Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 511

PATEK PHILIPPE YELLOW GOLD REF. 2499/100 - ONE OF THE LAST EVER MADE Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869300, case No.2792156, Ref. 2499/100. Made in 1984, sold on November 30th, 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.

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

USD 210,000 - 320,000 / EUR 165,000 - 250,000

Sold: CHF 290,500

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, pushers in the band, fl uted lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton and pyramidal 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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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

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

As new

HANDS Original

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It would appear that the present watch has never been offered at auction before. 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, fl uted 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. 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). According to our research, the model was discontinued in 1985 and this example is a part of the last fi nal examples ever made.