$374,500
PATEK PHILIPPE - REF. 2499 - THIRD SERIES Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869474, case No. 2700420, Ref. 2499, third series. Made in 1976, sold June 25th, 1980. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases with a Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fl uted lugs, domed crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the date at 6, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Notes The Patek Philippe perpetual calendar chronograph, reference 2499, is perhaps the most sought after Patek Philippe complication by the majoprity of collectors. It replaced the earlier, smaller, ref.1518 in 1951 and remained in production until circa 1985 when it was replaced by the smaller diameter ref. 3970. With a now iconic, well-proportioned masculine case design, the ref. 2499 underwent 4 changes until it ceased production, with a total of only 349 made. - First series: From 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, feuille hands, applied Arabic numerals, fl uted lugs. - Second series: Square buttons, dauphine hands, applied indexes, Arabic 12. - Third series: From 1960 to 1978, round buttons, dauphine or feuil
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-09-14
