326,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 1518, 1ST SERIES Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867385, case No. 653809, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Made in 1948, sold on August 29, 1949. Extremely fine and 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. Matte silver with vertical applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, the 1/5th second scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. Notes Patek Philippe, Ref. 1518. Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only four examples known to date in stainless steel. - 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 Arabic numerals. - Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Fourth series with applied gold "bâton" indexes.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
