1,653,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868605,case No. 2611730, Ref. 2499, third series, circa 1960.Extremely rare and fine, probably unique, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases with leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. three body, massive, polished, concave bezel with flat edge, fluted lugs. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the30-minute register, for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" pink gold hands. Notes This watch is extremely rare for its pink gold case. During the last decades, no more than two or three pink gold wristwatches Ref. 2499, third series, have appeared on the Market or at Auction. This model bears also a tachometer function which is rarely seen, and with a pink gold case, that makes it probably unique; the usual concave bezel, typical of this series, however, has a rather wide and large flat edge on top of the bezel. In addition, the tachometer graduation comes right to the gold bzel, whereas usually, on regular models, there is a blank space.Ref. 2499Produced in 349 examples from 1950 to 1985, with the calibre 13''' CC, among which are very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold.- First series from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "Feuille" hands, ap
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-14
