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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 679

For Tiffany & Co. ?Perpetual Calendar? Patek, Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 930140, case No. 626640. Ref. 725. Made in 1940, delivered to Tiffany & Co. in 1945. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless, astronomical dress watch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and Patek Philippe box. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 55,000 - 70,000

EUR 35,000 - 45,000 / USD 45,000 - 57,000

Sold: CHF 70,800

C. Three-body, "moderne" with concave bezel, polished and brushed, rectangular bow. D. Matte silver, applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the months and four-year cycle, date and days of the week, aperture at 6 o'clock for phases of the moon concentric with subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. 37 mm 17''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, stamped twice with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A very similar watch No. 930204 was sold in 1944, No. 930539 with an identical dial but in a platinum case was supplied to Henry Graves Junior in 1947. See: ?Patek Philippe, Geneve?, Huber & Banbery, 1993, p.206 &.267.