170,700 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 869154, case No. 2642006, Ref. 1436, circa 1964. Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-second chronograph, register and tachometer, with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. three body, massive, polished. matted silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. Notes Provenance From an important Thai family. Split-second chronograph wristwatches were the must of Patek Philippe technology and were generally cased after 1938 with the Ref. 1436. Ref. 1436 Produced from 1938 to 1971. The majority are in yellow gold, rarely in pink gold, and three examples only are known in stainless steel, of which two were sold by Antiquorum: - Geneva, April 10, 1994, lot 431, at SFr. 484'000 (US$ 342,000) - Geneva, April 23, 1995, lot 457, at SFr. 379'500 (US$ 334,650) Some were produced with a coaxial button on the windingcrown for the split-second functions (stop and reunite). A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 273-274. A probably unique, extra-large size, Ref. 2512, was made in 1950 and sold on 14 July 1952. It was offered by Antiquorum in Geneva, October 12-13, 1996, lot 644, and realized SFr. 792'000 ( US$ 628,600). Split-second chronographs with a waterproof case and round push buttons are extremely rar Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-04-24
