14,950 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 723656,case No. 661215, Ref. 565, circa 1954.Very fine and elegant, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back, dust protecting cap. matte silver with applied steel indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. “Feuille” steel hands. Cal. 12’’’-400, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Notes Ref. 565Production of this reference started in 1938.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
