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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

LOT 479

Yellow Gold, Ref. 2499/100 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869398, case No.2779159, Ref. 2499/100. Made in 1980, sold on June 30th 1980. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box.

CHF 260,000 - 320,000

USD 220,000 - 270,000 / EUR 175,000 - 215,000

Sold: CHF 312,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, pushers in the band, fluted lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton and dot indexes, outer minutes/seconds and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30 minute register, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 13???, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13,5 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

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. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 302.