174,000 CHF
Yellow Gold Ref. 1518, 1st Series Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, movement No. 863034, case No. 631490, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Made in 1943, sold on July 28th, 1943. Very fine and very 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, engraved snap-on case back. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds/minute track with every five Arabic numerals, outermost tachometer scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. Notes 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 baton indexes. Similar watches are illustrated in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", 1998 Edition, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, p. 303.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
