82,506,250 JPY
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1906001, case No. 2865064, Ref. 3974, present series. Exceptionally fine and important astronomic, self-winding minute repeating 18 et gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, fitted mahogany box and certificate. massive, polished, concave bezel, with an additional sapphire crystal and push pin, fluted lugs. "Opaline argentée", with applied gold indexes + auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours, the leap year, aperture for the lunations. "Dauphine" gold hands. 27-RQ, Geneva Quality Hall mark rhodiumed, " fausses-côtes" clecoration, 39 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, colcl, isochronism and 5 positions, 21600 oscillations, anstishock system, freesprung self-compensating flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22 et gold micro-rotor mounted on ball-bearings, mono-directional winding. Centrifugal governor for the minute repeating on two gongs with a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. In mint condition. Diam. 36 mm. 11 mm cleep. Notes This watch, numbered 001 was the first example ever to be sold from this series which was specially created and launched on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe Jubilee in April 1989. It is the greatest achievement of tehnology and craftsmanship by Patek Philippe in the field of wristwatches, and the most complicated they have ever sold. The demand for this watch and the ti
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1990-12-15
