Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 277

"Fourth Series" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863792, case No. 2632526, Ref. 2499. Made in the 1960s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30- minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle.

USD 200,000 - 250,000

EUR 150,000 - 190,000

Sold: USD 236,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxil-iarydials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, themonths and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''CC, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels,straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 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 to find models in this series with dials with painted bâton 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 "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, 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 "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). 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.