60,000 CHF
Ref. 570, Oversized Stainless Steel Patek Philippe & Co, Genève, movement No. 922705, case No. 626862, Ref. 570. Made in 1942, sold on December 17, 1942. Very fine and very rare, large, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. Black gloss with applied steel Arabic numerals and circular indexes, subsidiary seconds. Steel feuille hands. Cal. 12’’’-120, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes The Extract from the Archives states that the present watch was originally fitted with a silvered dial with yellow gold hour markers. The present dial was fitted subsequently, upon request. Ref. 570 Production of this reference started in 1938. The first examples of reference 570 with calibers 12 ‘’’-120, 12 SC, 13 ‘’’ CC and 12 ‘’’- 400, were produced from 1938 on.The first examples with the caliber 27-SC began to be produced in 1950.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
