink gold, and only two examples in platinum, of which one was sold by Antiquorum in Geneva on April 9, 1989, "The Art of Patek Philippe", lot 34, for SFr. 418'000 (US$ 253,300). A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 302 and in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, p. 296, pl. 476A.