50,000 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 605 HU, YELLOW GOLD WORLD TIME Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 931111, case No. 2622960, Ref. 605 HU (Heures Universelles). Made in 1964, sold on September 3rd, 1964. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless World Time dress watch with a long 18K yellow gold chain. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe fitted box and the Extract from the Archives. C. Three-body, solid, “variée”, polished with brushed back and milled revolving bezel. D. Silver with applied yellow gold baton hour indexes, outer Arabic dark and light revolving chapter ring for day and night hours and the world time chapter ring, bearing the name of 41 locations around the world and revolving with the bezel according to the Louis Cottier world time patent. Yellow gold halberd & dauphine hands. M. Cal. 17’’’-170 HU, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44.5 mm. Notes PATEK PHILIPPE “WORLD TIME” This system was invented circa 1935 by Louis Cottier (1894-1966), famous independent watchmaker in Geneva. This system was used by Patek Philippe and also by other major names in the Swiss watch industry, such as Agassiz, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin. The “halberd” hour hand of the present watch is the type usually only found on the Ref. 605 wi
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-05-12
