10,350 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 921728, case No. 625177, circa 1940.Fine, stainless steel gentleman’s wristwatch. Three-body, polished and brushed. matte silver with applied steel Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. “Feuille” steel hands. Cal. 12’’’-120, 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, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 31 mm. Notes 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
