130,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 863741, case No. 644100, Ref. 1518, 1st series, circa 1945. Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases. massive, polished, concave bezel. 18K gold matt silver plated with applied gold Arabic numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the clays of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the lunations. "Feuille" gold hands. Notes Ref. 1518 Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only two examples known to date in stainless steel. - First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941. - Second series presented at the Basle Fair in 1942 with enamelled hour indexes, the 12 in appliecl gold Arabic numerals. - Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Fourth series with appliecl gold "Baton" indexes. A similar watch is published in Collezionaaz Orologi Pedele Philippe by M. and O. Patrizzi, p. 247.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
