20,000 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE RETAILED BY GUBELIN REF. 1491 SCROLL LUGS PINK GOLD & PINK DIAL Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 864880, case No. 645206, Ref. 1491, retailed by Gübelin. Made circa 1950. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with Victorin Piguet-type indirect center- seconds and scroll lugs. Accompanied by a period Patek Philippe box. Three-body, polished, scroll-lugs, flat and inclined bezel, snap-on back. Brushed pink with applied pink gold baton indexes, outer minute and seconds divisions. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 12'''- SC, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 20 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, Victorin Piguet-type indirect center seconds, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed, dial also signed Gübelin. DIAM. 34 mm. THICKNESS 10 mm. According to our research this is only the ninth example of a pink gold 1491 fitted with a pink dial and the first also retailed by Gubelin.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-05-11
