567,250 CHF
“Two-tone Dial” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868125, case No. 512622, Ref. 530. Produced in 1951, sold on June 19, 1952. Very fine and rare, oversized, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the "Extract from the Archives". Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute- register dials, outer tachometergraduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold "feuille" hands. Notes Ref. 530 Production of this reference began in 1938 and lasted approximately 15 years. Due to the size of the watch, which was not fashionable at the time, production was limited to only a few examples, in yellow gold, pink gold, and stainless steel. A watch bearing the movement and case numbers consecutive to the current lot was sold by Antiquorum on April 24, 2004, lot 183. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 262.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24
