Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 117

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 869331, case No. 2632523, Ref. 2499, third series. Produced in 1964, sold on January 29, 1965. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman,s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted bow and the "Extract from the Archives".

CHF 300,000 - 350,000

EUR 200,000 - 230,000 / USD 240,000 - 280,000

Sold: CHF 336,250

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted curved lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton and pyramidal indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th second scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13''', stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Height 14 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 2499 Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, and a very few examples in pink gold. - First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. It is extremely rare in this series to find models with dials differing from the above; in particular, no watches with black dials are known. - Second series: square buttons, "dauphine" hands, applied indexes, the 12 in Arabic numerals. o watches with black dials are known in this series. - Third series: from 1960 to 1978, round buttons, crystal glass, "dauphine" or "feuille" hands, applied "bâton" indexes. In this series, only four watches with black dials are known. Only one split-seconds chronograph with waterproof case is known bearing this reference, it was specially made by Patek Philippe for Gobbi, Milano, in 1982.