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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
LOT 67
Ref. 591, Pink Gold Three-Tone Dial Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 863096, case No. 631625, Ref. 591. Made in 1942, sold on July 21, 1943. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with three-tone dial, square-button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
EUR 35,000 - 50,000 / USD 50,000 - 67,000
Sold: CHF 73,160
C. Three body, solid, polished, oval downturned lugs. D. Three-tone with applied pink gold baton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second track, outermost silver tachometer graduation, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register. Pink gold baton hands. M. 13''', stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-32-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly restored HANDS Original |
Notes
Production of this reference started in 1938. Reference 591 is the rarest of the 34 mm chronographs produced by Patek Philippe.
A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 266.