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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 176

Calatrava Chronograph, "Monochrome Pink" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867013, case No. 646832, Ref. 533, "Calatrava". Production of this reference started in 1937. Very fine and rare 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with pink dial, square button chronograph, register and tachometer. With an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 50,000 - 63,000 / USD 62,000 - 78,000

Sold: CHF 80,500

C. three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs.D. pink with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "Feuille" hands.M. 13'''-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.


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Case: 3 - 23
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3 - 32 - 01

Notes

Reference 533 was inspired by the classic "Calatrava", Ref. 96, the most representative and successful line of Patek Philippe watches, and one of the most sought-after by collectors. It differs from Reference 130 in that the bezel of the latter is concave, while the bezel of the former is flat. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 264.