278,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867849, case No. 663039, Ref. 1436. Production of this reference started in 1938 to 1971.Extremely rare and fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle and the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. Notes It is interesting to note that this wristwatch, #867849, chronologically follows Lot #584, #867848 - a rare coincidence!Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 273-274.Ref. 1436Split-seconds chronograph wristwatches were "the must" of Patek Philippe technology and after 1938 were generally cased with this ReferenceThe majority are in yellow gold. Rarely, they are in pink gold, and only three stainless steel examples are known, two of which were sold by Antiquorum:- Geneva, April 10, 1994, lot 431.- Geneva, April 23 1995, lot 457.In the mid-1950's some were produced with a coaxial button on the winding-crown for the split-seconds functions (stop and reunite).What is a split-seconds chronograph?The split-seconds chronograph, in its present form, was first introduced in 1880. A split-seconds chronograph orrattrapante is a type of chronograph
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
