Important Collectors’ Wristwatches an...

Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 278

Patek Philippe, Genève, retailed by Tiffany & Co., No. 762585, case No. 689840, Ref. 2552. Made in the late 1950s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's water-resistant wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, dedicated screwdown case back, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 12-600 AT, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.