9,775 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 977010,case No. 516058, Ref. 2476, circa 1959.Very fine, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished, navette shaped lugs. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. “Bâton” yellow gold hands. Cal. 9’’’-90, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, tonneau, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 39 mm. Notes Ref. 2476Production of this reference started in 1950.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed “chronometers”.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
