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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 347

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 764300,case No. 698371, Ref. 2551, circa 1957.Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding,18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with18K yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet with fancy links.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed down case back, fluted lugs, concave bezel. D. champagne with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. 12???-600 AT, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: * 4-5-6

Poor

Slightly oxidized
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

Ref. 2551First launched by Patek Philippe in 1954, Ref. 2551 followedRef. 2526, the first self-winding wristwatch model ever made by the company.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed ?chronometers?.