$13,098
“Yellow Gold Ref. 1491” Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 927980, case No. 641196, Ref. 1491. Sold on June 3, 1946, to actor Fernandel. Very fine and unique, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Three-body, polished and brushed, lapidated bezel, concave lugs. Matte silvered with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold “dauphine” hands. 12’’’-120, rhodium plated, “fausses cotes” decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (born May 8, 1903), a French actor and singer better known as Fernandel. Born in Marseille, he was a comedy star first gaining popularity in vaudeville, operettas and musichall revues. In 1930, he appeared in his first motion picture and became France's top comedic actor for over 40 years, perhaps best-loved for his portrayal of the irascible Italian village priest at war with the town's communist mayor in the “Don Camillo” motion pictures and his horse-like teeth became his trademark. Fernandel appeared in Italian and American films as well (1956 in “Around the World in 80 Days” with David Niven; 1958 in the comedy “Paris Holiday”
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-09-26
