135,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867532,case No. 657240, Ref. 1518, first series, made in 1948, sold on March 30, 1950.Very fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe tiled bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished, back with monogram: M.U. - 31.3.1950, concave bezel. Notes Ref. 1518Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, with the calibre 13’’’-130, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink gold, with only two examples known to date in stainless steel.- First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 303.- Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enamelled 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
