18,400 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 764300,case No. 698371, Ref. 2551, circa 1957.Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding,18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with18K yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet with fancy links. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed down case back, fluted lugs, concave bezel. champagne with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. “Dauphine” yellow gold hands. 12’’’-600 AT, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Notes Ref. 2551First launched by Patek Philippe in 1954, Ref. 2551 followedRef. 2526, the first self-winding wristwatch model ever made by the company.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
