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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 528

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 727309, case No. 309776, Ref. 2597 HS (Heures sautantes), made in 1959, sold on October 22, 1959.Very fine and rare two-time zone, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with two hands.

HKD 240,000 - 280,000

USD 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: HKD 379,500

C. three-body, solid, polished, 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 yellow gold and painted indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Dauphine? yellow gold hands. M. 12???-400 HS stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronismand 5 positions, shock-absorber, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 2597 HS (Heures sautantes)Production of this reference started in 1958.It was produced in two versions either with one or two ajustable jumping hour hands (manufacturing 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.CalatravaFor more than sixty years the Calatrava has been considered a classic and the most popular wristwatch, even though its production is limited to a few thousand pieces per year, since it takes about nine months to complete one watch. Patek Philippe, which initially specialized in custom-made watches, launched its first collection in 1932, with the creation of the Calatrava. This wristwatch collection for gentlemen derived its name from the knight?s cross, symbol of the Geneva manufacturer. Over thyears, several variations were created. Some cases are endowed with straight lugs from which the strap is assembled, others have integrated lugs that flow harmoniously and produce a ?tonneau? effect.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?.