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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1999

LOT 500

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863181,case No. 632640, Ref. 591, made in 1943, sold on November 9, 1943.Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

C. three body, massive, polished and brushed, rectangular "galb?" lugs. D. black with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds and30-minute register dials. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''-130, punched with the Poin?ons de Gen?ve, rhodium plated, "fausses c?tes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.Accompanied by Extrait des Registres.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 21 - 01

Notes

Ref. 591Production of this reference started in 1938.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 266.Poin?ons de Gen?veThe 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 Poin?ons de Gen?ve, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poin?ons de Gen?ve, 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".