149,500 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 973843,case No. 671914, Ref. 1593, circa 1952.Very fine and rare, rectangular “bombé”, platinum and diamonds gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. two-body, flared, solid, polished and brushed, concave sides, pillar shaped lugs, two-facet crystal. matte silver with applied round and baguette diamond-set indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. “Bâton” white gold hands. Cal. 9’’’-90, tonneau, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 41 mm. Notes Ref. 1593Production of this reference started in 1944.It was also made in very few examples with polychrome cloisonné enamel dials.Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 129 and 141.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:
2000-06-05
