289,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 888078,case No. 683317, Ref. 2497, first series, made in 1954, sold on July 23, 1955.Extremely fine and very rare, center-seconds, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel. matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dot-shaped indexes, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. “Feuille” pink gold hands. Cal. 27-SC Q, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and5 positions, shock-absorber, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Notes Ref. 2497 and 2438-1From 1951 to 1963, only 179 examples of these two models were produced with the calibre 27-SC Q bearing the serial number 888’000; the majority were made in yellow gold, with very few in pink gold, and, to date, only one is known in platinum.This watch made in 1953 (movement 888’029) was sold by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, June 9-10, 1997, lot 199, forHK$ 5,850,000 (US$ 754,850 - SFr. 1’083’000).The Ref. 2438-1 with screwed back was produced in very small quantities; to our knowledge, only three examples were made in pink gold. One of these watches wa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
