Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 402

Yellow Gold Ref. 2499/100 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869286, case No.2792142, Ref. 2499/100. Made in 1984, sold on July 23rd, 1984. 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.

USD 250,000 - 350,000

EUR 175,000 - 250,000 / CHF 270,000 - 380,000

Sold: USD 396,000

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 square 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: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 2499 - 2499/100 Ref. 2499 Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, and some examples in pink or white gold. Caliber 13'''CC: - First series: From 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, feuille hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. - Second series: Square buttons, dauphine hands, applied indexes, Arabic 12. - Third series: From 1960 to 1978, round buttons, dauphine or feuille hands, applied baton indexes. Caliber 13''' CCR, - Fourth series: From 1978 to circa 1985, becomes Ref. 2499/100, round buttons, sapphire crystal, dauphine hands, applied baton indexes. Very few examples were made with tachometer or telemeter scale and three pieces only with sapphire crystal back. For this series, models with the tachometer indication are extremely rare
Ref. 2499/100: - Fifth series: From 1978 to circa 1985, round buttons, sapphire crystal, ?Feuille? or "Dauphine" hands, applied "bâton" 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).