248,250 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863554, case No. 632749, Ref. 1463. Produced circa 1944. Very fine and extremely rare, early, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, dust protecting cap, concave lugs. Matte silver with applied white gold indexes and radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale, base 1000. White gold "Feuille" hands. Notes In these early models of Ref. 1463, the bezel finished at the band. It was not until the early 1950s that stepped bezels appeared. Ref. 1463 Production of this reference started in 1940.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
