157,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867933,case No. 657139, Ref. 1463, made in 1950, delivered to Serpico Y Laino, Caracas (Venezuela), on April 12, 1952.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed case back, dust protecting cap. pink with applied bâton pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. “Feuille” pink gold hands. Cal. 13’’’-130, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Accompanied by Extract from the Archives. Notes These two watches, property of a Japanese collector, with consecutive serial numbers, are from old/new stock.They both bear their original leather band and original gold buckle. The yellow gold example also has its original fitted box.Ref. 1463Production of this reference started in 1940.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, Edition 1998, p. 267.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
