57,500 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 705384,case No. 693060, Ref. 2481, circa 1956.Fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. two-body, solid, polished, concave band and bezel, fluted horn-shaped lugs. matte silver with applied gold indexes. “Dauphine” 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.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Notes Ref. 2481Production of this reference started in 1950 and was also produced with polychrome cloisonné enamel dials.Similar watches is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banberry, 1998 Edition, pp. 205, 209 and 211.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
