563,500 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Cala-trava", No. 727324, case No. 309752, Ref. 2597 HS (Heures Sautantes), with two hands. Made in 1959. Very fine and rare, two-time zone, 18K yellow gold gentle-man's wristwatch. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concavelugs, band bearing two buttons activating the hour handforwards and backwards according to the world time,independently by steps of one hour at a time, concave lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold and painted indexes,auxiliary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" yellow goldhands. Cal. 12-400 HS, stamped with the Geneva QualityHallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jew-els,straight line lever escapement, cubimetallic balanceadjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber,Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.227 Notes Ref. 2597 HS (Heure Sautante) P P roduction of this reference started in 1958 after Louis Cottier’s 1953 prototype. It was first made with two hands, the "World Time" hour hand being adjusted by two pushers on the left side of the case. From 1958 to 1962 Cottier was given 92 movements "12 400", "12 400 AM" or "27 AM400". by Patek Philippe, for fitting with the World Time system. Cottier's first movements (12 pieces) were delivered in 1958; his last movements (10 pieces) were delivered in 1962. These last 10 movements probably already featured the "third hand" improve-ment. This
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
