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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1999

LOT 457

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 924437, case No. 626929, Ref. 570, made in 1943, sold on February 9, 1944.Very fine and rare, large, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle, in original black leather fitted box.

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 35,650

C. three body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, D. pink with applied steel Arabic numerals and round gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. "Bâton" steel hands. M. Cal. 12'''-120, punched with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.Accompanied by Extrait des Registres.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 570Production of this reference with the Cal. 12'''-120 started in 1938.Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 169-170.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".