1,244,800 CHF
THE STEEL 1436 SPLIT - FIRST APPEARANCE AT AUCTION Ref. 1436, Stainless Steel Split-Seconds Chronograph, one of four known examples, of which only three have survived; one of only two stainless steel First Generation watches known to exist today. Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, movement No. 863056, case No. 630772, Ref. 1436. Made in 1945, sold on May 11th, 1949. Extremely fine and exceptionally rare wristwatch, one of four known examples made in stainless steel, with square button split-seconds chronograph, 30-minute register, and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a Patek Philippe box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, snap-on case back, start/stop push-button at 2, return to zero at 4, pushing the winding crown controls the start and rejoin for the split-seconds function. Brushed silver with applied steel baton indexes and Roman 12 and 6 numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minute track with concentric fifths of a second divisions, Arabic five-second numerals, outermost tachometer graduation. Stainless steel baton hands. Cal. 13’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with overcoil, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes The present watch has never previously been offered for sale at auction and as such
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
