37,500 CHF
Patek Philippe Yellow Calatrava Chronograph Ref. 533 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 868443, case No. 672196, Ref. 533. Made circa 1952. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, 30-minute register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Roman 12 and 6, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds chronograph divisions and outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold baton hands. Notes Ref. 533 Production of this reference began in 1937. It is identical to Ref. 130 with the exception of the bezel, which is flat, whereas Ref. 130 has a concave bezel. This reference is more rarely found in yellow gold (as in the present lot) than in pink gold
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15