78,000 CHF
Pink Ref. 130, Pulsometer Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, movement No. 862466, case No. 621687, Ref. 130. Made circa 1943. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, pulsometer and an 18K pink gold tile-link bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. Champagne with applied pink gold dot indexes and Roman 12 and 6, outer black minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds track, outermost pulsometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Pink gold baton hands. Notes Ref. 130 Production of this reference started in 1934. It was made in stainless steel, yellow gold and pink gold; only three examples are known in white gold. It is one of the most desirable and sought-after sport watches ever created by the Patek Philippe firm. Sophisticated collectors appreciate this model's perfect proportions, its large and clearly-readable dial, encircled by a slender, concave bezel which lends an even greater luminosity to the dial. Reference 130 usually has one button at 2 o'clock and another at 4 o'clock. Only a very few examples were made with a single button on the crown. This reference was first made with Victorin Piguet ebauches, and later with Lemania ebauches. To date, one example is known of a single button chronograph with Ref. 130; it features an experimental 12''' movement.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
