37,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 685 CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH BREGUET NUMERALS Patek Philippe & Cie., Genève, Ref. 685, No. 862506, case No. 622293. Made in 1940, sold in April 1941. Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold keyless pocket watch with chronograph and 30-minute register. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, polished and brushed, buttons at 11 and 1 for the chronograph functions. Silver with applied yellow gold breguet numerals, inner track for minute and fifths of a second divisions, outer tachometer scale, subsidiary dial for the seconds and 30-minute register. Yellow gold spade hands. 13''', rhodium-plated, gold wheel train, 23 jewels, 8 adjustments, lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Notes Dial, case, and movement signed. DIAM. 46 mm. Consigned by the family of the original owner, this REFERENCE 685 has never appeared at auction. Confirmed by the extract as being born with Breguet numerals, this is the first example to appear with Breguet numerals at auction. Having not been touched or detailed in many years, it has remained in remarkable condition and the original dial is mint, free from any restoration or defects.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-03-15
