1,433,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867080, case No. 6335561, Ref. 1518, 1st series, circa 1946.Extremely rare and fine astronomic, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases. three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. matte silver with applied steel Arabic numerals and round indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes 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 Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.Ref. 1518281 examples produced from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only two examples known to date in stainless steel.- First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941.- 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.The square button chronographs with perpetual calendar by Patek Philippe were among the best of their technology and were usually cased in yellow or pink gold. To date only three other examples are known in stainless steel.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by MARTIN HUBER and ALAN BANBERY, Patek Philippe , Geneva, 1998, p. 303.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-10-15
