$222,500
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863792, case No. 2632526, Ref. 2499. Produced in the 1960's. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. Notes Ref.2499 Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold and a very few examples in pink gold. Caliber 13'''CC: - First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. It is extremely rare in this series to find models with dials differing from the above, in particular, no watches with black dials are known. - Second series: square buttons, "Dauphine" hands, applied indexes, the 12 in Arabic numerals. No watches with black dials are known in this series. - Third series: from 1960 to 1978, round buttons, crystal glass, "Dauphine" or "Feuille" hands, applied "bâton" indexes. In this series, only four watches with black dials are known. Only one split-seconds chronograph with waterproof case is known bearing this reference, specially made by Patek Ph
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
