1,725,000 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867758, case No. 661076, Ref. 1518. Production of this refe-rence started in 1941.Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpe-tual calendar and moon phases, square button chronograph, register and tachometer with spe-cial dial. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle and the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs. matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. Notes The rarity of this particular watch consists in the date and moon auxiliary dial which is not encircled and marks the transition between Ref. 1518 and the later Ref. 2497 and Ref. 2499. This particularity renders this watch a rarity and worthy of the most demandings collector.Ref. 1518Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, and only three examples known to date in stainless steel.- First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 194 to 1954.- Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals.- Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals.- Fourth series with applied gold "Bâton" indexes.Similar watches are published in "Patek
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
