Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 93

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862777, case No. 625431, Ref. 591. Produced in 1941, sold on April 9, 1942. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and with an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the "Extract from the Archives".

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 40,000 - 50,000 / USD 50,000 - 65,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, oval curved lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary sunk seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, the 1/5th second scale. Yellow gold "bâton" hands.M. Cal. 13'''-130, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Height 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 591 Production of this reference started in 1938. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 266.