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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 310

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 723656,case No. 661215, Ref. 565, circa 1954.Very fine and elegant, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 7,500 - 9,500

Sold: CHF 14,950

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back, dust protecting cap. D. matte silver with applied steel indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Feuille? steel hands. M. Cal. 12???-400, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 4 - 6
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

Ref. 565Production of this reference started in 1938.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?.