8,050 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 702182,case No. 674464, Ref. 2466, circa 1952.Fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, lapidated lugs. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals. “Bâton” yellow gold hands. Cal. 27-SC, 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. 32 mm. Notes Ref. 2466Production 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
