313,700 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève , No. 868571, case No. 2611729, Ref. 2499, third series. Production of this reference started in 1951, sold in 1960.Very fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. Notes Ref. 2499Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with a tachometer or telemeter scale, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold, and only three examples with sapphire crystal back.Two examples are known to date in platinum. One was sold by Antiquorum Geneva, on April 9, 1989, in the Art of Patek Philippe Auction, lot 34.Calibre 13 '''CC: - First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 304, and in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches" by M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, p. 296 , pl. 476A. - Second series: square buttons, "Dauphine" hands, a
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
