266,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 1518 - PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH – FIRST SERIES Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 868103, case No. 674129, Ref. 1518, First Series. Made in 1951, sold on June 18th, 1953. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, snap-on case back, crystal with magnifi ed panel for the date apertures. Satine silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month at 6, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. Notes To the best of our knowledge this is the fi rst time that this watch has been offered at auction. Ref. 1518. Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only four examples known to date in stainless steel. There are four distinct series of the 1518 although they did not advance chronologically as such but were available at the same time.Therefore the present watch is fi rst series although it was made in 1951. - First series: with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941 to 1954. - Second series: presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold A
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-11-11
