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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003

LOT 371

Patek, Philippe & Cie., Genève, No.137885, case No. 2601742, Ref. 781, circa 1940. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, keyless astronomical, split-seconds chronograph dress watch, with 30-minute register, perpetual calendar and phases of the moon, with visible split-seconds mechanism.

CHF 120,000 - 160,000

EUR 80,000 - 107,000 / USD 94,000 - 125,000

Sold: CHF 130,000

C. Three-piece, massive, "bassine", polished. D. Silver with gold indexes, outer minute/seconds track withfive-minute/seconds Arabic markers, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, months, phases of themoon concentric with minute register, and subsidiary seconds concentric with date. Gold "dauphine" hands.M. 40 mm. (18'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, split mechanism on the back plate.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watches featuring split-seconds mechanisms without minute-repeating are extremely rare. We know of only one other.