462,200 CHF
Pink Gold, Ref. 530 Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 530. Made in 1949, sold on August 16th, 1950. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a Patek Philippe box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. Matte silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer minute and 1/5th second track with Arabic five second numerals, outermost tachometer scale. Pink gold feuille hands. Notes Ref. 530 Production of this reference began in 1938 and lasted approximately 15 years. Due to the size of the watch, which was not fashionable at the time, production was limited to only a few examples, in yellow gold, pink gold, and stainless steel. Produced in a very few examples, this model is among the most admired and sought-after by collectors. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 262.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
