402,500 CHF
Watch with 9 Complications, First Class Observatory Rating Patek Philippe, Gen�ve, No. 198336, case No. 2872513, Ref. 969. Movement made in 1929, completed and cased in 1993, sold on September 19, 2001. Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, one of only two examples, extra large, 18K gold, keyless pocket chronometer with perpetual calendar, 24-hour indication, moon phases, power-reserve indication and one-minute tourbillon regulator by James Pellaton, Guillaume balance, adjusted for observatory trial in 1945 by Hermann Heck and again in 1957 by Andre Zibach, obtaining 50.71 points, Geneva Observatory First Class Certificate obtained. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origine, the Extract from the Archives, the Bulletin d'Observatoire, leather-bound instruction booklet, and a fitted box. Three-body, "bassine", massive, polished. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the date concentric with seconds, the days of the week concentric with 24-hour indication, months concentric with leap year indication, power reserve indication, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel spade hands. Notes This superb watch is one of the most impressive complicated watches made by Patek Philippe. The tourbillon was made by James Pellaton, the movement finished and submitted for trial at the Geneva Observatory in 1945, for which it was regulated by Hermann Heck. On this occasion it achieved 862 marks. The
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
