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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 359

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 727318, case No. 309783, Ref. 2597 HS (Heure Sautante), made in 1959, sold on October 27, 1960.Very fine and rare two-time zone, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with two hands, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

Sold: CHF 163,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, bearing two buttons activating the hour hand forwards and backwards according to the world time, independently by steps of one hour at a time.D. matte silver with applied pink gold and painted indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? pink gold hands. M. Cal. 12???-400 HS, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: * 4
Dial: 4 - 6 - 01

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Ref. 2597 HS (Heure sautante)Production of this reference started in 1958.It was produced in two versions: first, with the hour-hand ajustable by jumping; the other, with the blued steel secondhour-hand adjustable by jumping (manufacture of this second device began in March 1962).Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 238-239.