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

LOT 655

Ref. 570, ?Yellow Gold Two-Tone Dial? Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, No. 924953, case No. 298757, Ref. 570. Made in 1944 and sold on June 8, 1944. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, the original Certificate of Origin and the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000 / USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 29,500

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, downturned lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic quarters, outer minute divisions, sunk guilloché subsidiary dial for the seconds. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 12???-120, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, heat, cold and isochronism, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Property of an English Gentleman


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 570 Production of this reference started in 1939. The first examples of reference 570 with caliber 12???-120, 12 SC, 13??? CC and 12???-400 were produced from 1938 on. The first examples with caliber 27-SC began to be produced in 1950. A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani, 2004, vol. II, p. 96- 98.