347,250 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 862421, case No. 623715, Ref. 1436. Produced in 1940, sold on August 8, 1941. Exceptional and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, 30-minute register, tachometer, and original Patek Philippe 18K buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, start/stop pushbutton at 2 o,clock, at 4 for return to zero, the winding crown controls the split-seconds function. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and dot indexes, 30-minute register below 12, subsidiary seconds, outer tachometer graduation with 1000 base. Blued steel "bâton" hands. Cal. 13-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, punched twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality mark, 25 jewels, adjusted to 8 positions, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm. Height 12 mm. Notes The watch has a rare dial. Among 38 known examples of ref. 1436 in yellow gold with silver dials, thirteen have applied gold Breguet numerals, nine have applied Arabic ‘12, and ‘6, with applied short “bâton” indexes, seven have applied long bâton indexes with double index for ‘12,, four have applied Roman “XII” and “VI” with applied long “bâton” indexes, three have applied Arabic ‘12, and ‘6, with long applied “bâton” indexes. Only two this
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24
