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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 643

Calatrava Chronograph, "Monochrome Pink" Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, "Calatrava", No. 862580, case No. 623291, Ref. 533. Made in 1941, sold on July 14, 1941. Very fine and rare 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with pink dial, square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 65,000 - 85,000

EUR 40,000 - 53,000 / USD 53,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 158,250

C. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Pink with applied pink gold Breguet numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds scale, outermost tachometer graduated to 300 unite/hour. Subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. 13???, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-22-01

Good

Later original

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 533 Production of this reference began in 1937. It is identical to ref. 130 with the exception of the bezel, which is flat, whereas Ref. 130 has a concave bezel. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol II, p. 81.

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