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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 354

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 709497, case No. 309296, Ref. 570, made in 1961, sold on December 11, 1961.Very fine, large and rare, center-seconds, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by black leather fitted box and certificate.

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 130,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. matte silver with applied white gold indexes. ?Dauphine? white gold hands. M. Cal. 27-SC, 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.Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 570Production of this reference with the Cal. 27-SC started in 1950.CalatravaFor more than sixty years the Calatrava has been considered a classic and the most popular wristwatch, even though its production is limited to a few thousand pieces per year, since it takes about nine months to complete one watch. Patek Philippe, which initially specialized in custom-made watches, launched its first collection in 1932, with the creation of the Calatrava. This wristwatch collection for gentlemen derived its name from the knight?s cross, symbol of the Geneva manufacturer. Over thyears, several variations were created. Some cases are endowed with straight lugs from which the strap is assembled, others have integrated lugs that flow harmoniously and produce a ?tonneau? effect.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?.