2,430,000 HKD
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2438 PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 888171, case No. 2619210, Ref. 2438-1. Made in 1955, sold on th 1963. Extremely fine and extremely rare, elegant, astronomic, center seconds, water-resistant, hand winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, insignia on the dial and an 18K yellow gold Tiffany & Co tile bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from Archive Two-body, solid, polished, screw down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and insignia at 12, subsidiary dial for the date at 6 combined with phases of the moon, apertures for the day and month. Yellow gold dauphine hands. 27-SC Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length 160 mm. REF. 2438 Production of reference 2438 began in 1952 and ceased in 1963. Reference 2438 is similar in design to reference 2497, uses the same 27-SC Q caliber movement, but was designed with a water resistant case back. It is the only vintage perpetual calendar watch made by the firm to feature a screw back. Between references 2497 and 2438, a total number o
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-06-28
