6,900 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 967360, case No. 658797, Ref. 96. Production of this reference started in 1932.Very fine, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. matte silver with applied steel baton indexes, "guilloché" auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" steel hands. Notes "Calatrava" reference 96 was produced in 18K yellow, pink or white gold or in stainless steel, most rarely in platinum. Those are usually produced with Ref. 570, in a larger size and with diamond-set indexes on the dial.Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, pp. 173, 174, 183.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16