$8,125
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 1491 SCROLL LUGS PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 968663, case No. 632837, Ref. 1491. Made circa 1950. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with scroll lugs. Three-body, solid, polished, scroll-lugs, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, outer engraved dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 12’’’-120. stamped with the seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronisms and fi ve positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Reference 1491, distinguished by its elegant scroll-form lugs, was produced with both the 12 SC and the 12'''-120 calibers. Production of the present version with subsidiary seconds began in 1940 while the version with the 12 SC center seconds movement began in 1943.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-12-13
