362,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE - MAGNIFICENT & HISTORIC UNIQUE TOURBILLON WATCH – ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACCURATE MECHANICAL PRECISION WATCHES FROM THE 20TH CENTURY & MULTIPLE OBSERVATORY PRIZE WINNER, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY CRAFTSMANSHIP TEST RECORD HOLDER OF 1954 WITH REMARKABLE COMPLETE DAILY TESTING RECORDS BETWEEN 1934 AND 1954. Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 198423, case No. 2823722, Ref. 953. The movement constructed between 1930 and 1934, the tourbillon made by celebrated master-watchmaker Hector Golay, the perpetual calendar mechanism and case constructed between 1989 and 1990, sold on September 12th, 1991. Exceptional, magnificent and historic, large, 18K yellow gold, keyless, ultra high-precision lever chronometer deck watch with one-minute tourbillon, Guillaume balance, special balance bridge, perpetual calendar, 24-hour indication and moon phases, the National Physical Laboratory’s Craftsmanship Test precision record holding watch, achieved in 1954 with 0.07 seconds daily variation, the holder of four Kew “A” Certificates and three first prizes in Category A achieved between 1938 and 1950 with scores of 94.3, 94.5, 95.9 and 96.5 out of a possible 100, also entered for multiple trials at the Observatoire de Genève, regulated by François Modoux, André Zibach and Henri Wehrli achieving high scores of 807 and 834 respectively. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, two Certificates of Origin, setting pin, complete annual and daily rating documents for the period June 16th
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13
